A royal straight flush is when you have 10-J-Q-K-A in your hand, all of the same suit. This is the best there is, no bluffing about it. Although if you are a good bluffer, you might smile as brightly as the sun when you look at your hand and realize you don't have this, then immediately go.well, poker-faced. Straight Flush: A straight flush (five consecutive cards all of the same suit) beats four of a kind. Aces can be high or low. An ace-high straight flush is called a royal flush, the best possible hand in poker. ♣ Betting Variations. Texas Hold'em can be played in three basic variations: Limit Hold'em: In Limit Hold'em, the amount you can bet. A straight flush beats both of these hands, and consists of both of the above rules combined. Eg 5,6,7,8,9 of the same suit. It ranks just above a straight, and below a Straight Flush House or any other cat or dog. In standard poker seven high is the lowest hand possible. Big dog: Ace high, nine low (for example, A-K-J-10-9). Ranks above a straight or little dog, and below a Straight Flush House or cat. Little cat (or little tiger): Eight high, three low. Ranks above a straight or any dog, but below a Straight Flush House or big cat.
The highest possible straight flush, and the best hand in poker, is an ace high straight flush, also known as a Royal Flush. A royal flush consists of a straight from ten to the ace with all five cards of the same suit (A♥ K♥ Q♥ J♥ 10♥). A royal flush is exceptionally rare and is.
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Introduction
High Card Flush made its debut at Harrah's Laughlin in summer 2011. In February 2013 it found another placement at the M in Las Vegas. After that slow beginning the game caught on and today has lots of placements.
The game follows a fold or raise structure, like Caribbean Stud Poker and Three Card Poker. Where it differs is in the hand ranking, which is all about making the highest possible flush out of seven cards.
Rules
- High Card Flush is played with a standard 52-card deck of playing cards.
- To begin play, each player makes the mandatory Ante wager, and if desired, the optional Bonus wager.
- The player and dealer each receive seven cards face down.
- Hands are evaluated in the following fashion:
- The first ranking criteria is the greatest number of cards in any one suit. This is referred to as the 'maximum flush.' For instance, any hand with a maximum four-card flush beats any hand with a maximum three-card flush, but loses to any hand with a maximum five-card flush.
- The second ranking criteria is the standard poker-rankings for flushes; that is, a hand with a maximum four-card flush of K-Q-J-T would beat a hand with a maximum four-card flush of K-Q-J-9, but lose to a hand with a maximum four-card flush of A-4-3-2.
- Each player then decides upon one of the following options:
- Fold, and surrender the Ante.
- Raise, placing a second bet equal to at least the Ante. The maximum amount of the Raise wager depends on the rank of the player?s hand:
- With a two-, three- or four-card flush, the maximum Raise wager is equal to the Ante wager.
- With a five-card flush, the maximum Raise wager is double the Ante wager.
- With a six- or seven-card flush, the maximum Raise wager is triple the Ante wager.
- Once all players have decided, the dealer turns over his seven cards and evaluates his hand in a similar fashion as described above.
- If the dealer does not have at least a three-card flush, nine-high, all remaining players have their Antes paid, and the Raise bets are pushed.
- If the dealer has at least a three-card flush, nine-high, his hand is compared to each other player:
- All players with a higher-ranking hand win, and have their Ante and Raise wagers paid at even money.
- All players with a lower-ranking hand lose, and have their Ante and Raise wagers collected.
- Players with the exact same ranking hand as the dealer push both their Ante and Raise wagers.
- Finally, any player who made the Bonus wager has his hand evaluated against the Bonus paytable, and the Bonus wager is either paid or collected as necessary.
Mousseau Strategy
Charles Mousseau determined that without regard to cards not part of the highest flush, a close to perfect strategy is to raise on T-8-6 or higher. The player should always make the largest allowed Raise bet. This strategy has a house edge of 0.06% higher than optimal strategy.
That means to raise any four-card or higher flush, and any three-card flush of rank T-8-6 or greater. For example, you would raise J-3-2, but fold T-7-5.
