WTF is the rank of suits?

[F. McSimmons]

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In Stud, if I am dealt 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and you are dealt 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], I am bringing in. Clubs are considered to be the 'lowest' ranked suit for this purpose, and it's the only time I can think of it being relevant in poker.

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or in drawing for button, seats, etc.

[Injection]

I thought the rankings were something along the lines of Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, Clubs. Red-black-red-black.

In stud if you have the spade royal vs. a heart royal, the hearts win.. Correct?

Not sure how common this joke is outside of Aus, but since we're talking suits:

You need a [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] to love her,
A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] to marry her,
A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] to beat her,
and a [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] to bury her.

[oober]

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spades hearts clubs diamonds

black red black red...



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Black red Black red? Where are the green and blue cards in the equation?

[iDONKEDyoo]

possibly dumb question...sorry dont play stud

if two players in 7 card stud or whatever game have the same straight flush or same flush in diff suits, does the higher suit scoop da pot or do they split it?

[MotorBoatingSOB]

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its reverse alphabetical order

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QFT

also, why not sit at a play money stud game for like 2 minutes to figure this out instead of making a thread here

[private joker]

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spade - the sword
hearts - royalty
diamonds - aristocrats
clubs - peasants

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This isn't true, and I haven't seen the correct answer posted yet, so:

spade = royalty
heart = clergy
diamond = merchant
club = peasant

[Jiganti]

The spade is a dagger, which stabs the heart in order to get the diamond. The club is just a [censored] sitting there watching, and the spade decides to [censored] him over so he stabs that little bitch too.

[choccypie]

Diamonds are a girl's best friend [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

So yeah diamond > other suits ^^

[zan nen]

cookie for whoever can tell me what game this is from

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Hearts
Diamonds
Clubs
Spades (lowest)

[SmartBugger]

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I remember reading something from a book, I think it was Big Deal by Anthony Holden, that stated what the suits represented. For example, spades=military, hearts=church. Anyone else recall this or know what each suit represents?

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Well poker is a French game that originally had 20 cards. Each card symbolized a position in their government. Spades = military, Hearts = politicians, Diamonds = Aristocrats, Clubs = common-folk. Only a guess.... might be wrong.