Post and Pair - Hand Rankings

Hand Rankings

  • A Pair-royal of Aces.
  • A Pair-royal of any three cards according to their value: three Kings, three Queens, etc.
  • A Pair of Aces, then a pair of Kings, followed by a pair of Queens and so on in ascending order.
  • The highest cards in one hand.
  • A pair of cards totalling, or approaching 21 points.
  • Court cards value 10 points each and pips their face value.

Read more about this topic:  Post And Pair

Famous quotes containing the word hand:

    Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.
    Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)