Royal Flush vs. Straight Flush.

[OrianasDaad]

Why do we call an ace-high straight flush a royal flush. I know that it's probably because it has all the "royal" cards (J, K, Q) - but we don't call an ace-high straight a "royal straight".

[Caruso329]

Because that'd just be stupid. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Actually I don't know.. and don't care really.
Really, royal flush shouldn't even be a hand category IMO, a straight flush should just be the best hand (with a ace high straight flush being best of course). Hand order doesn't go:

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Three of a kind
Straight
Ace high straight
Flush
Ace high flush
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so why should it be straight flush and royal flush?

A good, pointless question deserves a good (not really), pointless answer.

[stigmata]

Its the Absolute Stone-Cold Mother-F'ing Nuts - it deserves a special name.

Wherease ace-high straights are just a bit dull in comparison.

[JFB37]

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we don't call an ace-high straight a "royal straight"

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'cause it's called "Broadway."

[TomBrooks]

Because a flush is better than a straight, and this hand deserves the best name possible. BTW, I just got my first one after 14,000 hands.

[jojobinks]

i love how every show, when explaining what beats what, explains that a royal flush is better than a straight flush. i wonder what would happen if they explained that an A high flush beats a K high flush, and that that a T high straight beats a 9 high straight, and so on and so on.

it's ridiculous. and it doesn't need it's own name.

[pokerrookie]

Thats one way to start getting out of a big downswing. Congrats!

[benfranklin]

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it's ridiculous. and it doesn't need it's own name.

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Big Slick doesn't need its own name either. Neither does the Deadman's Hand, or Presto!, or the Doyle Brunson (either of them /images/graemlins/shocked.gif). They are part of the history and tradition of the game, and they enrich the language. Enjoy!

[Awesemo]

The best I can come up with is it's called that because of video poker. The payout for royal flush is different from the payout of other straight flushes.

[TomBrooks]

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Thats one way to start getting out of a big downswing. Congrats!

[/ QUOTE ] Thanks, PR. I only made $14 with it though (Party .5/1). Not bad, but not a notable pot. The best part is just getting it. I grabbed a screenshot of it and emailed it to some friends and family for kicks and giggles. -TomBk

[TomBrooks]

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I know that it's probably because it has all the "royal" cards (J, K, Q)...

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What is Royal about a Jack, anyway? I mean, what is a Jack? Everyone knows what a King and a Queen are, but I never heard of a Jack other than the card name. I could Google it, but I will wait on that as I'm curious to see if anyone knows what a Jack is, anyway.

-TomBk

[benfranklin]

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I'm curious to see if anyone knows what a Jack is, anyway.

-TomBk

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The Jack used to be called the Knave. One theory is that the abbreviations of K for King and Kn for knave were confusing, especially since Kn is also Knight in chess, and people started using other names. I've heard that "Jack" was the specific name for the Knave of Trumps in some old game, and eventually it became generic and replaced Knave. Various stories are that the Knave was a prince, a soldier, or a knight originally.

[Wake up CALL]

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The best I can come up with is it's called that because of video poker. The payout for royal flush is different from the payout of other straight flushes.

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FYI

The Royal Flush existed long long before video poker was ever invented.

[memphis57]

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Its the Absolute Stone-Cold Mother-F'ing Nuts - it deserves a special name.


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Note, this is only true in THE. Since there are 4 royal flushes in the deck, in various other games, it is theoreticaly possible for one royal to push against another (the odds of that being about eleventy-gigabazillion to one, or thereabouts).

I hit a royal early in my Party Poker career, against 4 aces and aces-full-of-kings. Took down a 30 BB pot. My only other royal netted me about 5 BB.

[CORed]

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the odds of that being about eleventy-gigabazillion to one, or thereabouts

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Actually, it's eleventy-two gigabazillion to one, if you want to get technical.

[EliteNinja]

Shouldn't it be called a Broadway Flush?

[Dynasty]

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The best I can come up with is it's called that because of video poker. The payout for royal flush is different from the payout of other straight flushes.

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FYI

The Royal Flush existed long long before video poker was ever invented.

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Don't be harsh. People who were born after the invention of video poker can't grasp that the world once existed without it. It changed humanity forever. And, for those born afterwards, effects they way they view the world.