The straight flush involves having five playable cards all of the same suit and in numerical order. For example, the five through nine of hearts would be a straight flush. A royal flush is a straight flush using the four face cards and a 10 (ace through 10). The value of flush goes all the way up to AKQJ9 of the same suit, and this is the biggest flush possible without having the strongest hand in poker – royal flush (AKQJT of the same suit). The highest flush beats not only all the lower flushes that will not be folding to our huge bets, but it also beats all sets (trips), two pairs, and pairs. The best hand (because of the low probability that it will occur) is the royal flush, which consists of 10, J, Q, K, A of the same suit. There are only 4 ways of getting such a hand (because there are 4 suits), so the probability of being dealt a royal flush is `4/(2,598,960)=0.000 001 539` Straight Flush.

Royal Flush

Ace high Straight Flush.

Ace of Spades King of Spades Queen of Spades Jack of Spades 10 of Spades in a single suit. Also frequently referred to as 'Broadway'.

Straight Flush

Five consecutive cards of the same suit.

Five sequential cards in the same suit. The highest type of Straight Flush is a Royal Flush, and the lowest is an A-2-3-4-5 hand (if Aces are low or high/low). This type of hand is referred to as a 'Steel Wheel'. Other Straight Flushes with special names include:

• King of Clubs Queen of Clubs Jack of Clubs 10 of Clubs 9 of Clubs - Off Broadway (because it's shifted down one rank from a Royal Flush, or 'Broadway').

Four of a Kind

One of each suit in a single rank.

Also known as Quads. Many of the Four of a Kind hands have their own nicknames:

• King of Clubs King of Diamonds King of Hearts King of Spades - Four Horsemen (of the Apocalypse)
• Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds Queen of Hearts Queen of Spades - Village People (four Queens)
• 10 of Clubs 10 of Diamonds 10 of Hearts 10 of Spades - Larry, after Larry Fortensky (four-ten-sky), Elizabeth Taylor's eighth husband
• 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts 4 of Spades - Yacht Club (because the 4 resembles a sail)
• 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds 3 of Hearts 3 of Spades - Forest (four 'trees')
• 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts 2 of Spades - Mighty Ducks (because the 2 resembles a duck)

Full House

Three of a Kind and One Pair.

A Full House is called as 'X over Y' where X is the Three of a Kind and Y is the Pair (e.g., in a A-A-A-Q-Q hand, you would call it as 'Full House, Aces over Queens').

A Full House is sometimes called a boat or a full boat. When called a Boat/Full Boat, the hand is announced as 'X full of Y' (e.g., the same A-A-A-Q-Q hand would be called a 'Full Boat, Aces full of Queens'). Some Full House hands have special nicknames:

• Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts - Marksman (bows and arrows)
• 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds 7 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts - Sailing rednecks
• 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts - Nits and Lice, Mites and Lice

Flush

Five cards of the same suit.

Any five cards, all of which are in the same suit. A Flush all in hearts is referred to as 'Valentine's' while a flush all in clubs is known as a 'Golf Bag'.

Straight

Five consecutive cards.

Five cards in sequential order (but not all in the same suit, or it would be a Straight Flush). Also known as a Run (in many melding/counting games, such as gin and its variants, cribbage, and canasta, a Straight is referred to as a Run, and the name has carried over into poker).

• 6 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts 3 of Spades 2 of Clubs - Rabbit (the lowest Straight Flush if Aces are high)
• 5 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 3 of Hearts 2 of Spades Ace of Clubs - Wheel, Bicycle, Bike, Spike, First Street, Little Wheel (the lowest run if Aces are low or high/low)

Three of a Kind

Three cards of the same rank. Also known as Trips, a Set, or Triplets. Three-card combinations that have special names include:

• Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds Ace of Hearts - Beatles reunion
• King of Clubs King of Diamonds King of Hearts - Three Wise Men, Christmas Special (both references to 'Three Kings'), Alabama Night Riders, Ku Klux Klan (KKK is an abbreviation for the Ku Klux Klan, and 'Alabama Night Riders' is a colloquial term used to refer to this group, which has a history of carrying out their acts at night in rural ateas)
• Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds Queen of Hearts - Six Tits
• Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds Jack of Hearts - Hart, Schaffner, and Marx (Three Jacks)
• 10 of Clubs 10 of Diamonds 10 of Hearts - Dallas to Fort Worth (the I-10 connects these two Texas Cities), San Jose to Gilroy, Gilroy, Thirty Miles of bad road (the distance between San Jose and Gilroy, California, used to be 30 miles, although the two cities are now adjoining)
• 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds 7 of Hearts - 21, Slot Machine, Jackpot (all named after results in other casino games like Blackjack and Slots)
• 6 of Clubs 6 of Diamonds 6 of Hearts - The Devil, The Beast, Lucifer, Devil's Area Code
• 5 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds 5 of Hearts - Washington Monument, Pork Chop Sandwiches
• 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts - Grand Jury
• 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts - Huey, Dewey, and Louie (three ducks)

Two Pairs

Two pairs, each with two cards of the same rank. Notable named two pair combinations include:

• Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds 8 of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Dead Man's Hand (Arrows and Nooses)
• King of Clubs King of Diamonds Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Mommas and Poppas
• King of Clubs King of Diamonds 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds - Pair of Dogs (because it's K9K9-- two canines)
• Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - San Francisco Waiters (Queens with Trays/Treys)
• Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds 5 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Jackson Five (Jacks and Fives), Motown, Rock and Roll
• Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - Hookers with Crabs (because the Jacks hook and the 3 is like a sideways crab)
• 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds 8 of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Oldsmobile
• 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds 6 of Clubs 6 of Diamonds - Dinner for Four
• 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds - Socks and Shoes, Mites and Lice, Mits and Mites, Nits and Lice

One Pair

Two cards of the same rank. The poker hand that contains a single pair that is the most worth noting is the Princess Leia (an A-A-2-3), so called because the room in which Leia was imprisoned in Star Wars was room A-A-2-3. The best known names given to (pocket) pairs include:

• Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds - Pocket Rockets, Bullets, American Airlines
• King of Clubs King of Diamonds - Cowboys, King Kong
• Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Bitches, Double date, Canadian Aces, Siegfried and Roy
• Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds - Fish Hooks
• 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds - German Virgin (no, we don't know why.)
• 8 of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Snowmen
• 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds - Sunset Strip, Hockey Sticks
• 6 of Clubs 6 of Diamonds - Route 66
• 5 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Speed limit
• 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds - Magnum, Sail Boat
• 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - Crabs
• 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds - Ducks

High Card

While the high card is the lowest possible hand in poker (every poker hand automatically has a 'high card' in it-- the card with the greatest value), it comes into play in some poker variants more than others. Poker rookies often underestimate the value of the high card.

Texas Hold'em, for instance, is frequently referred to as a game of high cards because a player with higher cards always has an advantage. If player 1 holds K-Q and player 2 holds J-10, there are three possible outcomes:

Poker Royal Flush Vs Royal Flush Rules

1. The flop makes player 1's hand, and player 1 wins.
2. The flop makes player 2's hand, and player 2 wins.
3. The flop doesn't make either player's hand, and player 1 wins again.

The player with high cards has a statistical advantage and will win 63% of the time.

Well known nicknames given to pocket hands are:

• Ace of Clubs King of Diamonds - Big Slick, Anna Kournikova (looks great, never wins!)
• Ace of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Big Chick
• Ace of Clubs Jack of Diamonds - Black Jack, Jack-Ass
• King of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Royalty, Marriage
• King of Clubs Jack of Diamonds - Kojak
• Jack of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Jackson Five
• Queen of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - Gay Waiter
• 9 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Dolly Parton
• Ace of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Dead Man's Hand (player Wild Bill Hickok was shot in 1876 after winning with it!)
• King of Clubs 9 of Diamonds - Canine
• Jack of Clubs 4 of Diamonds - Flat Tire

