Poker Decadence Conference

In cards, few things are constant, few things are always true. One true thing is that if you do not fully comprehend the suits and the ranks of the cars, then you will not be a good poker player — period.

This probably seems obvious, but not everyone out there is an expert. It does not take much to understand that, yes, the different suits include hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs, but card ranking and what constitutes a good hand can get confusing.

Sure, one pair is pretty self explanatory; so are two pair. Three of a kind is obvious. But many people who are not yet frequent poker players do not know, for instance, that a royal flush beats all else. It takes everything. Royal flushes consist of a ten, jack, queen, king, and ace, all in the same suit. A straight flush is just down from the royal; it consists of any five cards of the same suit in numerical order. A straight by itself can contain cards in any suit. A standard flush must contain five cards of the same suit but not necessarily in order.