Royal Flush vs. Straight Flush.

OrianasDaad · #1 02-04-2005, 08:31 AM

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 · #2 02-04-2005, 08:36 AM

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

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:

...
Three of a kind
Straight
Ace high straight
Flush
Ace high flush
...

so why should it be straight flush and royal flush?

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

stigmata · #3 02-04-2005, 08:39 AM

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 · #4 02-04-2005, 10:42 AM

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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 · #5 02-04-2005, 06:59 PM

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 · #6 02-04-2005, 10:03 PM

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 · #7 02-04-2005, 11:38 PM

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

benfranklin · #8 02-05-2005, 02:19 PM

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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 [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]). They are part of the history and tradition of the game, and they enrich the language. Enjoy!

Awesemo · #9 02-05-2005, 02:44 PM

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 · #10 02-05-2005, 03:15 PM

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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