Short deck poker starting hand rankings

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Similarly, the stripped-deck also means that the remaining 36 cards are much closer in rank and so there will be smaller gaps between the cards in the hand and those on the board. That’s because in Six Plus Hold’em, a Flush is harder to make since there are only nine cards in each suit instead of thirteen.

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One may wonder why a Flush is ranked higher than a Full House or why Three-of-a-Kind is ranked above a Straight.

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