Flush Poker
How to Play High Card Flush Poker
High Card Flush Poker uses a standard 52-card deck of cards. The object of the Ante (base bet) and Raise (call bet) wagers is for the player to achieve more cards within their flush (cards of the same suit) than the designated player (which rotates on a hand-by-hand basis unless there are no eligible designated players or the eligible designated player waives their turn). Each player and the designated player use seven cards dealt. The winning hand is determined first by the most cards in the flush, i.e. a four-card flush beats a three-card flush. If both the player and the designated player have the same number of cards within their flushes, then the highest ranking card is used to determine the winner. If both the player and the designated player have the exact same quantity of cards with their flush and the ranking of all cards is exactly the same in relation to the Ante and Raise wagers, all bonus wagers are a push (tie). The Flush Bonus Wager is for the player’s hand to achieve a four-card flush or better as listed on the posted paytable. Straight Flush Bonus wager is for the player’s hand to achieve a three-card straight flush or better as listed on the posted paytable. Minimum and maximum wagering limits shall be posted at each table.
Game Play
The Flush Bonus Wager is for the player’s hand to achieve a four-card flush or better as listed on the posted paytable. Straight Flush Bonus wager is for the player’s hand to achieve a three-card straight flush or better as listed on the posted paytable. Minimum and maximum wagering limits shall be posted at.
1.To begin the game, players place a required Ante wager and optionally a Straight Flush wager and/or Flush Bonus. Once all wagers are placed, each player and the designated player receive seven cards face-down, starting at the left of the dealer button and proceeding clockwise.
2.After inspecting their hand, players decide to either fold (forfeit their Ante and Bonus wagers) or place a Raise wager. The Raise wager may be up to 3x the Ante with a 6 or 7-card Flush, up to 2x the Ante with a 5-card flush or 1x the Ante with a 4-card flush or less.
3.Once all players have acted on their hands, the designated player’s seven-card hand is revealed. Each hand is compared to the designated player’s hand, begin right of the dealer button and proceeding counter-clockwise to determine the winner.
Flush is one of the strongest poker hands in Texas Hold’em, and when you are lucky to hit your flush draw, you will win the pot most of the time. In poker, a flush is made when holding 5 cards all of the same suit. If the cards are also in consecutive rank order, this is referred to instead as a “straight flush”. Question 2: Which flush wins in poker? Assuming two players both have a flush, the winner is determined by the player with the highest ranked flush card (Aces are high). A royal flush is the highest ranked hand in the card game of poker. Due to the specifications for this hand, it is very difficult to be dealt a royal flush. Basic Assumptions and Probability There is a multitude of different ways that poker can be played. Chase the Flush Poker Game USA Chase the Flush is an exciting poker-based game developed by AGS. In this game, US players and the dealer play against each other using three hole cards and four community cards. The aim is to make their longest possible seven-card.
4.The designated player must have a hand consisting of at least a three-card 9-high flush to qualify. If the designated player does not qualify, the Ante wager will always get paid even money and the Raise wager pushes (receives no action). The designated players does not qualify their hand will remain in view to compare any qualifying 3 card straight flush only.
5.The designated player pays the Ante and Raise wagers even money if the player’s hand outranks the designated player’s qualifying hand.
6.The Straight Flush wager is eligible to when the player has placed the Straight Flush, Ante and Raise wagers and the Player’s hand contains a minimum of three consecutive suited cards. The Straight Flush wager will win when the player’s hand contains more consecutive suited cards than the designated players hand or when the player’s highest-ranking consecutive suited card beats the designated player’s highest-ranking suited card if both the players hand and designated players hand contain an equal number of consecutive suited cards. The Straight Flush wager will lose if the designated player’s hand contains more consecutive cards then the players hand or when the highest-ranking consecutive suited hand contain an equal number of consecutive cards. If both the player’s hand and designated player’s hand contain an equal number of consecutive suited cards and the highest-ranking card is the same, the Straight Flush wager is a push. The Straight Flush wager is evaluated independent of the Flush Wager.
