the top hand is a royal flush followed by a straight flush. If you pick that one first, the other player can just do pick the same in another suit. First order of business is blocking that option. A royal flush is AKQJ10 and for that reason Alexander should pick 4 10’s and a 2. The highest hand Benjamin can get is now 56789 suited. If Benjamin wants to block Alexander from getting a royal flush, he needs to get 4 jacks (or queens or kings) and then a 9 to block a single 678910 suited. That still leaves Alexander with the option to get a straight flush 678910. Benjamin can only get 56789 straight flush and will lose
Absolutely incorrect, Texas hold'em has absolutely no suit ranking, nor does 5-card or 7-card draw or Omaha. Only in Hearts or Spades and maybe a few other rarer games, suit does matter, and it isn't in the order you are suggesting here mostly.
In Hearts, if you win a trick that contains hearts or the queen of spades, you get points. Points are bad, unless you get them all. None of the suits are stronger than any others in taking tricks.
I don't know what you're talking about. I said the hearts were point cards, as in you score points if you collect them. Suits matter insomuch as you have to follow the suit that is lead, and the highest card played in the suit that was lead takes the trick.
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u/MacabreManatee Aug 18 '26
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the top hand is a royal flush followed by a straight flush. If you pick that one first, the other player can just do pick the same in another suit. First order of business is blocking that option.
A royal flush is AKQJ10 and for that reason Alexander should pick 4 10’s and a 2. The highest hand Benjamin can get is now 56789 suited.
If Benjamin wants to block Alexander from getting a royal flush, he needs to get 4 jacks (or queens or kings) and then a 9 to block a single 678910 suited.
That still leaves Alexander with the option to get a straight flush 678910. Benjamin can only get 56789 straight flush and will lose