Texas Holdem Winning HandsTexas Holdem winning hands are best committed to memory. It is only possible for a poker player to control the cards if she or he knows by heart how to construct the various Texas Holdem winning hands and their order of ascension. This is true whether gambling online or at the table. It is imperative to know before the flop precisely what cards stand between a closed hand of high value and a pile of trash. Following is a very basic list and brief explanation of Texas Holdem winning hands from most to least valuable. It almost goes without saying that Texas Holdem winning hands of higher value are more difficult to close than those of less.The royal flush, an ace, king, queen, jack, and 10 of the same suit, is the most powerful of all Texas Holdem winning hands. Just beneath this in potency is a straight flush. This hand consists of any five cards in numerically ascending order of the same suit, i.e. 8, 9, 10, jack, and queen of hearts. As with all Texas Holdem winning hands of the same type, the one composed of higher value cards wins the hand. Do you want instant cash bonuses; sign-up and reload bonuses? If so, BodogPoker is for you!! Bodog.com is a very popular online Sports/Poker/Casino website which offers a great player points system along with many free-roll tournaments! Are you ready to win a seat into this year's World Series of Poker Main Event? Bodog Poker has built the best reputation for Online Gaming by nailing four key service points; offering quick and simple depositing methods, instant cash bonuses, fast payouts, and the most impressive customer service department in the industry! Join Bodog Poker today! The next two most powerful Texas Holdem winning hands are a little different, in that they ignore both sequence and suit. A four of a kind is as the name suggests four cards of the same number such as four nines or four queens; a full house is a hand made up of a three of a kind and a two of a kind. Full houses are one of the most commonly seen high value Texas Holdem winning hands. Just beneath the four of a kind and full house are the flush and the straight. Some poker newcomers have a difficult time remembering the relative strength of these two moderately powerful Texas Holdem winning hands. A flush is always a stronger Texas Holdem winning hand than a straight. A flush is any five cards of the same suit with the high card of the hand determining the strength of the flush itself. For this reason an "ace high flush" is sometimes listed as a separate Texas Holdem winning hand. A straight is simply composed of any five cards of any suit arranged in numeric sequence and is both less powerful and more common than a flush. Beyond this the Texas Holdem "winning" hands win less than they lose. It should be clear by this point what a Three of a kind Texas Holdem winning hand looks like. Just beneath this hand in strength are the two pair and pair hands. A pair is also called a "two of a kind", and a two pair is a Texas Holdem winning hand composed of two different "two of a kind". The weakest Texas Holdem winning hand is simply the high card. Sometimes an ace and king high will win if, for some strange reason, nobody could come up with something better. Win your seat into the next 2010 WSOP or WPT event by joining Bodog Poker and playing in a satellite tournament! --- by Bones McCoy at offshorepokerroom.com on May 31, 2006
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