New Zealand Gazette – 1996 – No. 7

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(c) Two Pairs two different pairs, with two aces and two kings
being the highest ranking two pair

(d) Three of a Kind three cards of the same value

(e) Straight or Run five cards of any suit in sequence. An ace may
be counted as high or low

(f) Flush five cards of the same suit, not in sequence. The
highest card to decide between two flushes;
where the highest cards in both hands are the
same value, the next card; and so on

(g) Full House three of a kind and a pair. All cards take their
rank from the threesome

(h) Four of a Kind four cards of the same value

(i) Straight Flush five cards of the same suit in sequence

(j) Royal Flush ace, king, queen, jack and ten of the same suit.

13.2 All suits of cards shall hold the same rank.

13.3 Hands of the same poker hand value, but consisting of different card values,
shall be ranked according to the card values prescribed in rule 3.2 of this
division. For example:

(a) a king, queen, jack, ten, nine Straight (or Straight Flush) beats a jack,
    en, nine, eight, seven Straight (or Straight Flush, as the case may be);

(b) in the event of two hands each containing Two Pairs, the hand holding
    the highest pair in terms of card value shall be ranked the higher. If
    both hands hold the highest pair, the respective card values of the
    second pairs shall determine the outcome. In the case of a draw, the
    respective card values of the fifth cards in the hands determine which
    hand shall be higher;

(c) where two hands hold single Pairs of the same card value, the
    respective values of the highest of the remaining cards in each hand
    shall determine the outcome. If the highest of the remaining cards in
    the hands are of the same card value, the respective values of the next
    highest cards shall determine the outcome, and so on,

(d) in the case of odd cards, the respective card values of the highest card
    in each hand shall determine the ranking; if these are the same, the
    values of the next highest cards, and so on.\n

13.4 A player is responsible for declaring his/her optimum poker hand.



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