2012 Delaware Code
Title 28 - Sports and Amusements
CHAPTER 18. NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM POKER
§ 1805. Ranking of cards in hand.

The cards are ranked ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, and 2. A Texas Hold'em Poker hand in a showdown shall consist of 5 cards, ranked according to the following from highest to lowest:

(1) Straight flush. -- Five cards of the same suit in sequence; an ace-high straight flush is a "royal flush";

(2) Four of a kind. -- Four cards of the same rank;

(3) Full House. -- Three cards of the same rank and 2 cards of 1 other rank;

(4) Flush. -- Five cards of the same suit;

(5) Straight. -- Five cards in sequence;

(6) Three of a kind. -- Three cards of the same rank;

(7) Two pair. -- Two cards of the same rank and 2 cards of 1 other rank;

(8) One pair. -- Two cards of the same rank; and

(9) High card. -- The highest ranking card in the hand.

75 Del. Laws, c. 117, § 1; 77 Del. Laws, c. 21, § 1.;