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How many cards make up a standard poker hand?

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Five playing cards showing a flush in clubs: king, ten, eight, seven, and five of clubs. — poker A poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence is called a flush.

A standard poker hand consists of five cards. The value of the hand is determined by the combination of these cards, with rarer combinations ranking higher than more common ones.1