Poker Hands Made Easy

If you haven''t learned how to play poker yet, then its a great social game with which you can also have plenty of fun on the Internet with ? whether you''re prepared to open your wallet or not. If you want to learn how to play, then apart from the order of play and dealing, it''s all about the hands. Learning which hand to play and the likelihood of your opponents having a better hand is the key to poker. If you want a quick guide, then you find out the top hands here, and once you''ve learned you can go play Internet poker for real at Real Deal poker.

Hands are ranked in order, with Royal Flush being the best, and High Card being the lowest.

Royal Flush - A very difficult hand to come across ? this is a sequence of 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace of the same suit. You''ll be in the money if you have this hand!

Straight Flush - Any straight with five cards from the same suit.

Four of a Kind - Four cards of the same value. When two players have the same Four of a Kind, then whoever has the highest fifth card or ''kicker'' wins the hand.

Full House - Three cards of the same value combined with a pair of the same value. Aces full of Kings, or three Aces and two Kings, is the highest full house possible.

Straight ? Five consecutive cards of different suits. Aces count as either a high or low card. A straight from Ace to five is the lowest possible straight.

Straight - Five consecutive cards which are not all from the same suit. Aces can count as high or low in a straight. A straight from Ace to five is the lowest possible straight.

Three of a Kind - A hand which has three cards of the same value. For instance three Aces, a King and a Queen, which would be the highest possible three of a kind.

Two Pair - Two sets of pairs. For instance, King-King, Queen-Queen with a kicker.

High Card ? Any hand not in the above mentioned hands. Whichever card is highest from your five will count.

High Card - Any hand not listed above. Whichever card is highest will be put forward. Bonny Kominek is a professional poker player who found a new internet poker website that provide a game virtually identical to those played at live tables in casinos, home games or anywhere that you find a real poker game.