The following table shows the probability and return for each possible event under the Mousseau strategy. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 2.71%.
Mousseau Strategy Return Table
Event | Pays | Probability | Return |
---|---|---|---|
Player raises 3x, dealer qualifies, player wins | 4 | 0.001604 | 0.006416 |
Player raises 2x, dealer qualifies, player wins | 3 | 0.021374 | 0.064121 |
Player raises 1x, dealer qualifies, player wins | 2 | 0.258352 | 0.516703 |
Player raises 1x, dealer does not qualify | 1 | 0.160076 | 0.160076 |
Player raises 2x, dealer does not qualify | 1 | 0.006590 | 0.006590 |
Player raises 3x, dealer does not qualify | 1 | 0.000444 | 0.000444 |
Player raises 1x, dealer qualifies, player pushes | 0 | 0.000839 | 0.000000 |
Player raises 2x, dealer qualifies, player pushes | 0 | 0.000001 | 0.000000 |
Player raises 3x, dealer qualifies, player pushes | 0 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
Player folds | -1 | 0.320589 | -0.320589 |
Player raises 1x, dealer qualifies, player loses | -2 | 0.229568 | -0.459136 |
Player raises 2x, dealer qualifies, player loses | -3 | 0.000559 | -0.001678 |
Player raises 3x, dealer qualifies, player loses | -4 | 0.000003 | -0.000013 |
Totals | 1.000000 | -0.027065 |
Under the Mousseau strategy, the average final wager is 1.712 units. Thus, the element of risk is 2.706%/1.712 = 1.581%.
High Card Flush Advanced Strategy
Wizard of Odds contributor Gordon Michaels has published a High Card Flush Advanced Strategy. His strategy considers the suit distribution of the penalty cards with T-3-2 to T-9-8. The bottom line is a house edge of 2.6855%. Please click the link for the specifics.
Optimal Strategy
An optimal strategy has yet to be put in writing. However, we can narrow it down, as follows.
- Make maximum raise bet with J-9-6 or higher.
- Fold 9-7-4 or lower.
- You're on your own with 9-7-5 to J-9-5.
The following table shows that under the unknown optimal strategy the house edge is 2.64%.
Optimal Strategy Return Table
Event | Pays | Probability | Return |
---|---|---|---|
Player raises 3x, dealer qualifies, player wins | 4 | 0.001618 | 0.006473 |
Player raises 2x, dealer qualifies, player wins | 3 | 0.021472 | 0.064417 |
Player raises 1x, dealer qualifies, player wins | 2 | 0.258181 | 0.516361 |
Player raises 1x, dealer does not qualify | 1 | 0.160038 | 0.160038 |
Player raises 2x, dealer does not qualify | 1 | 0.006617 | 0.006617 |
Player raises 3x, dealer does not qualify | 1 | 0.000448 | 0.000448 |
Player raises 1x, dealer qualifies, player pushes | 0 | 0.000840 | 0.000000 |
Player raises 2x, dealer qualifies, player pushes | 0 | 0.000001 | 0.000000 |
Player raises 3x, dealer qualifies, player pushes | 0 | 0.000000 | 0.000000 |
Player folds | -1 | 0.321365 | -0.321365 |
Player raises 1x, dealer qualifies, player loses | -2 | 0.228857 | -0.457715 |
Player raises 2x, dealer qualifies, player loses | -3 | 0.000560 | -0.001679 |
Player raises 3x, dealer qualifies, player loses | -4 | 0.000003 | -0.000013 |
Totals | 1.000000 | -0.026418 |
Under the Mousseau strategy, the average final wager is 1.711 units. Thus, the element of risk is 2.642%/1.711 = 1.544%.
Miscellaneous statistics:
- All told, when the player plays optimally, the player will raise 67.86% of the time.
- The dealer will have a qualifying hand 75.36% of the time.
- The player and dealer will tie 0.08% of the time.
Flush Bet
I have heard of two pay tables for the Flush bet. The following three tables show the details.
