Six-Plus Hold'em Variation - The Deal (Fifth Street) These changes were introduced the because the removal of cards from the standard deck alter the probabilities of making certain hands.įor example, with only nine suited cards (instead of 13), a flush is harder to make in shord-deck poker than in regular hold'em.
As you can see, following these alternate poker short deck hand rankings a three-of-a-kind beats a straight (instead of vice-versa), and a flush beats a full house (instead of vice-versa).
