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Poker hand · rank 9 of 10
One Pair
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One pair plus three kickers. The higher pair wins; if the pairs match, the highest kicker decides, then the next.
One pair is two cards of the same rank plus three kickers — the most common made hand in poker. The higher pair wins; if the pairs match, the highest kicker decides.
Odds of being dealt in five cards: 1 in 2.4
What beats a one pair
What a one pair beats
Common questions
- Does a pair beat a high card?
- Yes. Any pair beats any high-card hand. A pair is the lowest of the 'made' hands, sitting just above high card.
- What beats one pair?
- Everything except high card: two pair, three of a kind, a straight, a flush, a full house, four of a kind, a straight flush and a royal flush.