Which is higher in poker?

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Perknose

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Originally posted by: Quintox
I've always wondered why you can't play 3 pairs (and win that is)

Or why big bodies of water are always near a shore! :roll:

 

Regs

Lifer
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7 card stud or omaha I guess. Even so, there is no such thing as 3 pair in any form of poker...

I guess you can make up your own game. Looks like you all ready did.
 

Mday

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Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: Quintox
I've always wondered why you can't play 3 pairs (and win that is)

Or why big bodies of water are always near a shore! :roll:

i have yet to figure that out
 

Pollock

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Originally posted by: torpid
It depends on the kicker. But 4 pairs always beats 3 of a kind, but it again goes to kickers if they have 2 3's of a kind. It gets really complicated if you have a 6 card flush vs a 5 card royal flush, believe me.

wut
 

sdifox

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Originally posted by: jjones
Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: KK
2 pair beats 3 of a kind sometimes.

Just not in, you know, poker. :roll:
Sure, two pairs of aces will beat everything but a straight flush and royal flush. :p

err, I thought there was a distinction between 2 pairs and 4 of a kind...
 

Chiropteran

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3 of a kind contains 2 pairs, and if you also had a pair of something else that would be 3 pair. aka full house. it beats 3 of a kind every time.
 

Capt Caveman

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Originally posted by: Chiropteran
3 of a kind contains 2 pairs, and if you also had a pair of something else that would be 3 pair. aka full house. it beats 3 of a kind every time.

:confused: Drunk?
 

JJChicken

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Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: Chiropteran
3 of a kind contains 2 pairs, and if you also had a pair of something else that would be 3 pair. aka full house. it beats 3 of a kind every time.

:confused: Drunk?

He's right. Say you had the following hand:

3 3 3 J J

The first two 3's make up 1 pair, three no.2 + three no.3 makes the second pair and J J makes the third pair.

(Most likely he's drunk though :p)
 
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Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: jjones
Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: KK
2 pair beats 3 of a kind sometimes.

Just not in, you know, poker. :roll:
Sure, two pairs of aces will beat everything but a straight flush and royal flush. :p

err, I thought there was a distinction between 2 pairs and 4 of a kind...

if you wanted to be technical a 4 of kind is really 6 pairs... then again, a three of a kind is in fact 3 pairs.



 

Capt Caveman

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Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: jjones
Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: KK
2 pair beats 3 of a kind sometimes.

Just not in, you know, poker. :roll:
Sure, two pairs of aces will beat everything but a straight flush and royal flush. :p

err, I thought there was a distinction between 2 pairs and 4 of a kind...

if you wanted to be technical a 4 of kind is really 6 pairs... then again, a three of a kind is in fact 3 pairs.

Not in poker.
 

n yusef

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Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
Originally posted by: sdifox
Originally posted by: jjones
Originally posted by: Perknose
Originally posted by: KK
2 pair beats 3 of a kind sometimes.

Just not in, you know, poker. :roll:
Sure, two pairs of aces will beat everything but a straight flush and royal flush. :p

err, I thought there was a distinction between 2 pairs and 4 of a kind...

if you wanted to be technical a 4 of kind is really 6 pairs... then again, a three of a kind is in fact 3 pairs.



From that, we can learn that the OP just leveled us all.
 

sdifox

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Originally posted by: Barack Obama
Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: Chiropteran
3 of a kind contains 2 pairs, and if you also had a pair of something else that would be 3 pair. aka full house. it beats 3 of a kind every time.

:confused: Drunk?

He's right. Say you had the following hand:

3 3 3 J J

The first two 3's make up 1 pair, three no.2 + three no.3 makes the second pair and J J makes the third pair.

(Most likely he's drunk though :p)

I believe that is called a full house.