Welcome to Poker: Hand Rankings —Pairs and Two Pair

What Are Two Pairs in Poker? - two pair poker A pair in two-card poker has two cards of the same rank The ranking of pairs is determined by the value of the cards in the pair An example two day lottery result When comparing hands with two pairs, the hand with the highest pair wins, irrespective of the rank of the other cards - so J-J-2-2-4 beats 10-10-9-9-8 because

two card poker hands Here's an interesting poker hand from last night It's a run of the mill private house game, with blinds of $1 and $2