# Pair

The lowest hand type that can be made is a High Card. A High Card hand contains five cards that all have different ranks and cannot all be suited or in a sequence.

To rank hands of this type, the cards in each hand are compared starting at the highest ranked card in each hand. If one hand's compared card is larger than another hand's, it is ranked higher. If the compared cards are equal, then the comparison moves to the next highest ranked card in each hand and is repeated.

### Example #1:

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Player 1 has an Ace-high with Queen, Jack, Eight, Seven kickers:
Player 2 has a King-high with Queen, Jack, Eight, Seven kickers:
Since player 1's highest ranked card, the Ace, is higher than player 2's highest ranked card, the King, player 1 has the better hand.

### Example #2:

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Player 1 has an Ace-high with King, Queen, Jack, Eight kickers:
Player 2 has an Ace-high with King, Queen, Jack, Six kickers:
Player 1 and player 2 both share the same high card and both of their first three kickers are equally ranked. The fifth and final card of each player's hand has different ranks, and since player 1's Eight is ranked higher than player 2's Six, player 1 has the better hand.

### Example #3:

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Player 1 has an Ace-high with King, Queen, Jack, Nine kickers:
Player 2 has an Ace-high with King, Queen, Jack, Nine kickers:
Player 1 and player 2 are both playing the board, and as a result, have the same ranked hands.

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- Straight Flush
- Four of a Kind
- Full House
- Flush
- Straight
- Three of a Kind
- Two Pair
- Pair
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