Poker Games – Hands and some fun facts

  Bibin       January 29, 2020

Poker games have a history of about 1000 years which evolved through civilizations. Due to its addictive nature and an excellent medium to kill time, poker and other casino games like roulette, rummy and blackjack are played by millions worldwide. Poker games are basically a game of strategy and skill. Poker games have been used as a metaphor in Bond movies such as Casino Royale starred by Daniel Craig, which was a remake of 1967 movie with the same name.

Though the rules of poker are simple and easy to understand, to become a pro player, one has to master the tactics and strategies and to apply them at the right time. The game starts when players select a set of five cards called ‘hands’, and each hands having its own values and is considered as it’s rank. This rank is compared against the ranks of other hands which decides who wins or loses.

According to the different variations in poker, in some higher ranks wins and in some lower ranks wins.

Different ranks in Poker 

You know that the ranks determine who should be the winner. Whatever the variation of poker are you playing, the hands are always the same. You must learn how the ranks will vary according to the hands before you start playing.

The following are the different poker hands from the highest ranks to the lowest rank.

Royal Flush- It contains a 10, king, Queen, Jack and Ace in the same suit and it is the best probable hand in poker. It includes a 10, Jack, Queen, King and an Ace of the same suit.

Straight Flush - This hand is similar to the royal flush, but the cards will be in numerical sequential order and with the same suit.

Four of a Kind - Cards with different suits, but with the same rank.

Full House - In a full house, three cards of the same kind and two cards of a different kind.

A Flush - Five random spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs is an example for a flush. It is a hand with five suits in random order.

Straight - It is a hand with five cards of any suit but in sequential order.

Three of a Kind - When You got a hand with three cards of the same rank, then it is called Three of a kind.

Two Pair - A hand that contains two different pairs, for example, two 7s and two Jacks and another fifth card.

One Pair - A pair of numerically matching cards can be considered as One pair hand.

High Card - Neither two cards from the same rank, nor the five cards are from the same suit, and not consecutive as well. This is the lowest-ranking hand.

Some random facts about Poker

New Orleans, Louisiana is the birthplace of Jazz music and cocktails and of the Poker as well. The name Texas Hold em' is a symbolic mention that America is its birthplace. Historians have written that the first hand of the game is written and drafted in Louisiana.

The second fact is that during early times, poker was played using a single deck of four cards compared to 52 cards as of now. The longest duration a poker game played was nearly eight and a half years in the Bird Cage Theatre in Arizona. During the early days, gold nuggets, gold coins, and even gold dust were used in the place of chips. Then poker chips were introduced in order to standardize the value.

The first poker tournament to broadcast was in 1973. It was the world series of Poker which was held in Las Vegas. Poker is the most profitable sport in the world because the top winners earn as much as $44,202,738 from a single game, but these numbers are actually kept as a secret from the public.

One particular game held in the UK has taken place in the Guinness Book of World Records. It was the largest poker game that ever held. 225,000 players participated for the top $25,000 in June 2013. The last one may blow your mind. There are more than 300 million hand combinations that exist in 7 card poker!.

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