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Straight

Five cards in consecutive rank, in any suits.

Level 1

Also: straights

The ace can play high (A-K-Q-J-T) or low (5-4-3-2-A), but a straight can’t wrap around the ace. A straight beats three of a kind and loses to a flush.

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