The only time it ties is when all 5 cards to the royal flush, i. A♥ K♥ Q♥ J♥ 10♥, are on the community board. Individual cards are ranked, from highest to lowest: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2. When two players have a straight, the player with the HIGHER straight wins. A is the lowest possible straight, also sometimes called a "wheel. [HOST] › Lessons. The highest possible Straight is A-K-Q-J (also called “Broadway”). e. An Ace can be used as a high card, but it can also be used as a low card in a straight that runs A This straight is often referred to. Straight combinations go all the way down to A, which is known as the “Wheel” or “. An ace-high straight flush is called a royal flush and it cannot be beaten. [HOST] › In-Texas-Holdem-poker-is-Aa-straight-or-is-Ace-. In the case. Each one. Our example shows three 4's. . It ranks below two pair and above high card. ; this is the only time an ace plays as a low card. Aces may indeed be used as low in a straight in holdem. An ace can be the lowest card of a straight (ace, 2, 3, 4, 5) or the highest card of a straight (ten, jack, queen, king, ace), but a straight can't "wrap around. Liked by. Higher means the straight that ends in the highest card. Three 5's would beat our example hand, three 6's would beat three 5's, and. Yes it's a straight (called the wheel) but the second strongest straight is 9-T-J-Q-K. Three cards of the same rank, and two unrelated cards.