Can you have five of a kind?

Five of a kind is a hand that contains five cards of one rank, such as 3♥ 3♦ 3♣ 3♠ 3 ("five of a kind, threes"). It ranks above a straight flush but is only possible when using one or more wild cards, as there are only four cards of each rank in the deck.
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Can you have 5 of a kind in poker with wildcards?

When playing with wild cards, five of a kind becomes the highest type of hand, beating a royal flush. Between fives of a kind, the higher beats the lower, five aces being highest of all.
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Can you get a 5 of a kind in Texas Hold em?

Poker Hands

Five of a Kind - This is the highest possible hand and can occur only where at least one card is wild, such as a joker. Examples of five of a kind would be four 10s and a wild card or two queens and three wild cards.
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Is 5 of a kind the highest hand?

A five of a kind (which is only possible when using wild cards) is the highest possible hand. If more than one hand has five of a kind, the higher card wins (Five Aces beats five kings, which beat five queens, and so on).
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Are all flushes equal?

When it comes to flushes, the suits don't matter. However, not every ace-high flush is ranked equally. When it comes to rating one ace-high flush over the next, it's the hand rank or denomination that's important.
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Can a royal flush be beaten?

The royal flush is the stone cold nuts meaning that it can never be beaten. In Hold'em and Omaha games it is impossible for two players to make a Royal flush at the same time.
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Is ace through 5 a straight?

An ace, king, queen, jack and 10 is the highest ranked straight and a 5, 4, 3, 2 and ace is the lowest ranked straight. A hand that consists of three cards of the same rank. Three aces is the highest ranked three of a kind and three 2's is the lowest ranked three of a kind.
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Does kicker matter in 3 of a kind?

Kickers do not depend on suits and suits should not be considered when determining the winner of the hand except when a flush is possible. Does kicker matter in 3 of a kind? Yes, a kicker will be counted with 3 of a kind in the same way that it would be for a single pair.
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How rare is a royal flush?

The chances of getting a specific royal flush are 1 in 2,598,960 hands. You're five times more likely to get struck by lightning than get the same hand twice!
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Has anyone ever got a royal flush?

The probability of being dealt a royal flush is the number of royal flushes divided by the total number of poker hands. We now carry out the division and see that a royal flush is rare indeed. There is only a probability of 4/2,598,960 = 1/649,740 = 0.00015% of being dealt this hand.
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How many 5 card hands are possible?

Probability of Two Pair

First, count the number of five-card hands that can be dealt from a standard deck of 52 cards. We did this previously, and found that there are 2,598,960 distinct poker hands.
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Is ace 2 345 a straight?

A-2-3-4-5 is considered a five-high straight, and it is called a wheel or bicycle; this is the only time an ace plays as a low card.
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Is 5 of a kind a poker hand?

According to the Wikipedia on List of poker hands, the highest rank is "Five of a kind" and there is a Joker on it. It also wins against "Straight flush" and below.
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What are the rules for 5 card stud?

5 Card Stud plays much like its cousin, 7 Card Stud, but players are dealt a total of five cards instead of seven. 5 Card Stud players get one face down card and four face up cards over the course of a hand. A game of 5 Card Stud involves antes, a bring-in, and a limit betting structure.
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Does a royal flush beat 4 of a kind?

As shown in the poker hand rankings chart, the order of poker rankings (from the highest to the lowest) is: Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four-of-a-Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three-of-a-Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, High Card.
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What does K mean in poker?

It is called a kill ...
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What does muck mean in poker?

Poker. In poker, it most often refers to the discard pile into which players may throw their folded hands, and into which the dealer places burned cards. It also refers to when a player is folding his hand (face down) without saying anything.
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What is an ace kicker?

Kickers in draw poker

The term is also used in draw poker to denote an unmatched card (often an ace) retained by a player during the draw in the hope that either it will be paired on the draw, or else play as a kicker (in the first sense) on the showdown.
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Is Royal flush The best hand?

Poker-hand rankings: from strongest to weakest

The royal flush sits atop the poker-hand rankings as the best hand possible. It features five consecutive cards of the same suit in order of value from 10 through to ace. Any five cards of sequential values in the same suit that's not a royal flush is a straight flush.
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Are Aces 11 in blackjack?

The dealer and each player start with two cards. The dealer's first card faces up, the second faces down. Face cards each count as 10, Aces count as 1 or 11, all others count at face value. An Ace with any 10, Jack, Queen, or King is a “Blackjack.”
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Are all suits equal in poker?

There are 52 cards in a deck, divided into four suits of 13 ranks each. The suits are all of equal value - no suit is higher than any other suit. In Poker, the Ace is the highest card and the 2 card (Deuce) is the lowest.
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What are dead cards in poker?

A card is considered dead if it cannot be dealt from the remaining deck. This concept is important when a player is counting the number of outs they have to make their hand, and hence the pot odds the player is being laid to call a bet. If a card is dead, it cannot be counted in their outs.
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Does 3 Aces beat a straight?

The simple answer is: no, three-of-a-kind does not beat a straight. Straights are superior in head-to-head showdowns with three-of-a-kind. Now that you have an answer, let me explain why a straight beats three-of-a-kind.
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