Pay Table 1
Cards | Pays | Probability | Return | |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 | 300 | 6,864 | 0.000051 | 0.015392 |
6 | 100 | 267,696 | 0.002001 | 0.200095 |
5 | 10 | 3,814,668 | 0.028514 | 0.285135 |
4 | 1 | 26,137,540 | 0.195370 | 0.195370 |
3 or less | -1 | 103,557,792 | 0.774064 | -0.774064 |
Total | 133,784,560 | 1.000000 | -0.078072 |
Pay Table 2
Cards | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 | 300 | 6,864 | 0.000051 | 0.015392 |
6 | 75 | 267,696 | 0.002001 | 0.150071 |
5 | 5 | 3,814,668 | 0.028514 | 0.142568 |
4 | 2 | 26,137,540 | 0.195370 | 0.390741 |
3 or less | -1 | 103,557,792 | 0.774064 | -0.774064 |
Total | 133,784,560 | 1.000000 | -0.075292 |
Straight Flush Bet
High Flush Poker Rules
The Straight Flush side bet pays according to the longest straight flush the player can make. I observed it only at the Planet Hollywood. The lower right cell shows a house edge of 13.11%.
Straight Flush Side Wager
Cards | Pays | Combinations | Probability | Return |
---|---|---|---|---|
7 | 8000 | 32 | 0.000000 | 0.001914 |
6 | 1000 | 1,592 | 0.000012 | 0.011900 |
5 | 100 | 39,960 | 0.000299 | 0.029869 |
4 | 60 | 676,196 | 0.005054 | 0.303262 |
3 | 7 | 8,642,932 | 0.064603 | 0.452224 |
2 or less | -1 | 124,423,848 | 0.930031 | -0.930031 |
Total | 133,784,560 | 1.000000 | -0.130864 |
Acknowledgements
- Thanks for Charles Mousseau for providing the math for this game, except on the Straight Flush side bet. Charles' web site is tgscience.com.
- Gordon Michaels for his High Card Flush Advanced Strategy.
Written by: Michael Shackleford
Non-standard poker hands are hands which are not recognized by official poker rules but are made by house rules. Non-standard hands usually appear in games using wild cards or bugs. Other terms for nonstandard hands are special hands or freak hands. Because the hands are defined by house rules, the composition and ranking of these hands is subject to variation. Any player participating in a game with non-standard hands should be sure to determine the exact rules of the game before play begins.
Types[edit]
The usual hierarchy of poker hands from highest to lowest runs as follows (standard poker hands are in italics):
- Royal Flush: See Straight Flush.
- Skeet flush: The same cards as a skeet (see below) but all in the same suit.
- Straight flush: The highest straight flush, A-K-Q-J-10 suited, is also called a royal flush. When wild cards are used, a wild card becomes whichever card is necessary to complete the straight flush, or the higher of the two cards that can complete an open-ended straight flush. For example, in the hand 10♠ 9♠ (Wild) 7♠ 6♠, it becomes the 8♠, and in the hand (Wild) Q♦ J♦ 10♦ 9♦, it plays as the K♦ (even though the 8♦ would also make a straight flush).
- Four of a kind: Between two equal sets of four of a kind (possible in wild card and community card poker games or with multiple or extended decks), the kicker determines the winner.
- Big bobtail: A four card straight flush (four cards of the same suit in consecutive order).
- Flush: When wild cards are used, a wild card contained in a flush is considered to be of the highest rank not already present in the hand. For example, in the hand (Wild) 10♥ 8♥ 5♥ 4♥, the wild card plays as the A♥, but in the hand A♣ K♣ (Wild) 9♣ 6♣, it plays as the Q♣. (As noted above, if a wild card would complete a straight flush, it will play as the card that would make the highest possible hand.) A variation is the double-ace flush rule, in which a wild card in a flush always plays as an ace, even if one is already present (unless the wild card would complete a straight flush). In such a game, the hand A♠ (Wild) 9♠ 5♠ 2♠ would defeat A♦ K♦ Q♦ 10♦ 8♦ (the wild card playing as an imaginary second A♠), whereas by the standard rules it would lose (because even with the wild card playing as a K♠, the latter hand's Q♦ outranks the former's 9♠).
