In online Poker, it is just you against the dealer. It is your objective to beat the dealers hand. The game kicks off with the dealer handing out you and itself two cards, followed by three cards on the table. Now it’s time to examine your chances at winning the game. Do you have any interesting combinations already? Or do you have high cards, worth the gamble when the dealer shows the remaining two cards? The key to winning in online poker is knowing the winning combinations in Poker. We’ll explain them shortly for you here below, but you can also find them in the beginners guide.
- Royal Flush: This is the highest ranking hand. This hand includes a 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of the same suit. It can’t be beaten, it can only be tied by a royal flush of another suit.
- Straight Flush: This hand is made of 5 consecutive cards of the same suit.
- 4-of-a-kind: If you have this hand, you have 4 cards of the same rank from different suits, and a fifth card of any rank. For example 4 aces. If you have four Aces, nobody can beat you as there are no Aces available for a Royal Flush.
- Full House: A full house contains 3 matching cards of one rank, and 2 matching cards of one rank.
- Flush: A Flush contains 5 cards of the same suit. Unlike the Straight Flush, a Flush skips ranks.
- Straight: A straight contains 5 consecutive rank, but from more than one suit.
- 3-of-a-kind: If you have this hand, you have 3 cards of the same rank, and 2 cards of another rank that don’t match.
- 2-pair: This hand consists of two pairs of two cards of the same rank, and one unmatched card. For example 10, 10, 6, 6, 8.
- Pair: When you have a pair, it means that you have two cards of the same rank. For example two 10s. The other three cards do not match.
- High card: The High Card is the lowest ranking hand, also known as the nothing hand. The High card doesn’t have two cards of the same rank, the 5 cards are not consecutive, and they are not all from the same suit.
Keep in mind that in Online Poker the dealer could have the same type of hand like you. When this is the case, the higher ranking cards win. Now back to your cards, Call or Fold? If you think you have or could get a better hand than the dealer, you Call.
