four aces

Nearly unbeatable hand

Four aces is the highest-ranking hand in many poker variants—four cards of the same rank, all aces.

Since aces outrank other cards, four aces beats four kings, four queens, and so on.

The phrase sometimes appears figuratively for an unbeatable advantage or perfect set of assets: She came to the negotiation holding four aces.

Related

hand · hole cards · full house · jackpot · winning · beat the odds · dealt · casino · bluff · quads · showdown · all in · betting · chips · gambling · royal · flush · wild

Opposites
poker hand strength

four aceshigh card

Strongest unpaired card held

nothing · rags · junk · low card · air

luck/fortune

four aceslosing hand

Inferior card combination

bad beat · cold deck · empty hand · dead hand · bust

Family

four, fours, fourth, fourths, fourthly, fourteen, fourteenth, forty, fortieth

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G