How is this hand made?
High Card happens when you have no pair, three of a kind, straight, flush or any other combination — just 5 cards of different ranks and mixed suits. The formal name is by the top card: "Ace High", "King High", etc.
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High Card — High Card
High Card is the weakest hand in poker — 5 cards with no combination, decided by the highest card. Over half of hands end up as high card, but it is almost never the winner at showdown against another active player.
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#
#10
%
1 מתוך 2
Freq
50.1177%
Odds
0.995:1
Example
A♠ Q♥ 9♦ 6♣ 3♠
Strategy — how to play it
High Card is not a hand to play — it's a fold. If you reach showdown with High Card you were either bluffing or got dragged along. In Hold'em, the goal with High Card is to make opponents fold before showdown, not to show cards.
What beats what?
Hands that beat High Card:
- Royal Flush
- Straight Flush
- Four of a Kind
- Full House
- Flush
- Straight
- Three of a Kind
- Two Pair
- Pair
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