HIGHEST
Five of a Kind (A♠,
A,♥
A♦, A♣,
Joker)*
Straight Flush (A♠, K♠, Q♠, J♠, 10♠)
Four of a Kind (9♠,
9♥,
9♦, 9♣,
6♦)
Full House (7♠, 7♥,
7♦, 3♣,
3♦)
Flush (A♦,
10♦,
6♦,
3♦,
2♦)
Straight (10♦,
9♥, 8♣,
7♥, 6♣)
Three of a Kind (7♠,
7♥,
7♦,
3♦, A♣)
Two Pair (7♠, 7♥, 3♣,
3♦, A♣)
One Pair (7♠, 7♥, 3♣,
K♦, A♣)
Bust (7♠, 6♣, 5♠,
3♦, A♣)
LOWEST
IN COMPARING BETWEEN
BUST HANDS:
The hand with the lowest-ranking
high card is low hand.
So the lowest possible
hand is 2♦,
3♣,
4♣,
5♣,
7♣
IN A STRAIGHT OR
STRAIGHT FLUSH:
Any ace can be high or
low, but you cannot go
"around the corner":
Queen King Ace Two Three
is not a straight.
THE RANK OF
IDENTICAL-VALUE CARDS*:
Spades ♠
Hearts ♥
Diamonds ♦
Clubs ♣
A JOKER OR WILD CARD IS ANY SINGLE CARD YOU SAY IT IS.
TO DETERMINE THE
"WINNER" AND "LOSER" OF THE HAND:*
The players may examine
all the other hands in the showdown. Each player (in order from
the dealer's left) must first select five cards (if playing 7
card variant), and declare the suit and value of any jokers and
wild cards in the hand.
The hands are ranked from
highest to lowest, evaluated as if each one was
trying for high hand.
The highest-ranking hand
is the WINNER or TOP.
The lowest-ranking hand is the LOSER, or BOTTOM.
Have fun!
* These are not the same rules used in Poker in Las Vegas, etc. These changes have been made to prevent "ties", and to prevent one hand from being declared both high hand ("winner") and low hand ("loser"). These results are allowed in money games, but they would make it difficult or impossible to pay off some wagers and forfeits.