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  1. Can You Go King Ace 2 3 4 In Poker
  2. What Is A Straight Poker
  3. Can A Straight Be King Ace 2
  4. Poker Straight King Ace Two Kids
  5. Poker Straight King Ace Two Wheel
  6. Types Of Straights In Poker

How to Play Ace King When You Hit the Flop So let's talk about how to play Ace King after the flop now. And let's start with the easy flops where you hit your top pair top kicker on either an ace high or a king high flop: A ♠ 8 ♦ 3 ♣ K ♣ 6 ♠ 2 ♥ On flops like this I am going to be playing my Ace King extremely straightforward at. Ace Magnets – Those Kings may look good, but seem to often bring that dreaded Ace on the flop. King Kong (or Gorillas) – The two Ks earn the name for this gigantic primate. Use it to out-muscle opponents. Elvis Presley – A name given for the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. The name seems quite fitting as Elvis was a regular on the stage in Vegas. Poker Straight King Ace Two, free stinkin rich slots, partition piano roulette system of a down, black jack whiskey pret.

Royal Flush

Ace high Straight Flush.

Ace of Spades King of Spades Queen of Spades Jack of Spades 10 of Spades in a single suit. Also frequently referred to as 'Broadway'.

Straight Flush

Five consecutive cards of the same suit.

Five sequential cards in the same suit. The highest type of Straight Flush is a Royal Flush, and the lowest is an A-2-3-4-5 hand (if Aces are low or high/low). This type of hand is referred to as a 'Steel Wheel'. Other Straight Flushes with special names include:

  • King of Clubs Queen of Clubs Jack of Clubs 10 of Clubs 9 of Clubs - Off Broadway (because it's shifted down one rank from a Royal Flush, or 'Broadway').

Four of a Kind

One of each suit in a single rank.

Also known as Quads. Many of the Four of a Kind hands have their own nicknames:

  • King of Clubs King of Diamonds King of Hearts King of Spades - Four Horsemen (of the Apocalypse)
  • Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds Queen of Hearts Queen of Spades - Village People (four Queens)
  • 10 of Clubs 10 of Diamonds 10 of Hearts 10 of Spades - Larry, after Larry Fortensky (four-ten-sky), Elizabeth Taylor's eighth husband
  • 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts 4 of Spades - Yacht Club (because the 4 resembles a sail)
  • 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds 3 of Hearts 3 of Spades - Forest (four 'trees')
  • 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts 2 of Spades - Mighty Ducks (because the 2 resembles a duck)

Full House

Three of a Kind and One Pair.

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A Full House is called as 'X over Y' where X is the Three of a Kind and Y is the Pair (e.g., in a A-A-A-Q-Q hand, you would call it as 'Full House, Aces over Queens').

A Full House is sometimes called a boat or a full boat. When called a Boat/Full Boat, the hand is announced as 'X full of Y' (e.g., the same A-A-A-Q-Q hand would be called a 'Full Boat, Aces full of Queens'). Some Full House hands have special nicknames:

  • Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts - Marksman (bows and arrows)
  • 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds 7 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts - Sailing rednecks
  • 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts - Nits and Lice, Mites and Lice

Flush

Five cards of the same suit.

Any five cards, all of which are in the same suit. A Flush all in hearts is referred to as 'Valentine's' while a flush all in clubs is known as a 'Golf Bag'.

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Straight

Five consecutive cards.

Five cards in sequential order (but not all in the same suit, or it would be a Straight Flush). Also known as a Run (in many melding/counting games, such as gin and its variants, cribbage, and canasta, a Straight is referred to as a Run, and the name has carried over into poker).

