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Straight Flush
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Five cards in a row, all the same suit — like 9-8-7-6-5 of hearts. The higher top card wins; the ace can play low for 5-4-3-2-A (the 'steel wheel'), which is the lowest straight flush.
A straight flush is five cards in a row, all of the same suit — like 9-8-7-6-5 of hearts. Only a higher straight flush, or the royal flush, beats it.
- Odds of being dealt it in five cards
- 1 in 72,193
- Odds of making it by the river in Texas Hold'em
- 1 in 3,591
What beats a straight flush?
What does a straight flush beat?
Common questions
- Does a straight flush beat four of a kind?
- Yes. A straight flush beats four of a kind. The only thing that beats a straight flush is a higher straight flush — and the royal flush is the highest of all.
- What is the lowest straight flush?
- Five-high: 5-4-3-2-A of one suit, known as the 'steel wheel'. The ace plays low here and cannot wrap around from king to two.
See all ten hands side by side on the printable hand rankings chart or the one-page poker cheat sheet. Curious how a hand holds up against another? Deal both into the odds & equity calculator and watch the percentages change street by street.
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