1. Royal flush
- A, K, Q, J, 10, all the same suit.
2. Straight flush
- Five cards in a sequence, all in the same
3. Four of a kind
- All four cards of the same rank.
4. Full house
- Three of a kind with a pair.
5. Flush
- Any five cards of the same suit, but not in a sequence.
6. Straight
- Five cards in a sequence, but not of the same suit.
7. Three of a kind
- Three cards of the same rank.
8. Two pair
- Two different pairs.
9. Pair
- Two cards of the same rank.
10. High Card
- When you haven't made any of the hands above, the highest card plays. In the example below, the jack plays as the highest card.
The rules above are from "Robert's Rules Of Poker" which is authored by Robert Ciaffone, better known in the poker world as Bob Ciaffone, a leading authority on cardroom rules.
