Poker Cards And Values

Poker in itself is one of the easiest games to play. What will make it complex are the countless variations of the game that you can play. For that reason, we’ll start by talking just about what is called “5 Card Draw” which is simply standard poker. Later you can learn additional variations that you can enjoy.

Cards:

The cards that are used to play poker are standard decks of 52 cards. You won’t need any special cards, but do make sure that the cards are newer so that there are no markings on them that could help players to know what the value of that card is. (A common problem when playing the game is for a person to “mark” the card such as with a fold or a crease that can later be used to distinguish the card in someone else’s hand.)


The cards are ranked, or given a value, from high to low. Here’s the order that they are placed in value:

Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2

Your ace will always be the highest valued card. This means that your ace is worth more than your king and your king is worth more than the queens are worth. You can see how this continues down the line of cards. The queen is worth more than the jack and so on.

Next, there are four suits of cards in a card deck. A suit is one of these card sets:

* Clubs:
* Spades:
* Hearts:
* Diamonds:

Note that each suit is equal in value; No one suit is more valuable from the other.
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