What are the exact rules to poker?

Question

what is each card worth? how do you tell what's better than what. is there a site that gives info on all of the card games?

Answer 1

There are no "exact" rules of poker since there is no one definitive poker game.  There are hundreds of variants of the game of poker.  The most popular versions these days are "Texas Hold 'Em", "Omaha", and "Seven Card Stud".

Regardless of the variant, poker is usually played with a standard 52 card

deck.  The deck contains cards divided into 4 "suits" ("Clubs", "Diamonds",

"Hearts", and "Spades".)  Each suit contains 13 "ranks" which are, in order,

2-10, "Jack", "Queen", "King", and "Ace".  Individual cards in the deck are

referred to as their rank and suit.  For example: "Ace of Hearts", "2 of

Clubs", "10 of Diamonds", "6 of Spades", etc..

Higher ranked cards are worth more than lower ranked cards (i.e. an Ace is

worth more than a King or a 9 is worth more than a 2, etc..)  It should be

noted that although higher ranked cards are worth more than lower ranked

cards, all suits are equal in value (i.e. an Ace of Hearts is equal to an

Ace of Diamonds or the 2 of clubs is equal to the 2 of spades.)

The object of poker is to have a better (higher ranked)"hand" than your

opponent(s).  A poker hand usually consists of 5 cards.  With a standard 52

card deck there are over 2.5 million possible 5 card hands.  A poker hand's

ranking is based purely on mathematical odds of being dealt that hand out

of the 2.5 million+ hands.

The following is a list of poker hand categories from highest (best) rank to

lowest:

(1) Royal Flush

(2) Straight Flush

(3) Four-Of-A-Kind

(4) Full House

(5) Flush

(6) Straight

(7) Three-Of-A-Kind

(8) Two Pair

(9) A Pair

(10) High Card

Basically you are trying to take your 5-card hand and determine into which

of the above categories it fits.  To win a poker hand, your 5-card hand must

either be in an higher category than your opponent's 5-card hand or, if you

and your opponent's hands are in the same category, your cards must be higher

in the category than your opponents (if possible.)

In the following paragraphs A=Ace,K=King,Q=Queen,J=Jack

and T=Ten.

A Royal Flush is basically the highest Straight Flush.

It consists of the A-K-Q-J-T all of the same suit. There

are only 4 possible Royal Flushes out of the 2.5 million+

possible hands.

A Straight Flush is 5 cards in consecutive order all of

the same suit. For example: 5,6,7,8 and 9 of hearts or

7,8,9,T, and J of spades.  Note: a Royal Flush is basically

the highest Straight Flush.  Possible straight flushes are as

follows (again all the cards must be of the same suit):

AKQJT

KQJT9

QJT98

JT987

T9876

98765

87654

76543

65432

5432A (Note: The A can be used as a high card or low card in this case it is used as a '1')

Out of the 2.5 million+ poker hands there are only 40 straight flushes

possible.

Four-Of-A-Kind is 4 cards of the same rank and another

card. For example: 9999-2 or AAAA-K or 3333-6.

A Full House consists of 3 cards of the same rank and 2

card of another rank. For example AAA-KK or 999-66 or 222-JJ.

A Flush consists of 5 cards all of the same suit. For

example: 2,6,9,T, and J of hearts.

A Straight consists of 5 cards in consecutive order. For example: 5,6,7,8

and 9 or A,2,3,4,5 (the A is being used as a '1' again here)or A,K,Q,J,T

Three-Of-A-Kind is 3 cards of the same rank and 2 other (non-paired)

cards. For example: 999-82 or AAA-JT or 333-Q2.

Two Pair consists of a pair of cards of the same rank and

another pair of cards of different rank and another card.

For example: 88-99-J or TT-AA-3 or 55-22-A

A Pair consists of a pair of cards of the same rank and

3 other cards. For example: AA-68T or 22-78J or

High Card is basically all poker hands which do not meet

the above definitions. For example: A7649 or K3567 or

379JQ.

If you would like to know how to play a particular game of poker, you can do a search on the internet for that game or join one of the online poker sites and play/learn for free.

Answer 2

Go to this website for very detailed information :http://games.yahoo.com/help/rules/po&ss=...