The rules for all games that are defined in this document are the rules of the game. The rules for games not in this document must be stated by the dealer when the game is called. For games that require an ante, it is the lowest unit bet (a white chip), and is put in by each player before the first card is dealt. Should you start with a hand such as J-10 there are myriad ways to make a full house. You can see a dream flop of J-J-10 or 10-10-J, or the board could run out so that one of your hole cards is not needed, e.g. On a board of 7-7-7-J-2.

General Rule: When hands tie on the rank of a pair, three of a kind, etc, the cards outside break ties following the High Card rules. The above rules are provided by '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. He has done extensive work on rules for the Las Vegas Hilton, The Mirage, and Hollywood Park Casino, and assisted many other cardrooms.

Beforeyou can start playing poker, you need to understand what hand beatswhat. It's actually quite simple and it is explained here.

In poker, the lowest card is a two, and the higest is an ace. Card have two Important attribute:

Card Rank:The numercial value of the card is called rank and cards are ranked as follows, from lowest to highest:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace

Card Suit: The other important attribute of a card is the card suit which is either diamond, club, heart or spade.

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Poker hands are made up of a series of 5 cards. Some hands are based on card ranks only, some are based on suit only while others are based on a combination of rank and suit.

Beginners may want to print this poker hand ranking reference card until they are comfortable with all poker hands.


Poker Rules Full House Tie Rods

All the suits in poker are of equal value. It makes no difference whether someone has the ace of clubs or the ace of diamonds. If remaining players have exactly the same hand at showdown, only in different suits, the pot is split.

Hand Ranking

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The value of poker hands is determined by how rare or common it is to be dealt them, with the most common hands valued lower than the rarer hands. The complete list of poker hands is as follows, in increasing order of scarcity:

  1. High card
  2. One pair
  3. Two pair
  4. Three of a kind (sometimes called “trips” or “a set”)
  5. Straight
  6. Flush
  7. Full house
  8. Four of a kind (sometimes called “quads”)
  9. Straight flush

High Card

If you have no pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, etc., then the highest card in your hand is considered to be decisive. The hand above, in which the best card is a king and there is no other combination of poker hand, is known as “king high”.

Ace high beats king high. King high beats queen high, and so on.

If the high cards in two players’ hands is the same, the second-highest card becomes decisive. If these cards are also the same, the third-highest card plays and so on. These cards are known as the kicker.

Poker Rules Full House Tie Downs

High card ace, king kicker:

Poker Rules Full House Tie Game

Player 1 has A♠K♣
Player 2 has A♦Q♦
The board is 9♠6♥4♥3♠2♣

Poker Rules Full House Tie Ideas

Both players have an ace, but Player 1 wins, because he has a king as his second highest card (kicker). His opponent only has a queen.