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Which poker hand ranks highest in a standard game without wild cards?

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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.

In a standard game of poker without wild cards, the highest-ranking hand is the royal flush.12

A royal flush consists of an ace, king, queen, jack, and 10, all of the same suit. Because suits are not ranked in poker, all royal flushes are considered equal in value.132