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How are ties decided when two players have a flush?
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A poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence is called a flush.
When two players both hold a flush in poker, the tie is decided by comparing the highest-ranking card in each hand. The player holding the highest top card wins the pot.1
If the highest cards are identical, the second-highest cards are compared, and this process continues down through the five cards until a winner is determined. Because suits are not ranked in standard poker, a flush is defined solely by the rank of the cards within the suit.12