poker hand
Five betting cards
A poker hand is the set of cards a player holds in a game of poker, typically five cards whose combination determines its rank.
Hands are ordered from high card through pairs, straights, flushes, and full houses up to the rare royal flush.
The phrase extends to any situation involving hidden assets or intentions: Don't show your poker hand too early in negotiations.
- royal flushTop-ranking poker hand
- flushSame suit, five cards
- straight flushSequential suited poker hand
- straightNot curved or crooked
- bluffCalculated false front
fold · raise · cards · chips · bad beat · royal · full house · pair · pocket aces · ace · dealer · hold'em · call · showdown · tell · draw · king · queen
- pokerblinds, all-in, all in, call, seven-card stud
- High Stakesdo-or-die, do or die, make-or-break, make or break, life or death