Another part of the hands that can occur while playing online poker is the part of middle and low hands. These hands basically have a medium or very low chance of winning the pot and they require a lot of luck in order to win just with them. Some of them, the very low hands are hands that cant bring winnings at all.

The flushes these are medium poker hands. In a game with pot splitting they can bring you a large part of the pot, but they depend on the high cards of the flush. A flush means that you have five cards of the same suite, and they dont have to be connected. If they are connected, them it becomes a straight flush and if in addition to that they are also situated at the top of the suite them the hand is a royal straight flush, and in these cases the hand will be situated in the top hands category. But when the cards are not all connected, then the hand is called simply a flush. If in the poker hand you are playing these are more than one player holding flushes, then the winning flush will be the one with the highest end card. Flushes are draws that will be found pretty much in a game of poker and their odds are usually high. An example of flushes would be : a ten flush ( 10,8,7, 5,2 suited) that beats a nine flush ( 9,8,7,6,3 suited).

Straights they are hands that happen when a player holds or has drawn five connected cards. Having connected cards means that the cards have to be successive like: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. To get a straight there is no need for the cards to also be suited, but they can be. Whenever a straight is formed of suited cards, then it shall be called straight flush or royal straight flush, depending on the big end of it. Straight, like flushes are very common hands and the Aces can be the lowest card in a straight as well as the highest card. Examples of simple straights are : As, Ks, Qc, Jd, 10s or 5d, 4c, 3s, 2h, Ac.

Three of a kind this hand is basically one part of a flush, the part with the three cards of the same value. As the name says it is sufficient to have three cards of the same value, like 5c, 5d, 5h to have a three of a kind hand. If, however you have the pair in you hand and the third card is on the table the hand will be called a set. There is no difference between the two names, just an esthetic one. A hand three of a kind hand is 3s, 5d in your hand and 3d, 3c, 10c on the table, and a set is when you have in your hand 3s, 3h and on the table 2d, 3c, 8c.

Two pairs to have two pair it is sufficient have amongst the best five cards a pair of a kind and another pair of another kind. The odds are very high, this is an extremely common hand. When it comes to comparing hands with two pairs, the hand that has the biggest pair will win. So this means Ad As 3d 3c will be better than Ks Kd Qh Qs.

One pair a very common hand that is usually not worth playing unless it is a high pair like As Ad.

High Cards this is the lowest holdem hand. It means basically the highest card you hold in your best five cards, when within them there can not be found any of the other poker combinations. Sometimes you might win when playing and Ace, in the case all the other have is a high king tops. But usually this hand is not worth playing or betting because it will be beaten by the lowest pair. A high card hand is: As, Qd, Jc, 8s, 4h this one is called a high ace.