- Straight Flush House: Same as Flush House (see below), but all cards are in consecutive order.
- Big cat: See cats and dogs below.
- Little cat: See cats and dogs below.
- Big dog: See cats and dogs below.
- Little dog: See cats and dogs below.
- Straight: When wild cards are used, the wild card becomes whichever rank is necessary to complete the straight. If two different ranks would complete a straight, it becomes the higher. For example, in the hand J♦ 10♠ 9♣ (Wild) 7♠, the wild card plays as an 8 (of any suit; it doesn't matter). In the hand (Wild) 6♥ 5♦ 4♥ 3♦, it plays as a 7 (even though a 2 would also make a straight).
- Wrap-around straight: Also called a round-the-corner straight, consecutive cards including an ace which counts as both the high and low card. (Example Q-K-A-2-3).
- Skip straight: Also called alternate straight, Dutch straight, skipper, or kangaroo straight, Cards are in consecutive order, skipping every second rank (example 3-5-7-9-J).
- Five and dime: 5-low, 10-high, with no pair (example 5-6-7-8-10).[1]
- Skeet: Also called pelter or bracket, a hand with a deuce (2), a 5, and a 9, plus two other un-paired cards lower than 9 (example 2-4-5-6-9).[2]
- Little bobtail: A three card straight flush (three cards of the same suit in consecutive order).
- Flash: One card of each suit plus a joker.
- Blaze: Also called blazer, all cards are jacks, queens, and/or kings.
- Russ: Five cards of the same color.
- Bobtail flush: Also called four flush, Four cards of the same suit.
- Flush house: Three cards of one suit and two cards of another.
- Bobtail straight: Also called four straight, four cards in consecutive order.
Some poker games are played with a deck that has been stripped of certain cards, usually low-ranking ones. For example, the Australian game of Manila uses a 32-card deck in which all cards below the rank of 7 are removed, and Mexican Stud removes the 8s, 9s, and 10s. The sims 4 download for free on pc no surveys. In both of these games, a flush ranks above a full house, because having fewer cards of each suit available makes full houses more common.
Cats and dogs[edit]
'Cats' (or 'tigers') and 'dogs' are types of no-pair hands defined by their highest and lowest cards. The remaining three cards are kickers. Dogs and cats rank above straights and below Straight Flush houses. Usually, when cats and dogs are played, they are the only unconventional hands allowed.
- Little dog: Seven high, two low (for example, 7-6-4-3-2). It ranks just above a straight, and below a Straight Flush House or any other cat or dog. In standard poker seven high is the lowest hand possible.
- Big dog: Ace high, nine low (for example, A-K-J-10-9). Ranks above a straight or little dog, and below a Straight Flush House or cat.
- Little cat (or little tiger): Eight high, three low. Ranks above a straight or any dog, but below a Straight Flush House or big cat.
- Big cat (or big tiger): King high, eight low. It ranks just below a Straight Flush House, and above a straight or any other cat or dog.
Some play that dog or cat flushes beat a straight flush, under the reasoning that a plain dog or cat beats a plain straight. This makes the big cat flush the highest hand in the game.
Kilters[edit]
A Kilter, also called Kelter, is a generic term for a number of different non-standard hands. Depending on house rules, a Kilter may be a Skeet, a Little Cat, a Skip Straight, or some variation of one of these hands.
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References[edit]
- ^1897-1985, Gibson, Walter B. (Walter Brown),. Hoyle's modern encyclopedia of card games : rules of all the basic games and popular variations. ISBN0307486095. OCLC860901380.CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
- ^Stevens, Michael (November 3, 2018). '15 Poker Hand Names That Will Make You Smile (And Where Those Names Came From)'. gamblingsites.org. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
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