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Ever wonder what beats what in poker? Here we cover the ranking of poker hands.

Royal Flush

A Royal Flush is the highest and rarest ranking hand when playing poker online. It consists of an Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten – all in the same suit. The type of suit does not matter in a Royal Flush.

Straight Flush

This is five cards of the same suit in consecutive sequence. Like with a Royal Flush, the type of suit makes no difference. In a straight flush, while an Ace can be used as the highest and lowest card, a hand cannot be formed with the Ace not starting or finishing the sequence.

Four of a Kind

A Four of a Kind rank is just that – any 4 of the same cards in one hand. Keep in mind that four of a kind does not fulfill the requirements of a five-card hand. Therefore, if two or more players both have a four of a kind hand, the fifth card, or kicker, would determine who wins. The higher the kicker, the stronger the hand.

Full House

Full House is one of the best hands you can get. This consists of a pair – two cards of the same value, along with a three of a kind. The strength of the full house is based on the dominating set.

Flush

The flush, while still rare, is still considered one of the highest ranking hands. A flush is five of any cards of the same suit. Because all suits have equal value, the strength of the suit is based on the highest card in the hand. If the highest card of the suit is equal, then the second highest card wins. If both/all players have the exact same hand and strength of suit, then the pot is drawn.

Straight

A straight hand is five cards of mixed suit in sequential order. The player with the highest straight wins the pot. Remember, like with a straight flush, an Ace must start or end the sequence of numbers.

Three of a Kind

Three of a Kind is when a player has 3 cards of the same value. In poker, this hand is commonly referred to as a ‘set’.

Two Pair

This happens when 2 different pairs of cards appear in the same hand.

Pair

This is one of the most common hands when you play poker online. This is a hand which includes 2 of the same value of card, irrelevant of the other cards in the hand or suit. If two players have a pair, the highest pair wins.

High Card

When a player has none of the abovementioned hands, the winner will be the player with the highest card, making the best 5 card hand.

Author bio

This article was written for All Africa Poker and offers tips on how to play poker hands online.

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There are many different reasons why online poker has become such a tremendous industry. Much of these reasons seem to focus on the potential to win large amounts of money and other articles, writers and pundits agree that online poker offers something for many different individuals with many different viewpoints and tastes.

But the one piece of advice that many aspirant poker players should hear is the following, which is couched as a question: do you enjoy playing poker more than anything else on earth?

This question is the one that needs answering before any poker player attempts to enter the poker hall of fame alone or with one of their most esteemed poker buddies.

There are many things to enjoy about playing poker online. One of the most obvious aspects to this is that there are other people behind the online personas. These people can offer helpful tips, support and sometimes they offer sarcasm-laden pearls of wisdom. It’s true that this can become akin to an online support forum at times, though everyone’s trying to win some money.

Another great feature of online poker rooms is that some of the players there are from different parts of the world. This is a tremendous plus for someone who is interested in learning about other areas of the world, but who does not have the funds, inclination or the ability to travel.

The tremendous variety of online poker sites and games add to the thrill that exists around this popular pastime. This makes it easy to spend most of your time online, playing poker. There is, of course, no minimum time investment required before one can be a good poker player. However, it does make sense to spend as much time as possible perfecting one’s poker skills. And that is why it is so important to enjoy spending time online. Someone who is internet-shy may very well not enjoy spending time in front of a computer. Such a person may prefer to play face-to-face games instead of on the internet, no matter what other benefits there may exist to this particular mode of playing.

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Piggs Peak Poker wrote this article about what it takes to become really good at online poker.