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What Is A Flush In Poker?
Learn what a flush is in poker, what it beats, what beats it, and how flush draws fit into tournament strategy.
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Flush definition
A flush is any five cards of the same suit that are not in consecutive order. For example, ace, jack, eight, five, and two of hearts is an ace-high flush.
What a flush beats
A flush beats a straight, three of a kind, two pair, one pair, and high card. It loses to a full house, four of a kind, straight flush, and royal flush.
How flushes tie
When two players have flushes, the highest card in the flush wins. If the highest card is tied, compare the next card, then continue until the best five-card flush is determined.
Tournament note
Flush draws are more valuable when you have fold equity or good implied odds. At short stacks, raw draw value matters less if stacks are too shallow to win enough when you hit.