Question

Let’s say you want to play a new card game called Pokee. Every player isdealt 4 cards and everyone compares what hands they have to see who wins. Our job isto figure out what the hierarchy of the hands should be. Below is a list of several scoringhands that we wish to compare. For each hand, count how many hands of that type thereare (include the expression you used to get that value) along with a simple explanation ofhow you got that expression. Assume a standard 52 card deck with 4 suits.

a) Presidential Flush (J, Q, K, Ace, all the same suit)
b) Straightish (4 consecutive cards)
c)Flushed (4 cards of the same suit)
d) House (Two pairs of different cards)

Answer 1

a)

Explanation:

base on the hierarchy of the hands should be

Straight flush - Poker hand in with 4 consecutive cards of the same suit

Flush - Poker hand with any 4 cards of the same suit

Full house - Poker hand that contains three of the same cards and one pair

Since: Poker hand refers to the 4 cards that are held in the game. Every game features the same hierarchy of poker hands. Based on this hierarchy, there can be different types of poker hands: