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FLUSH

Description

A Flush is one of the ten possible Poker-Hands.

Example A Flush is a Poker-Hand, built from 5 Cards of the same Suit. The Rank of the Cards is in case of a Flush not relevant.

Additional Rules

• Do more Players hold a Flush, so the Player, holding the Flush with the highest Card, wins the Pot. (If the highest Card is from the Board, the second highest Card, and so on)
• Do more Players hold the same Flush, so there will be a Splitpot.

Example A little Example from Texas Hold'em Poker: Player 1 Flop Turn River Player 2 In the illustrated Example, the two Players finally hold the following Poker-Hands.

Poker-Hand of Player 1 Flush of Hearts, King High

Poker-Hand of Player 2 Flush of Hearts, Ace High

In the illustrated Example both Players hold a Flush. In this case, the Card with the highest Rank is hold by Player 2 with an Ace.

Ranking of Poker-Hands

• Royal Flush
• Straight Flush
• 4 of a Kind
• Full House
• Flush
• Straight
• 3 of a Kind
• 2 Pair
• Pair
• High Card

Related Topics

• Ranking of Poker-Hands
• Ranking of Card-Ranks
• Ranking of Card-Suits