Tournament Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Standard Rank of Poker Hands with a 52-Card Deck
Standard Rank of Poker Hands with a 52-Card Deck It must be specified for clarity's sake that in the following list of Poker hands in ten categories, called ranks, any hand listed in a superior rank beats any hand listed in an inferior rank. The royal flush, listed in Rank 1, beats any hand listed in Rank 2. Any hand listed in Rank 6 beats any hand in Rank 7, 8, 9, or 10, and loses to any hand in Rank 5, 4, 3, 2, or 1.
RANK 1 (THE SUPREME RANK)
RANK 1 (THE SUPREME RANK) The Royal Flush: the five highest cards, namely A-K-Q-J-10, of any one of the four suits. The suits have equal rank. Royal flushes tie for winner.