Full House Rankings
Written May 21, 2008 by Jack Jones
There have been some questions as to who wins in a situation when two players have a Full House. Some of the people out there think it depends on the highest pair, others know that that factor is the highest three-of-a-kind making up the hand. Mark Pilarski breaks it down for our readers.
Let’s start with breaking down the Full House: it’s a three-of-a-kind hand that also has a pair. Three-of-a-kind is three cards of the same rank, such as a trio of queens. The higher-ranking three cards always beats out the lower rank. Three aces would be the highest obtainable three-of-a-kind hand; three deuces the lowest.
One pair is any two cards of the same rank, two kings for example. The hand with the higher-ranking pair always wins against another hand of one pair. If both hands have the exact same pair, the highest-ranking
unmatched card in the hand determines the winner. If the highest-ranking unmatched cards tie, the next highest-ranking unmatched cards are compared, and so on, and so on.
So, the Full House (again, three of a kind and one pair) with the highest-ranking three of a kind wins against the other Full House.