Full House

A Full House is a hand where three of the cards in a hand are all of one rank, and the other two cards are both of another rank. To picture this, imagine your hand containing both a Three of a Kind and a Pair.

Full houses are ranked amongst each other by first looking for the hand with the highest ranked Three of a Kind portion. If two hands have equally ranked Three of a Kind portions, a higher ranked Pair is used to decide the winner.

Example #1:

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Player 1 has a Full House, Aces Full of Sevens:

       

Player 2 has a Full House, Nines Full of Aces:

       

Since player 1's Three of a Kind portion has a higher rank (i.e. Aces) than player 2's Three of a Kind portion (i.e. Nines), player 1 has the higher ranked hand.

Example #2:

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Player 1 has a Full House, Aces Full of Sevens:

       

Player 2 has a Full House, Full House, Aces Full of Nines:

       

Both player 1 and player 2 have equally ranked Three of a Kind portions so the Pair portions of their hands must be considered. Since player 2's Pair (i.e. Nines) is higher ranked than player 1's Pair (i.e. Sevens), player 2 has the better hand.

Example #3:

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Player 1 has a Full House, Aces Full of Sevens:

       

Player 2 has a Full House, Full House, Aces Full of Sevens:

       

Both player 1 and player 2 have the exact same hand, Full House, Aces Full of Sevens, and as a result both players tie for having the best hand.

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