  • 6 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts 3 of Spades 2 of Clubs - Rabbit (the lowest Straight Flush if Aces are high)
  • 5 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 3 of Hearts 2 of Spades Ace of Clubs - Wheel, Bicycle, Bike, Spike, First Street, Little Wheel (the lowest run if Aces are low or high/low)

Three of a Kind

Three cards of the same rank. Also known as Trips, a Set, or Triplets. Three-card combinations that have special names include:

  • Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds Ace of Hearts - Beatles reunion
  • King of Clubs King of Diamonds King of Hearts - Three Wise Men, Christmas Special (both references to 'Three Kings'), Alabama Night Riders, Ku Klux Klan (KKK is an abbreviation for the Ku Klux Klan, and 'Alabama Night Riders' is a colloquial term used to refer to this group, which has a history of carrying out their acts at night in rural ateas)
  • Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds Queen of Hearts - Six Tits
  • Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds Jack of Hearts - Hart, Schaffner, and Marx (Three Jacks)
  • 10 of Clubs 10 of Diamonds 10 of Hearts - Dallas to Fort Worth (the I-10 connects these two Texas Cities), San Jose to Gilroy, Gilroy, Thirty Miles of bad road (the distance between San Jose and Gilroy, California, used to be 30 miles, although the two cities are now adjoining)
  • 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds 7 of Hearts - 21, Slot Machine, Jackpot (all named after results in other casino games like Blackjack and Slots)
  • 6 of Clubs 6 of Diamonds 6 of Hearts - The Devil, The Beast, Lucifer, Devil's Area Code
  • 5 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds 5 of Hearts - Washington Monument, Pork Chop Sandwiches
  • 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds 4 of Hearts - Grand Jury
  • 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds 2 of Hearts - Huey, Dewey, and Louie (three ducks)

Two Pairs

Two pairs, each with two cards of the same rank. Notable named two pair combinations include:

  • Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds 8 of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Dead Man's Hand (Arrows and Nooses)
  • King of Clubs King of Diamonds Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Mommas and Poppas
  • King of Clubs King of Diamonds 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds - Pair of Dogs (because it's K9K9-- two canines)
  • Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - San Francisco Waiters (Queens with Trays/Treys)
  • Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds 5 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Jackson Five (Jacks and Fives), Motown, Rock and Roll
  • Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - Hookers with Crabs (because the Jacks hook and the 3 is like a sideways crab)
  • 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds 8 of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Oldsmobile
  • 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds 6 of Clubs 6 of Diamonds - Dinner for Four
  • 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds - Socks and Shoes, Mites and Lice, Mits and Mites, Nits and Lice

One Pair

Two cards of the same rank. The poker hand that contains a single pair that is the most worth noting is the Princess Leia (an A-A-2-3), so called because the room in which Leia was imprisoned in Star Wars was room A-A-2-3. The best known names given to (pocket) pairs include:

  • Ace of Clubs Ace of Diamonds - Pocket Rockets, Bullets, American Airlines
  • King of Clubs King of Diamonds - Cowboys, King Kong
  • Queen of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Bitches, Double date, Canadian Aces, Siegfried and Roy
  • Jack of Clubs Jack of Diamonds - Fish Hooks
  • 9 of Clubs 9 of Diamonds - German Virgin (no, we don't know why.)
  • 8 of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Snowmen
  • 7 of Clubs 7 of Diamonds - Sunset Strip, Hockey Sticks
  • 6 of Clubs 6 of Diamonds - Route 66
  • 5 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Speed limit
  • 4 of Clubs 4 of Diamonds - Magnum, Sail Boat
  • 3 of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - Crabs
  • 2 of Clubs 2 of Diamonds - Ducks

High Card

While the high card is the lowest possible hand in poker (every poker hand automatically has a 'high card' in it-- the card with the greatest value), it comes into play in some poker variants more than others. Poker rookies often underestimate the value of the high card.

Texas Hold'em, for instance, is frequently referred to as a game of high cards because a player with higher cards always has an advantage. If player 1 holds K-Q and player 2 holds J-10, there are three possible outcomes:

  1. The flop makes player 1's hand, and player 1 wins.
  2. The flop makes player 2's hand, and player 2 wins.
  3. The flop doesn't make either player's hand, and player 1 wins again.

The player with high cards has a statistical advantage and will win 63% of the time.

