Step by step
- Highest: royal flush, straight flush, four of a kind and full house.
- Next: flush, straight and three of a kind.
- Then: two pair, one pair and high card.
- Equal best five-card hands split the pot; suits do not break a standard poker tie.
Aces and kickers
An ace can be high or low in a straight: A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest straight, while 10-J-Q-K-A is the highest. A sequence cannot wrap around the ace. When two players have a pair of the same rank, compare the highest remaining card, then the next, until the best five cards decide the result.