34. Showing Hands. When a call is made, all the hands must be shown to the table, and the best poker hand wins the pool. Any player declining to show his hand, even though he admits that it is not good, must pay an amount equal to the ante to each of the players at the table; or, if jack pots are played, he must put up for all of them in the next jack pot. When the hands are called, there is no penalty for mis-calling a hand; the cards, like the counters, speak for themselves.
35. Rank of the Hands. The best poker hand is a Royal Flush; A K Q J 10 of the same suit, which beats a
Straight Flush; any sequence of five cards of the same suit.
Four of a Kind; such as four 10’s and an odd card.
Full Hand; three of a kind and a pair, such as three 8’s and a pair of Q’s, which beats a
Flush; five cards of the same suit, but not in sequence.
Straight; five cards in sequence, but of various suits. In straights, the Ace cannot be used to form such combinations as Q K A 2 3; but it may be used as the bottom of 5 4 3 2, or the top of 10 J Q K. Straights beat
Three of a Kind; such as three K’s and two odd cards.
Two Pairs; such as two 9’s and two 7’s, with an odd card.
A Pair; such as two Aces and three odd cards.