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Who will end up with the most WSOP braclets in their career?
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ROYAL FLUSH
The five highest cards, the 10 through the Ace, all five of the same suit. A royal flush is actually an ace-high straight flush. Which suit it is doesn't matter in poker. Two people with royal flushes would tie.
STRAIGHT FLUSH
Any five cards of the same suit in consecutive numerical order. Our example shows a five-high straight flush.
FOUR OF A KIND
Four cards of the same denomination. Our example shows four jacks with a deuce kicker.
FULL HOUSE
Any three cards of the same denomination, plus any pair of a different denomination. Ties are broken first by the three of a kind, then the pair. Our example shows sevens full of threes.
FLUSH
Any five non-consecutive cards of the same suit. Our example shows a queen-high diamond flush.
STRAIGHT
Any five consecutive cards of mixed suits. Ace can be high or low. Our example shows a six-to-ten straight.
THREE OF A KIND
Three cards of the same denomination.Our example displays three of a kind, fours.
TWO PAIR
Any two cards of the same denomination, plus any other two cards of the same denomination. If both hands have the same high pair, the second pair wins. If both pairs tie, the high card wins. Our example shows two pair, eights and fives.
PAIR
Any two cards of the same denomination. Our example displays a pair of nines. In a tie, the high card wins.
HIGH CARD
If no other hand is achieved, the highest card held wins. In our example, the king of hearts is the high card.
 
12.17.2006
Sacramento Card Rooms Moving All In For More
After the passage of a new law in Sacramento, the capital city of California, poker players will now be able to wager more in 2007 than they ever have before.

12.15.2006
Michael Jordan is a Champion!
On a Friday night in August in Minneapolis, longtime New York Knicks player Trent Tucker (he played for the Knicks for 10 years) had a charity event to benefit the Trent Tucker Youth Program. Normally, this event is all about the golf, and people pay a minimum of $5,000 a person to play with the likes of Michael Jordan, Kevin Garnett, Patrick Ewing, Byron Scott, Charles Oakley, Scotty Pippen, and many other NBA stars and celebrities. The 2006 version included a no-limit hold'em charity poker tournament at Canterbury Park Card Casino, and Johnny Chan, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Greg Raymer, Phil Gordon, Liz Lieu, John Phan, Patrik Antonius, Hoyt Corkins, Marcel Luske, and I were there to support the charity.

08.09.2006
Jamie Gold Wins it All
Just seven hands into heads-up play, the thirteen-plus hour final table crowned a champion in Jamie Gold and a runner-up in Paul Wasicka. Gold was at or near the chip lead ever since day 3 and sported a huge chip lead of over 7:1 on runner-up Paul Wasicka when heads-up play began.

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