7.The Flush wager is eligible to win when the player has placed the Flush, Ante, and Raise wagers and the player’s hand contains a minimum of four cards of the same suit. The flush wager will win when the player’s hand contains more cards of the same suit then the designated player’s hand or when the player’s highest-ranking suited card beats the designated player’s highest-ranking suited card if both the Players Hand and Designated players hand contain an equal number of suited cards. If the player’s and designated player’s highest ranking Suited card is the same, the next highest ranking card will be used for evaluation to determine a winner and so on. If both the player and designated player contain an equal number of suited cards all matching in rank then the Flush wager is a push. The Flush wager will lose if the designated player’s hand contains more suited cards then the players hand or if the designated players hand outranks the players hand when both hands contain an equal number of suited cards. The Flush wager will be evaluated independent of the Straight Flush Wager.
All wagers are paid to the extent the designated player’s money is in action. For example, all bets are paid to the extent of the designated player’s available funds. If at any time the designated player does not have sufficient funds to cover a players’ wager: a player’s hand will be considered dead, the player’s wager will be returned and not considered for purposes of the House Rake.
Note: A House Rake (charge to each player for participating in the game) may be imposed in the following fashion:
i.Upon all players uniformly,ii.Upon all players uniformly and not upon the Designated Player, or
iii.Upon the Designated Player only and not upon any other player; provided that the method and amount for the House Rake are clearly disclosed at the table.
Straight Flush Wager Paytable:
A player wins their Straight Flush wager if their starting seven-card hand consists of one of the winning triggering events displayed in the paytable below.
# of Straight
Appendix A – Flush Cards Paytable
71000-1
6500-1
5100-1
460-1
38-1
Notes:
1.Only highest qualifying hand is paid.
2.Poker Rooms may post a maximum aggregate amount payable per round or per hand.
Appendix B – Flush Wager Paytable
A player wins their Flush wager if their starting seven-card hand consists of one of the winning triggering events displayed in the paytable below.
# of Flush CardsPaytable
7200-1
650-1
510-1
42-1
3loss
Notes:
1.Only highest qualifying hand is paid.
2.Poker Rooms may post a maximum aggregate amount payable per round or per hand.
•Management’s decision is final.
•A cardroom operator who has reasonable cause to believe that a player has acted or is acting in an unethical manner, may require the player to leave the game or facility.
•A dealer button will be positioned in front of the Designated Player and will move when there are multipliable Designated Players.
•Players’ cards must remain in plain view of the Dealer and other players and remain over the table at all times. Players who walk away from the table without acting on their hand will be considered a folded hand.
•Any discrepancy in number of cards dealt to a player and/or the shuffle machine blinks red, it will be considered a dead hand and all cards will be pulled in immediately without the players being allowed to look at their hand.
•Players must have sufficient money/ chips on the table to complete all wagers of their current hand.
• Cash does not play.
•The games' betting limit or type will not be changed unless approved by management.
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Poker rules can be confusing at times. You might think you know them all, but then during your play with friends, you come upon a situation, and you are unsure of the rule. One such scenario that might confuse you is when you see two players having a flush. So who wins? The answer is pretty clear to an experienced player like myself, and after reading this article, it will be simple for you to know next time also.
A player with the highest flush rank wins. If both players have the flush of the same rank, then the pot would get split between them. This, of course, holds true only if no one else has a card combination higher than a flush.
Flush is a very powerful hand in poker. You are expected to dominate your opponents very often once you hit it. Therefore it is no surprise it doesn’t usually happen that you get to hit one. You will hit a flush only 0.2% percent of the time. There is a common misconception that a flush is easier to hit, but in fact, you will hit flush half as often as you hit a straight (0.4% chance to hit a straight). And because a flush is harder to hit, your winrate with flush will be higher than with a straight.
It is very crucial to play the right hands to maximize your chances of hitting a flush.
Best cards to hit a flush are high suited hands. AK suited is, of course, the best one to have, followed by AQ suited. Your winrate will still be high with all of the suited broadway hands (JTs, QTs, KTs, ATs, QJs, KJs, AJs, KQs, AQs, and AKs).Of course, you can hit a flush with a non-suited hand also, but having a suited hand with increase your chances to hit a flush by a lot.
Royal Straight Flush
Table of ContentsBigger cards are better for hitting a flush
Why is a high double suited hand a lot better than the lower double suited hand? If you play AKs, AQs, or AJs, you will always have the nut flush (ace-high flush) when you hit a flush compared to 98s. A flush is a very strong hand, no matter how high your flush is. It is tough to lay down a flush, even to strong bets.
