As I was advised, the thumb rule for poker is "hand with least probability of occurring has highest score".
We were watching a game that was laid out as :
- A had a pair of Js
- B had an A and a 10
- Open cards were : ?, K, ?, Q, J
I expcted A to win with 3 Js; but B had the upper hand with a straight.
Then began the discussion with hubby; how come three-of-a-kind is lower than strights. We discussed for a while, but hubby was obviously not too interested (blame it on the heavy lunch!).
So I went back to trusted dependable google and here is what Wikipedia threw up!
1st - Royal Flush ------ 4
2nd - Straight Flush --- 40
3rd - Four of a Kind --- 624
4th - Full House ------- 3744
5th - Flush ------------ 5148
6th - Straights -------- 10240
7th - Three of a Kind -- 54912
8th - wo Pair ---------- 123552
9th - One Pair --------- 1098240
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poker_hands. It also includes the necessary explanations.
I however found this 1907 NY Times article even more intriguing :-) http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9506E3DE1738E033A25757C2A9659C946697D6CF&oref=slogin
Enjoi!!
5 months ago
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hahaha. You need to play the Game to understand it and WIn it.
ReplyDeleteThe "Governer of Poker" Game I told u right, helped me to understand the Game.
He he he !!!! all these things fail when you actually play it :) I reached to 1000000 chips on FB poker and came down to 2k :)
ReplyDeleteNow you tell me! I went bonkers simply trying to fathom the FB interface! ... enough to stay away from it for a while %-)
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