caribbean stud poker - page 11 Order of Poker Hand Values

13.

13.1

The order of hands, highest to lowest is as follows:

13.1.1	Royal Flush is a hand containing an ace, king, queen, jack and 10 of the same suit;
13.1.2	Straight Flush is a hand containing five cards of the same suit in consecutive ranking;
13.1.3	Four of a kind is a hand containing four cards of the same rank;
13.1.4	Full House is a hand containing "Three of a kind" and "One pair";
13.1.5	Flush is a hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in consecutive ranking;
13.1.6	Straight is a hand containing five cards of consecutive rank regardless of suit. An ace may count high or low;
13.1.7	Three of a kind is a hand containing three cards of the same rank;

13.1.8	Two pairs is a hand containing two "pairs";
13.1.9	One pair is a hand containing two cards of the same rank;
13.1.10	five odd cards is a hand containing five cards of different rank and at least two suits.

13.2

Hands of the same poker value but consisting of different card values shall be ranked in accordance with the rank of cards prescribed in rule 3.2. For example:

13.2.1 a Straight containing an ace, king, queen, jack and 10 shall be ranked higher than a Straight containing a 5, 4, 3, 2 and ace;

13.2.2 in the event of two hands each containing two pairs, the hand holding the highest pair in terms of card value shall be ranked the higher. If both hands hold the highest pair, the respective card values of the second pairs shall determine the outcome. In the case of a draw, the card values of the fifth card of the hands determines which shall be higher.