Poker Hand Ranks

High Ball Poker Hands

Royal Flush: Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace of the same suit.
Straight Flush: Straight with all five cards in the same suit.
Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same number or face value ("quads").
Full House: Three cards of one number or face value and two cards of another number or face value. If more than one player has a full house, the full house with the highest ranking three of a kind ("trips") wins.
Flush: Five cards of the same suit. If there is more than one flush, the hand with the highest card(s) wins.
Straight: Five cards in sequence. Cards can be in any suit. An Ace can be used in the highest straight (10, J, Q, K, A) and the lowest straight (A, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Three of a Kind: Three cards of the same number or face value ("trips").
Two Pair: If two players have two pair, the hand with the highest pair wins. If they have the same high pair, whoever has the second highest pair wins. If they have the same two pair, whoever has the highest fifth card ("kicker") wins.
One Pair: Two cards of the same number or face value. If two players have the same pair, the highest outside card(s) wins.
High Card: The hand with the highest card(s) wins.

Lo Ball Poker Hands

• In lo-ball the object is to have the lowest possible hand
  flushes and straights are disregarded and do not make the hand a higher hand
  
  An Ace can always be considered a low card
  eg: a Hand 9 7 6 3 Ace would be considered a 9-7 low hand, the Ace counts as one
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  In most games of lowball a perfect hand (The Wheel) is 5 4 3 2 A (Straights are disregarded, Aces are low) this is a 5-4 hand, The second best hand is a 6 4 3 2 A this is a 6-4 hand
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  The lower of pairs will win if all that is held is pairs
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  If pairs are identical the the player holding the lowest odd card wins
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  Its LoBall, the worst  High Ball Poker Hand Wins the order of hands is the reverse of the High Ball Hands
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