New Zealand Gazette – 1998 – No. 13

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280 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 13

dated Tuesday, 1 November 1994 to the New Zealand Gazette of Thursday, 27 October 1994, or any provisions approved in substitution for those provisions.

4.0 Playing Cards; Ranking of Hands

4.1 All suits of cards shall have the same rank.

4.2 Cards shall rank, from lowest to highest, as follows:

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, jack, queen, king, ace.

except as provided in rule 4.3, where aces may be counted low.

4.3 Hands of cards shall rank, from lowest to highest, as follows:

(a) Odd Cards for example, ace, king, 6, 4, 2

(b) 1 Pair 2 cards of the same value, a higher pair beating a lower pair. Aces shall be high

(c) 2 Pairs 2 different pairs, with a pair of aces and a pair of kings being the highest ranking 2 Pair. Aces shall be high

(d) 3 of a Kind 3 cards of the same value

(e) Straight 5 cards of any suit in sequence. An ace may be counted as high or low

(f) Flush 5 cards of the same suit, not in sequence. The value of the highest card in the hand shall decide the ranking between 2 flushes; where the highest cards in both hands are the same value, the next card; and so on

(g) Full House 3 cards of the same value and a Pair. The hands take their rank from the threesome

(h) 4 of a Kind 4 cards of the same value

(i) Straight Flush 5 cards of the same suit in sequence

(j) Royal Flush ace, king, queen, jack and 10 of the same suit.



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