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High Card

Five unrelated cards; no pair, no flush, no straight. Example: A♣J♦10♠5♣2♥ (Ace-high). Lowest-ranking hand; beats no other hand category. Winner determined by highest card, then second highest, and so on.

Example

A♣J♦10♠5♣2♥ (Ace-high)

Strength rank

10 / 10

Combinations

1,302,540 (out of 2,598,960 five-card hands)

Probability

50.1177%

Odds against

1.0 : 1

Beats

None (the weakest hand)

Loses to

Royal Flush、Straight Flush、Four of a Kind (Quads)、Full House (Full Boat)、Flush、Straight、Three of a Kind (Trips / Set)、Two Pair、One Pair

Figures from lib/poker-math.ts (deterministic)