A while ago I copied this from another website adding my own explanations as I was going to teach a friend. Perhaps some of you may find it useful. I think the explanations are better here than the official rules that are shown in the playroom.

TEXAS HOLDEM POKER CARD COMBINATIONS

HIGHEST HAND TO WIN

Royal Flush - An Ace-High straight of one suit.

Queen of spades, King of spades, Jack Of Sspades, 10 of spades, Ace of spades
(you can do the same with diamonds, hearts and clubs)

SECOND HIGHEST HAND TO WIN

Straight Flush - A straight of entirely one suit.

4 of diamonds, 7 of diamonds, 8 of diamonds, 5 of diamonds, 6 of diamonds, (spades, hearts or clubs could be the same)

THE THIRD HIGHEST HAND

Four-of-a-Kind (Quads) - Four cards of the same rank. (quad means 4)

Jack of hearts, Jack of spades, 8 of hearts, jack of diamonds, jack of clubs

The Fourth Highest Hand

Full House (Full Boat, Boat) - Three-of-a-kind and a pair. The example below would be called "Queens over Aces" or "Queens full of Aces".

Queen Of Diamonds, Queen of spades ace of diamonds, , Queen of clubs ace of spades (3 queens wich is 3 of a kind and 2 aces a pair of aces hence queen over aces)

THE FIFTH HIGHEST HAND

Flush - Five cards of the same suit.

4 of diamonds, 10 of diamonds, ace of diamonds, 2 of diamonds, 5 of diamonds

THE SIXTH HIGHEST HAND

Straight (Run) - Five cards of sequential rank. Note that in holdem, Aces can be high or low. (Sequence means that numbers or it could be letters follow each other such as the alphabet would be an example of sequential letters)

9 of diamonds 10 of spades, , Queen of clubs, 8 of diamonds, Jack of hearts,

An example of a straight where the Ace is low:

4Of diamonds, Ace Of Diamonds, 2 of spades, 5 of spades, 3 of diamonds

Three-of-a-Kind (Trips, Set, Triplets) - Three cards of the same

King of clubs, King of hearts, King of spades, ace Of spades, 2 of diamonds

Two Pair - Two cards of the same rank and another two cards of the same rank. The example below would be called "Jacks and Twos".

Jack of clubs, 2 of spades, 2 of diamonds, Queen of spades, Jack of diamonds

One Pair - Two cards of the same rank.

Ace of spades, 6 of diamonds, 10 of spades, king of clubs, Ace of Diamonds

High Card - When you don't have any of the above, your highest card determines your hand. The example below would be "King High" or "High card King".

2 of diamonds, 4 of spades, 7 of spades, 10 of diamonds, King of clubs

thank you so much. This was very helpful for me (beginner and all)

Not a problem and glad it was useful!

If anyone wants to match me up in holdem please let me know!.

Police,
If we make a rule to allow all-in no more than once in every 20 hands, I'm game.

Balasana are you wanting the potlimit or the nolimit. Nothing wrong all in if you have the best hands. However you want to match up with me let me know.

No-limit of course. All-in game is just boring to me lol Let's put some skills to test??

ok bring it on Bal if you lose you will know why.

iam game