What is the highest full house?

The best full house is the one with the highest three-of-a-kind. If you and your opponent(s) have the same three-of-a-kind, you'll look at who has the higher pair to go along with it. The one with the higher pair, than wins the hand. If you have the same three-of-a-kind and pair, you split the pot.
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Can there be a higher full house?

When you have a Full House, you're holding two different poker hands – A Pair and Three of a Kind, all in one! Naturally, the best possible Full House you can form is Aces full of Kings. In other words, Three of a Kind Aces, and a pair of Kings. In this poker hand, it's the denomination or rank that is important.
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Which Full house is strongest?

Do remember that 'Aces Full of Kings' is the strongest full house hand possible which can beat any other full house hand. As the naming convention used for full house talks about the three cards first and then the pair, it will always be 'Aces Full' (or 'Aces Over') of 'Kings' for the strongest full house hand.
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How do full houses rank?

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It ranks below four of a kind and above a flush. Each full house is ranked first by the rank of its triplet, and then by the rank of its pair. For example, 8♠ 8♦ 8♥ 7♦ 7♣ ranks higher than 4♦ 4♠ 4♣ 9♦ 9♣, which ranks higher than 4♦ 4♠ 4♣ 5♣ 5♦.
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What ranks higher than a full house?

What is the order of poker hands? 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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How many possible full houses are there?

In a 52-card deck, there are 3,744 possible Full House hand combinations and 156 distinct ranks of Full Boats. Full Houses are said to be “aces full” (aces over) or “jacks full” (jacks over) etc., based on the first three cards of the hand.
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What's better than a full house?

Any three cards of the same rank together with any two cards of the same rank. Our example shows "Aces full of Kings" and it is a bigger full house than "Kings full of Aces." Any five cards of the same suit which are not consecutive. The highest card of the five makes out the rank of the flush.
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How rare is a full house?

The odds of being dealt a full house off the top of a shuffled deck is 0.1441%. This is because in a standard 52-card deck there are 3,744 combinations that make a full house out of a total of 2,598,960 possible hands.
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Can a full house be 5 of a kind?

Technically it is three 5's and two 5's and that would make a full house. The official rules of Yahtzee are a little bit grey about that situation and don't specifically explain what would happen in that instance.
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What is the highest suit 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 is kings full of aces?

Aces full of Kings is the strongest possible full house in poker, with the next strongest being Aces full of Queens and Aces full of Jacks etc etc. All full houses can be described with the expression “Xs full of Ys” where X is the three of a kind component of a full house and Y is the pair component of a full house.
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Why is it called Full House?

A full house was the first hand that used all five cards without including kickers. As such, it was considered the first full hand. Poker was often played on riverboats rather than houses. Presumably, somebody decided to change “full house” to “full boat” due to being on a boat.
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Who wins a full house tie?

To break a tie with a full house, whoever has the highest “trips” parts of their hand wins. The “pair” part of the hand does not matter except as a tiebreaker. If the pairs are the same as well, then the hand is a tie and the pot is split.
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What if 2 people have a full house?

Who Wins if Two Players Have a Full House? A full house is a five-card hand containing three of a kind and a pair in the same holding. In a matchup of two or more full houses, the hand with the higher ranking three of a kind wins.
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What happens if two people have full houses?

When comparing two full-houses, the higher triple wins; if both players have the same triple then the higher pair wins. If both players have the same triple and the same pair, then they split the pot.
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What happens if the river is a full house?

In the case of a full house, if somebody has a better pair in their hand or make of 4 of a kind the best 5 card hand wins. If there are 4 of a kind on the board, the highest fifth card wins.
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Is a Yahtzee a full house?

Some players count a Yahtzee as being a valid Full House. However, the official rule is that a Full House is "three of one number and two of another". Small Straight and Large Straight are sometimes called Low and High, Short and Long Straight, or Little and Big Straights.
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What is the best hand in poker?

Poker-hand rankings: from strongest to weakest
  1. Royal flush. The royal flush sits atop the poker-hand rankings as the best hand possible. ...
  2. Straight flush. Any five cards of sequential values in the same suit that's not a royal flush is a straight flush. ...
  3. Four of a kind. ...
  4. Full house. ...
  5. Flush. ...
  6. Straight. ...
  7. Three of a kind. ...
  8. Two pairs.
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Does Flash beat a full house?

Full houses, flushes, and straights are three very strong poker hands. But does a full house beat a straight? And does a full house beat a flush? The simple answer is: yes, a full house beats both a straight and a flush.
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Does Full house have kicker?

Full house:

There are no kickers with a full house. Hands are ranked in a similar way to two pair. Firstly, the best three of a kind is the winner, if both players have the same three of a kind, the best pair wins.
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Does 4 aces beat a full house?

When two or more players have four of a kind, the highest four of a kind wins. So, four deuces can't beat any other four of a kind, and four aces can't be beaten by any other four of a kind. A full house is a pair and three of a kind.
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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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Is ace the highest card in poker?

Card Values and Hand Rankings

The rank of each card used in Texas Hold'em when forming a five-card high poker hand, in order of highest to lowest rank, shall be: ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2.
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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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What is the highest kicker in poker?

The kicker with the highest card is the highest kicker. If two kickers have the same high card (or a high card of equivalent rank, e.g. both kickers contain a king but no ace), then the second highest card of the kicker is used to break the tie.
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