High card

A hand with no pair, no straight and no flush. Its highest card names it.

Example

A♣ J♦ 9♥ 6♠ 2♦ is "Ace high".

Also written: ace high, no pair.

Related

• kicker A leftover card that breaks a tie between two hands of the same type.
• pair Two cards of the same rank.

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