POKER:Why is a flush a higher hand then a straight?

[karma]

Can you explain why?

[Nodor]

Harder to get five cards of the same suit than it is to get five cards in sequential order.

[scott k]

Once you have 4 to a flush or a straight, getting the 5th to complete the flush is more probable then getting the 5th to complete a straight. However, getting the 4 cards to a flush is harder then getting 4 cards to a straight.in the end its almost twice as likely that you'll be dealt a straight in 5 cards, then a flush.

[Jamie - female 30]

You have to get 5 of 13 possible cards, there are way more possible straights in a deck of 52.

[piston3two]

because it is

[Bill F]

here is the probabilty for all the hands in 5 card studPoker Hand Number of Combinations Probability--------------------------------------------------------Royal Straight Flush 4 .0000015391Other Straight Flush 36 .0000138517Four of a kind 624 .0002400960Full House 3,744 .0014405762Flush 5,108 .0019654015Straight 10,200 .0039246468Three of a kind 54,912 .0211284514Two Pairs 123,552 .0475390156One Pair 1,098,240 .4225690276High card only 1,302,540 .5011773940Total 2,598,960 1.0000000000so you can see the odds of getting a flush in 5 cards is 1.9% while the odds of getting a straight is 3.9%Here it is for 7 card stud (or texas holdem)Poker Hand Nbr. of Hands Probability----------------------------------------------------5 of a kind 0 0.00000000Royal straight flush 4,324 0.00003232Other straight flush 37,260 0.000278514 of a kind 224,848 0.00168067Full House 3,473,184 0.02596102Flush 4,047,644 0.03025494Ace high straight 747,980 0.00559093Other straights 5,432,040 0.040602893 of a kind 6,461,620 0.048298702 pairs 31,433,400 0.23495536One pair >= Jacks 18,188,280 0.13595201One pair