Best Hand Wins: How Poker Is Governed by Chance

A poker hand consists of five cards The categories of hand, from highest to lowest, are listed in the chart below Any hand in a higher category beats any

three card poker hand) or a two, three, four and five The permissible high poker hands in poker games that result in a five

poker circus POKER HAND RANKING 1 Royal Flush A K J 10 6 Straight 10 9 8 7 6 The best hand possible, a royal flush consists of A, K, Q, J and 10, all of the same

poker demo In this paper I will derive the probabilities of being dealt one of the given hands in five-card stud poker and how those probabilities change when jokers and