How many possible pairs are there in poker?

Answer 1

Answer: There are 78 possible pairs in Poker.

Explained:If you have a group of four (the four suits) the are six combinations of two. There are 13 cards in a suit. 13X6=78. There are 78 possible pairs.

Note: This is only true if you use one deck (if you use two there are 364)

Alternate answer:There are 13 possible pairs in poker.

Explained: There are 13 cards in each suit. Each pair is between two suits. there are 13 possible pairs

Extra facts: There are 1378 groups of two in a deck of cards. There are 91 groups of two in each suit. To find the maximum number of groups of two in any number:

the maximum number=Z

(Z-1)+(Z-2)+(Z-3)+(Z-4)+(Z-5)etc.

Ex: (3-1)+(3-2)+(3-3)=3 there are three possible combinations of all the

(2) + (1) + (0)=3 numbers between 1 and 3

Ex2:(5-1)+(5-2)+(5-3)+(5-4)+(5-5)=10

(4) (3) (2) (1) (0)

I am not a poker player but a mathimatician. You should be able to decide which of the first two answers is correct.

Answer 2

A Jack, also Knave, is a playing card with a picture of a young man on it. The usual rank of a jack, within its suit, is as if it were an 11 (that is, between the queen and the 10).

As early as the mid-1500s the card was known in English decks as the Knave (meaning a male servant of royalty). It became Jack in 1864, when Samuel Hart, an English cardmaker, published a deck using J instead of Kn for the lowest court card.

In poker a jack is counted as face value, meaning it does not have a numerical value.

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Answer 3

A Pair of Jacks has many common nicknames.

Some people call them "fishhooks" or simply 'hooks' because the JJ looks like hooks.

Other names include Brothers, Jay Birds, John Juanda (the initials of a famous poker players), Colostomy Bag (A Jack is a slang reference to the toilet), One Eyes Jacks (Spades, Hearts) or Rent boys.

Answer 4

A poker hand such as J♥ J♣ 4♣ 4♠ 9♥, that contains two cards of the same rank, plus two cards of another rank (that match each other but not the first pair), plus any card not of either rank, is called two pair. To rank two hands both containing two pair, the higher ranking pair of each is first compared, and the higher pair wins (so 10♠ 10♣ 8♥ 8♣ 4♠ defeats 8♥ 8♣ 4♠ 4♣ 10♠). If both hands have the same top pair, then the second pair of each is compared, such that 10♠ 10♣ 8♥ 8♣ 4♠ defeats 10♠ 10♣ 4♠ 4♥ 8♥. If both hands have the same two pairs, the kicker determines the winner, so 10♠ 10♣ 8♥ 8♣ A♦ beats 10♠ 10♣ 8♥ 8♣ 4♠.

Two pair are described by the higher pair first, followed by the lower pair if necessary; K♣ K♦ 9♠ 9♥ 5♥ is described as "Kings over nines", "Kings and nines", or simply "Kings up" if the nines are not important. - That is according to wikipedia!

Answer 5

A pair of jacks is the fourth highest pair you can get in poker.

Answer 6

Two pair is what it sounds like. You have a combination of two pairs among the 5 cards on the table and your two hole cards.

Answer 7

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