SLOTKER® Hand Rankings
In SLOTKER®, 3-of-a-kind hands are ranked by…
Poker Card Values, ranked by their numerical value
(Deuces up to Aces, outranking slot-machine symbols and card suits.)
Slot-Machine Symbols, ranked by the quantity of each in the deck.
(LEMONs, CHERRIES, ORANGEs, PLUMs, BELLs, BARs, outranking card suits)
Card Suits.
(diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades, with card suits all equal in value)
When two or more players are tied with the same 3-matching slot-machine symbols, or tied with 3-matching card suits, then the associated 3-card poker hand is used to determine the winner.
In this example, Player 1 wins with three CHERRIES
and a 10-high straight, beating Player 2 with three
CHERRIEs and an Ace High card hand.
In this example, Player 2 wins with three Hearts
and a Jack-8 high card hand, beating Player 1 with
three Clubs and a Jack-6 high card hand. (All card suits are equal in value)
3-Card Poker Hands in SLOTKER®
SLOTKER® playing cards have been designed and arranged so that 3-of-a-kind poker hands associated with any three-matching slot-machine symbols are limited to flushes, straights, single-pair, and high-card hands, AND USE STANDARD 5-CARD AND 7-CARD POKER HAND RANKINGS, in which flushes beat straights.
With three BARs, the best 3-card poker hand is a high-card hand with the Ace of Diamonds, with no pair, no straight, no flush possible.
With three BELLs, the best 3-card poker hand is a high-card hand with the King of Hearts, with no pair, no straight, no flush possible.
With three PLUMs, the best 3-card poker hand is a high-card hand with the King of Spades, with no pair, no straight, no flush possible.
With three ORANGEs, the best 3-card poker hand is an Ace-high club flush, no pair possible, but with two combinations of flushes and six combinations of straights possible.
With three CHERRIES, the best 3-card poker hand is an Ace-high spade flush, with three combinations of flushes possible, four combinations of straights possible and nine combinations with a pair of 4s.
While there is only one poker pair possible with 3 CHERRIES (the CHERRIES-4-of-Hearts plus the CHERRIES-4-of-Diamonds), there are 9 combinations of possible one-pair poker hands with 3 CHERRIES – the two CHERRY-4s plus any one of the other 9 CHERRIES.
With three LEMONs, the best 3-card poker hand is an Ace-high heart flush. There are four combinations of flushes possible, eight combinations of straights possible and ten combinations with a pair of 8s.
