This game is particularly exciting because all the lower cards from 2 to 6 are removed from the deck, so you end up with a lot of high cards, and it's easier to get three of a kind or a full house. Keep that in mind when you're playing - your hand might be great, but so are your opponents' hands! This game is played with 2 to 5 players.
Hand rankings are different than 52 card poker because the stripped deck makes certain combinations of cards more likely. In particular, the rankings for flushes and full houses are reversed from standard poker. In addition, in the cases where hands are exactly equal, the hand will be decided by suit. Flushes, straights, straight flushes and nothings are determined by the suit of the highest card. Pairs and two pairs are decided by the suit of the highest kicker. The kicker is the leftover card that isn't part of a pair.
For example, if two players both got two Kings and 2 Jacks, the suit, not the rank, of the 5th card would be used to determine the winner. Full houses, three of kind and four of a kind can never be tied by rank, so they are never decided by suit.
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