Well known nicknames given to pocket hands are:

  • Ace of Clubs King of Diamonds - Big Slick, Anna Kournikova (looks great, never wins!)
  • Ace of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Big Chick
  • Ace of Clubs Jack of Diamonds - Black Jack, Jack-Ass
  • King of Clubs Queen of Diamonds - Royalty, Marriage
  • King of Clubs Jack of Diamonds - Kojak
  • Jack of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Jackson Five
  • Queen of Clubs 3 of Diamonds - Gay Waiter
  • 9 of Clubs 5 of Diamonds - Dolly Parton
  • Ace of Clubs 8 of Diamonds - Dead Man's Hand (player Wild Bill Hickok was shot in 1876 after winning with it!)
  • King of Clubs 9 of Diamonds - Canine
  • Jack of Clubs 4 of Diamonds - Flat Tire
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The idea of this project is to invent a procedure poker-valuethat works like this:

As you can see, we are representing cards and hands just as in theBridge project, except that poker hands have only fivecards.[1]

What Is A Straight Poker

Here are the various kinds of poker hands, in decreasing order of value:

•Royal flush: ten, jack, queen, king, and ace, all of the same suit
•Straight flush: five cards of sequential rank, all of the same suit
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•Four of a kind: four cards of the same rank
•Full house: three cards of the same rank, and two of a second rank
•Flush: five cards of the same suit, not sequential rank
•Straight: five cards of sequential rank, not all of the same suit
•Three of a kind: three cards of the same rank, no other matches

Can A Straight Be King Ace 2

•Two pair: two pairs of cards, of two different ranks
•Pair: two cards of the same rank, no other matches
Ace
•Nothing: none of the above

An ace can be the lowest card of a straight (ace, 2, 3, 4, 5) orthe highest card of a straight (ten, jack, queen, king, ace), but a straightcan't 'wrap around'; a hand with queen, king, ace, 2, 3 would be worthless(unless it's a flush).

Notice that most of the hand categories are either entirely about the ranksof the cards (pairs, straight, full house, etc.) or entirely about thesuits (flush). It's a good idea to begin your program by separating therank information and the suit information. To check for a straight flush orroyal flush, you'll have to consider both kinds of information.

In what form do you want the suit information? Really, all you need is atrue or false value indicating whether or not the hand is a flush, becausethere aren't any poker categories like 'three of one suit and two ofanother.'

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What about ranks? There are two kinds of hand categories involving ranks: the ones about equal ranks (pairs, full house) and the ones about sequentialranks (straight). You might therefore want the rank information in twoforms. A sentence containing all of the ranks in the hand, in sorted order,will make it easier to find a straight. (You still have to be careful aboutaces.)

For the equal-rank categories, what you want is some data structure thatwill let you ask questions like 'are there three cards of the same rankin this hand?' We ended up using a representation like this:

One slightly tricky aspect of this solution is that we spelledout the numbers of cards, one to four, instead of using the moreobvious (1 Q 2 3 2 4). The reason, as you can probably tell just bylooking at the latter version, is that it would lead to confusion betweenthe names of the ranks, most of which are digits, and the numbers ofoccurrences, which are also digits. More specifically, by spelling out thenumbers of occurrences, we can use member? to ask easily if there isa three-of-a-kind rank in the hand.

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You may find it easier to begin by writing a version that returns only thename of a category, such as three of a kind, and only after you getthat to work, revise it to give more specific results such as threesixes.

Extra Work for Hotshots

In some versions of poker, each player gets seven cards and can choose anyfive of the seven to make a hand. How would it change your program if theargument were a sentence of seven cards? (For example, in five-card pokerthere is only one possible category for a hand, but in seven-card you haveto pick the best category that can be made from your cards.) Fix yourprogram so that it works for both five-card and seven-card hands.

Types Of Straights In Poker

Another possible modification to the program is to allow for playing with'wild' cards. If you play with 'threes wild,' it means that if there isa three in your hand you're allowed to pretend it's whatever card you like.For this modification, your program will require a second argument indicatingwhich cards are wild. (When you play with wild cards, there's thepossibility of having five of a kind. This beats a straight flush.)

[1] Later on we'll think about seven-card variants of poker.

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