Poker rules

Poker is a card game that originated in the saloons of the American wild west. Quite unlike Blackjack, the game is between player and player and not against the dealer. There are many variations of the game and it is a game in which psychology plays a very large part. There is a saying that “ Poker takes a moment to learn and a lifetime to master”

It is played with a standard pack of 52 cards, however sometimes multiple packs are used and another variant is that Jokers or wild cards may be added. The card values are ranked from the highest card being the Ace, then King, Queen, Jack, 10 down to the 2. The ace can be high or low. The four card suites are spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs and they all rank the same, no suite is higher than the other.

Each player is dealt five cards and this is called a “hand”. The hand with the highest in ranks wins. In some games, wild cards or jokers are introduced which can be labeled to be whatever suit or rank the holder wants.

The Rank of Poker Hands

There are 2,598,960 possible combinations of cards that could be dealt. The table below shows the number of possible hands and the chances of getting them.

Out of 2,598,960 possible combinations of cards the probability of getting a particular card hand