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The Poker Basics: Poker Hand Ranking
The most basic of all poker knowledge which is essential if you want to play poker in live or online casinos is to know the poker hand ranking system, which basically is a system used to determine cards-combinations' value. Meaning a system that helps to understand which hand would win by ranking all the possible hands in poker.
The following table shows the poker hand ranking: memorize it well:
| Hand Type | Definition |
| Royal Flush | 10/J/Q/K/A when all the cards belong to the same suit |
| Straight Flush | All 5 cards of the hand all of the same suit with an order of numbers such as A-2-3-4-5. |
| Four of a Kind | 4 identical cards such as K-K-K-K |
| Full House | Three of a Kind and a Pair |
| Flush | 5 cards of the same suit (Clubs/Diamonds/Hearts/Spades) |
| Straight | Five cards with a numerical order as A-2-3-4-5 or 10-J-Q-K-A |
| Three of a Kind | 3 Identical cards. |
| Two Pair | 2 Pair. |
| One Pair | 2 Identical cards. |