5 Hand Poker Rules. The basic rules of poker are the same and use the same 5 card poker hand ranking chart. Except in a few versions of the game a poker hand consists of five cards.
In high low split games both the highest ranking and lowest ranking hands win though different rules are used to rank the hi. Flush any five cards of the same suit but not in a sequence. E g 6 7 8 9 and 10.
Royal flush hand has a k q j and 10 of the same suit.
The small blind and big blind are posted by the player directly to the left of the button and the player two to the left of the button respectively. In fixed limit five card draw betting is done in increments of the big blind equivalent. Royal flush a k q j 10 all the same suit. E g 6 7 8 9 and 10.
