Hand

Do not be confused by the word hand in poker. It refers to the cards that you are holding that make up your best poker ranking at any given time. It does not refer to all of the cards that may be in play, ie, the community cards. However, hand also refers to any given game, in a broad sense.

In a game of five-card draw, a player who is holding 5-6-7-8-9 has a straight hand. If no one can beat this, she has won this hand of poker.

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  Hole cards

  In games such as Texas Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha, each player is dealt cards w...

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  Hand for hand

  Hand for Hand play occurs is where tables start playing hands at the same time. ...

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  Hit

  A hit is the moment when a poker player gets a strong hand. e.g "Pe...

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  Hand for hand (alt)

  In multi-table tournaments, the last few tables consist of players who are in or...

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  Hand history

  Modern, online poker rooms offer players access to their hand histories. These a...

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  Hand rankings

  There are two kinds of hand rankings: those associated with "straight" games and...

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  Hanger

  A hanger refers to a card that is sticking out from the bottom of the deck when ...

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  Harrington, Dan

  Dan Harrington has written many best-selling poker books. They include Dan Harri...