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Poker Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Poker? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

The highest possible straight in poker is 10-Jack-Queen-King-Ace, called a Broadway straight.

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A Broadway straight is the highest straight, but it loses to a royal flush, which is a straight flush.

2.

Playing more hands aggressively always increases your win rate in cash games.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Overplaying hands leads to losses; tight-aggressive play is generally more profitable in the long run.

3.

In Texas Hold'em, a pair of twos is the lowest ranking pair.

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In standard poker hand rankings, a pair is ranked by the denomination of the paired cards. Twos (deuces) are the lowest value cards, making a pair of twos the weakest possible pair.

4.

A royal flush is actually the rarest hand in poker, but it's not the highest possible hand.

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✗ FALSE

A royal flush is both the rarest and the highest hand in standard poker; no hand beats it.

5.

Burning a card before the flop in Texas Hold'em is done to prevent cheating by marking cards.

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Burning a card is a standard security measure in poker to thwart marked cards; by discarding the top card unseen, a player who knows its back marking gains no advantage as the next card becomes unknown.

6.

Poker as it is known today originated in the United States in the early 19th century, evolving from the French game Poque.

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Poker developed in New Orleans by 1829, with its name and many rules derived from the French game Poque, which itself came from the German game Pochen.

7.

Poker was declared a game of skill rather than chance by a U.S. federal judge in 2012.

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In 2012, Judge Jack Weinstein ruled poker is predominantly skill, impacting its legal status in some states.

8.

The World Series of Poker Main Event has been won by a woman only once in its history.

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No woman has ever won the WSOP Main Event. Barbara Enright (1995) and others made final tables, but no female champion has been crowned.

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