bet365 Poker Hand Guide

Understanding the different poker hands that you can get and how they rank against each other is one of the most important ways in which you can learn how to play poker quickly.

Here's a guide to the different poker hands, from the highest to the lowest, that you can form when playing poker with bet365. These hands apply to all types of poker that you can play online with bet365: Texas Hold'em Poker, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, Seven Card Stud Poker and Five Card Stud Poker.

The poker hand definitions also apply to some of our casino card games including Caribbean Poker, Let Them Ride Poker, Pai Gow Poker and Poker Three, although not all of these games include every hand listed below.

Royal Flush

A Royal Flush is the highest ranking hand that you can form in a game of poker and consists of the Ace, King, Queen, Jack and ten of the same suit e.g. Ace of Hearts, King of Hearts, Queen of Hearts, Jack of Hearts and Ten of Hearts.

Straight Flush

A Straight Flush is made up of five cards of the suit in sequence e.g. 8 of Spades, 7 of Spades, 6 of Spades, 5 of Spades.

Four of a Kind

A Four of a Kind is made up of four cards with the same numerical value e.g. 6 of Spades, 6 of Clubs, 6 of Diamonds and 6 of Hearts.

Full House

A Full House is a poker hand that consists of three cards with the same number value and two cards of another number value e.g. 10 of Hearts, 10 of Clubs, 10 of Spades, 3 of Diamonds and 3 of Clubs.

Flush

A Flush is a poker hand made up of five cards from the same suit e.g. Queen of Diamonds, 2 of Diamonds, 5 of Diamonds, 8 of Diamonds and Ace of Diamonds.

Straight

A Straight consists of five cards of different suits in numerical sequence e.g. 5 of Clubs, 6 of Diamonds, 7 of Spades, 8 of Hearts, 9 of Clubs.

Three of a Kind

A Three of a Kind in poker consists of three cards with the same numerical value together with any two other cards e.g. 4 of Clubs, 4 of Spades, 4 of Hearts, Queen of Hearts and 6 of Diamonds.

Two Pairs

This poker hand consists of two pairs of cards of the same numerical value together with any other card e.g. 2 of Hearts, 2 of Clubs, 5 of Hearts, 5 of Diamonds and Queen of Spades.

One Pair

This poker hand consists of a pair of cards with the same numerical value together with any three other unmatched cards e.g. 7 of Hearts, 7 of Clubs, Jack of Diamonds, 5 of Spades and 2 of Clubs.

High Card

If, during a game of online poker with bet365, no player has any of the above hands, the highest ranking card wins, from the Ace downwards.

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