Royal Flush
The daddy of all poker hands, a royal flush is a straight flush involving the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace.
Straight Flush
A straight with all the cards in the same suit.
Four of a kind
Four cards of the same rank, for example four Queens.
Full House
3 cards of the same rank (for example, three sixes) plus a pair (for example, two queens) in the same hand.
Flush
Five cards of the same suit, for example five diamonds.
Straight
Five cards in sequential rank order, for example 8, 9, 10, Jack and a Queen. An ace may be used as both a high and a low card.
Three of a kind
Also called trips, this is where you have three cards of the same rank, for example three sevens.
Two Pair
Two sets of cards of the same rank, for example two queens and two sixes.
Pair
Any two cards of the same rank, for example two Queens. The ranking of pairs mirrors that of the cards in general, so the strongest pair is a pair of Aces and the weakest a pair of 2s.
High card
The highest ranked card is an Ace, and the ranking runs from the Ace down through the picture cards all the way to 2.