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I don't think either recipient set it right...

did they ask to have it set the House Way? I could see the dealer setting it wrong too.i agree, but I think my fellow players would have set that as quad aces with QJ up:-)In my experience, to play your best odds it has to be AJoker up top, KKQQJ in the back. EXCEPT Harrah's LV for years paid a different schedule, where you had to keep a hand together to pay its value (the Rio did this too when they opened up, but quickly changed to what everybody else was doing, which was paying the bonus regardless how the hand was set). Harrah's paid a higher rate as well for FH because of this (6:1 FH instead of 5:1, with a pair it paid 12:1). So it depended on your base bet to bonus bet ratio how you might set the hand, as a FH/non-second pair was almost always a push, but 3OAK with a pair set was mostly a winner. House way was to always split the FH for the highest possible top. If I had this hand at Harrah's during this time, I would've held it for the bonus, because the worst it would do is push and pay. I'm pretty sure they finally dumped that paytable; nobody else, including their own properties in other places, was using it to my knowledge. And, even at Harrah's, if you're NOT playing the bonus, the Ajoker top is the only way to go.
This hand is similar in strategy to the 2 hand rule when you have a flush, straight, or straight flush in the hand, but also 2 pairs. It's almost always right to split the pairs and go for the win. That's the house way as well (there are a few exceptions, like 2 small pair and a flush or straight that includes the ace, most houses will keep the 2 small pair together and play ace whatever up top) but in either case, disregarding the flush or straight. However, if you (not the house) have a huge (say 8x base) bet on the ante, there are times when you virtually concede it will be a push and hold the straight/flush with no top (splitting your two pairs) just to protect the big bet. I think you have to decide what your tolerance for the riskier play will be (though there are those on here marvelous with numbers to tell you your chances); I tend to chicken out and protect the base bet at around 4x base. Generally, though, it's best to play as strong a top as the hand will allow; the house doesn't play to win, they play NOT TO LOSE, so there are times when it pays to be aggressive. Keep in mind that all houses seem to have slightly different house way rules, and find out what they are before you start. All in my experience....now to go see what the Wiz's numbers say about it. lol...

EXCEPT Harrah's LV for years paid a different schedule, where you had to keep a hand together to pay its value (the Rio did this too when they opened up, but quickly changed to what everybody else was doing, which was paying the bonus regardless how the hand was set). Harrah's paid a higher rate as well for FH because of this (6:1 FH instead of 5:1, with a pair it paid 12:1). So it depended on your base bet to bonus bet ratio how you might set the hand, as a FH/non-second pair was almost always a push, but 3OAK with a pair set was mostly a winner. House way was to always split the FH for the highest possible top. If I had this hand at Harrah's during this time, I would've held it for the bonus, because the worst it would do is push and pay. I'm pretty sure they finally dumped that paytable; nobody else, including their own properties in other places, was using it to my knowledge. And, even at Harrah's, if you're NOT playing the bonus, the Ajoker top is the only way to go.

Late to the party, but was reading old threads and found this. What you're describing is a game called Jackpot Pai Gow Poker. I've never seen it anywhere, and like you said, it's probably been completely abandoned. I do have one story regarding it though.
My boss's friend was playing at (I think) Harrah's, and was playing the Jackpot Pai Gow table, but either had no idea that he wasn't playing Fortune or didn't know the difference. He was dealt Five Aces, and he played it like you would ordinarily play it (AAAxx/A*). Whoops. He got paid for trips. He asked the dealer 'Why didn't you tell me I had to keep them together to get paid?!' The dealer responded that he would have been instantly fired if he did.
It's not hard to see why the game faded away. Many people probably became disgusted with the game by basically being tricked into throwing away a massive payout. Imagine getting a natural 7-card and not even getting paid 50:1 (Jackpot pays 30:1 for a straight flush). Interestingly though, Jackpot Pai Gow offers a tremendously low house advantage if played optimally, never going any higher than 2.36%. The additional edge must be in player errors such as not knowing you can't break up your bonus.

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