Combination | Examples | Explanation |
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Prial | 3-3-3 A-A-A . . . 2-2-2 | 'Prial' - short for 'pair royal' - is the name in Brag for a set of three cards of equal rank. The best is threes, and the other prials follow in the rank order of the cards: A-A-A, K-K-K, Q-Q-Q, etc. down to 5-5-5, 4-4-4, 2-2-2, three twos being the lowest prial. |
Running flush | 3-2-A A-K-Q . . . 4-3-2 | A running flush is a set of three consecutive cards of the same suit. A run is a set of three consecutive cards of mixed suits. Although the ace is high, A-2-3 counts as a valid run - or a valid running flush if all the cards are the same suit. In fact A-2-3 is the highest run or running flush, A-K-Q of a suit is the second highest, then K-Q-J, and so on down to 4-3-2, which is the lowest. 2-A-K is not a valid run or running flush. Any running flush beats any run with mixed suits - so for example 4-3-2 beats 3-2-A or A-K-Q. |
Run | 3-2-A A-K-Q . . . 4-3-2 | |
Flush | A-K-J . . . 5-3-2 | A flush consists of three cards of the same suit - not all consecutive, or it would be a running flush. When comparing flushes, the highest card is compared first, then if these are equal the middle card, and finally if necessary the lowest. Therefore K-9-2 beats Q-10-5, which beats Q-10-3, which beats Q-9-8. |
Pair | A-A-K . . . 2-2-3 | A pair consists of two cards of equal rank. The third card is of a different rank, otherwise you would have a prial. When comparing pairs, the rank of the pair is compared first (aces are highest), and if two players have the same pair the odd card determines which and is higher. So for example 9-9-3 beats 8-8-K, which beats 8-8-J. |
High card | A-K-J . . . 5-3-2 | Three cards that do not form any of the above combinations. As with flushes, these rank according to the highest card; if the highest cards of two hands are equal the second highest cards are compared, and if these are equal too then the third highest. So J-6-3 beats 10-9-7, which beats 10-9-6. |
Round | Andy | Bill | Chris | Dan | Eddie |
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1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | fold | 2 |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
4 | 2 | fold | 2 | - | 5 |
5 | 5 | - | 5 | - | 5 |
6 | 5 | - | 5 | - | 5 |
7 | 5 | - | fold | - | 10 |
8 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 |
9 | 10 | - | - | - | 10 |
10 | 20 (to see) |
Round | Andy | Bill | Chris | Dan | Eddie |
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1 | 1 | 1 (blind) | 2 | 1 (blind) | 2 |
2 | 2 | 1 (blind) | 2 | 1 (blind) | 2 |
3 | 2 | 1 (blind) | 2 | 1 (blind) | 2 |
4 | 2 | 1 (blind) | 4 | 2 (blind) | fold |
5 | 4 | 5 (blind) | 10 | fold | - |
6 | fold | 5 (blind) | 10 | - | - |
7 | - | 5 (blind) | 10 | - | - |
8 | - | 10 (to see) |
Hand | Combinations | Probability | Odds |
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Prial Threes | 4 | 1/5525 | 5524 to 1 |
Other Prial | 48 | 1/460 | 459 to 1 |
Running Flush | 48 | 1/460 | 459 to 1 |
Run | 720 | 1/31 | 30 to 1 |
Flush | 1 096 | 1/20 | 19 to 1 |
Pair | 3 744 | 1/6 | 5 to 1 |
High Card | 16 440 | 3/4 | 3 to 1 on |
(total combinations) | 22 100 |