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Full house
A full house is a five-card poker hand built from three matching cards of one rank and a separate pair of another rank.
- Also called
- full boat, boat, full hand, tight
- Hand structure
- 3 cards of one rank + 2 cards of another rank 1
Key points
- In Texas hold ’em, a full house can be made from any combination of hole cards and community cards as part of the best five-card hand 12.
- A full house beats a flush and a straight, but loses to four of a kind and a straight flush.
- The phrase “full of” describes the hand, e.g. “kings full of tens” means three kings and two tens 1.
Where this term is used
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Sources
- Glossary of poker terms en.wikipedia.org Provides the definition, alternative names, and hand structure for a full house.
- Texas hold 'em en.wikipedia.org Confirms how a full house is formed in Texas hold ’em from hole and community cards.
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