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Hand

Do not be confused by the word hand in poker. It refers to the cards that you are holding that make up your best poker ranking at any given time. It does not refer to all of the cards that may be in play, ie, the community cards. However, hand also refers to any given game, in a broad sense.

In a game of five-card draw, a player who is holding 5-6-7-8-9 has a straight hand. If no one can beat this, she has won this hand of poker.

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