POKER:Why is a flush a higher hand then a straight?

Question

Can you explain why?

Answer 1

here is the probabilty for all the hands in 5 card stud

Poker Hand Number of Combinations Probability
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Royal Straight Flush 4 .0000015391
Other Straight Flush 36 .0000138517
Four of a kind 624 .0002400960
Full House 3,744 .0014405762
Flush 5,108 .0019654015
Straight 10,200 .0039246468
Three of a kind 54,912 .0211284514
Two Pairs 123,552 .0475390156
One Pair 1,098,240 .4225690276
High card only 1,302,540 .5011773940

Total 2,598,960 1.0000000000

so you can see the odds of getting a flush in 5 cards is 1.9% while the odds of getting a straight is 3.9%

Here it is for 7 card stud (or texas holdem)
Poker Hand Nbr. of Hands Probability
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5 of a kind 0 0.00000000
Royal straight flush 4,324 0.00003232
Other straight flush 37,260 0.00027851
4 of a kind 224,848 0.00168067
Full House 3,473,184 0.02596102
Flush 4,047,644 0.03025494
Ace high straight 747,980 0.00559093
Other straights 5,432,040 0.04060289
3 of a kind 6,461,620 0.04829870
2 pairs 31,433,400 0.23495536
One pair >= Jacks 18,188,280 0.13595201
One pair <= Tens 40,439,520 0.30227345
Ace high 12,944,820 0.09675870
King high 6,386,940 0.04774049
Queen high 2,719,500 0.02032746
Jack high 963,480 0.00720173
Ten high 248,640 0.00185851
Nine high 31,080 0.00023231

Subtotals high card only 23,294,460 0.17411920
Total = 133,784,560 1.00000000

4.5 % chance of getting a straight, 3% chance of getting a flush

so to answer the question
"Why is a flush a higher hand then a straight"

the answer is: Probability

Answer 2

In the old west a straight used to beat a flush, but today it's the other way around. It's just harder to make a flush then a straight, although they are very close if you are talking about the percentages. You have so many combinations of cards that will make a straight. but with a flush you only have the remaining clubs left to make your flush.

Answer 3

Once you have 4 to a flush or a straight, getting the 5th to complete the flush is more probable then getting the 5th to complete a straight. However, getting the 4 cards to a flush is harder then getting 4 cards to a straight.


in the end its almost twice as likely that you'll be dealt a straight in 5 cards, then a flush.

Answer 4

The poker hands are ranked by the probability of getting them. Even though it seems like it's easier to get a flush than a straight, that's an illusion caused by the fact that backdoor flushes are easier to see; mathematically there are more ways to get straights than flushes.

Answer 5

You have to get 5 of 13 possible cards, there are way more possible straights in a deck of 52.

Answer 6

Harder to get five cards of the same suit than it is to get five cards in sequential order.

Answer 7

because it is