If you hit the nut flush on 5hKcThJh7s board with AhQh and your opponent has 8h9h, it will be very tough of him to fold his flush (AQTJ5 high flush wins against JT895 high flush because it has higher ranking cards). It will also be very tough for you to hold a low flush when you are facing bets, after all, you beat many hands that are willing to bet – all sets, two pairs, some smaller flushes, and bluffs.
Therefore you must be on the winning side of a flush as often as possible. And big suited cards do exactly that.Please note, due to the little chance of having a straight flush of 0.0014%, I just assume that Ace-high flush is the nut flush, and an opponent doesn’t have a straight flush, which would beat our ace-high flush.
One exception – When the bigger cards are not always better
There is one situation where having AKs is not optimal. It only matters when you hit a flush. In such a scenario, I would rather have any other ace-high flush but the AK high flush. That way, I can know that someoneelse might be holding a 2nd nut flush (K high flush) as I don’t hold the K myself. Some players might be folding lower flushes, but almost no one folds 2nd nut K high flush. And nobody can beat me anyway if I hold the A high flush in my hand.
The chance to hit a flush is already low, and it happens even less often that someone has second nut flush. In all the other scenarios, it is better to have AK than AQ or lower, as our kicker is very valuable. This is also the reason that my winrate with AKs is still a lot higher than with AJs. Most of the time, when we hit a flush, our opponent will not have a flush.
But the times when you see two players showing a flush do happen and it is important to distinguish from 3 possible scenarios:
- One person has a lower flush, and another person has a higher flush
- Both players have a flush of the same rank
- One player has a straight flush (with lower cards), and another player has a higher flush, but just a flush.
Higher vs. Lower Flush
The rules of poker are simple. A player that has a higher flush will win the hand. It doesn’t matter if both players have a flush; it only matters who has the highest flush.
The value of the flush goes from lowest possible flush 23457 of the same suit, and not 23456 as this would also give us a straight flush, which is better than a normal flush. The value of flush goes all the way up to AKQJ9 of the same suit, and this is the biggest flush possible without having the strongest hand in poker – royal flush (AKQJT of the same suit).
The highest flush beats not only all the lower flushes that will not be folding to our huge bets, but it also beats all sets (trips), two pairs, and pairs.If you don’t have the nut flush yourself (highest possible flush, depending on the board), then chances are someone else can have it. Scenarios where you have 2nd nut flush, and someone else holds the nut flush will happen, and you will pay him off. This will reduce your winrate. But all the other times you are up against worse hands you will make a lot of money. Any flush is a great hand to have as it beats so many other worse hands.
Who wins if both players have a flush of the same rank
In the case when both players have the same flush at showdown, and no one else has a better hand than this flush, then the pot would get split between them. First, the rake would get deducted from the pot, and afterward, the pot gets equally split.
Who wins if there is a flush on the table?
Scenario, where both players have the flush of the same rank, is only possible if a flush is present on the table. There is no other option, as that is the only way that both players have all 5 cards of the same rank and same suit.
In my poker career (more than 5 million hands played online), I have seen quite some flushes on the board. A few scenarios are possible:
- Nobody has a stronger hand than the flush on the board: When nobody has a higher card of the same suit in the hole cards (in their hand) at showdown, then the pot would get equally split among the players that are still involved in the hand at showdown. Of course, if you fold before the showdown, then you give up on your hand and can’t win the pot (get equal share in this scenario).
- Someone has a better hand: If there isn’t a royal flush on the board, then chances are some player can have a bigger flush. Remember, in poker, the player that has the best 5 card combination wins. So on a 5689T all hearts, any player having J of hearts or higher still beats 5689T flush. But if someone has 7 of hearts, then that player will have the better nuts. As 6789T of hearts will give him a straight flush and the better hand combination. If someone would hold QhJh they would have the absolute nuts (QJT98 high straight flush).
Straight flush vs. Ace-high flush
If, by any chance, you come upon a situation where one player has a straight flush, and another player has an ace-high flush, then the rules are simple here also. A straight flush is a better hand and wins against any other non-straight flush and against all lower straight flushes (if both players have a straight flush, then the one with higher straight flush wins).
You will hit a straight flush once roughly every 72,000 hands. When on the other hand, you will hit a flush once every 508 hands. So it makes sense that a straight flush wins.
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Conclusion
Now you know of all the possible scenarios where two players might have the flush. You know correctly who wins and when the pots get split. I am sure there will be no more confusion next time when you see two players have hit a flush.