Why isnt there a category for royal flushes when you're viewing the table that shows the hands you can play?

[Flytrap]

As title says. There's the table that shows what hands you can play and it shows no royal flush at the top, but why

[RazzberryMocha]

Royal flush is just a fancy name for a straight flush that is an ace-10. It isn't any different and still will use your straight flush levels.

[Romaki]

It's supposed to be hidden, I think the game wants you to learn about them by yourself.

[ulzgoroth]

There are three (?) actual hidden hands that score differently.

Royal Flush is just a special name for most purposes, though it does matter for Seance and one unlock.

[Gruntled Employee]

Originally posted by Romaki:

It's supposed to be hidden, I think the game wants you to learn about them by yourself.

Does it show the category on the Run Info screen after you played the hand though?

[Scrub]

Originally posted by Gruntled Employee:

Originally posted by Romaki:

It's supposed to be hidden, I think the game wants you to learn about them by yourself.

Does it show the category on the Run Info screen after you played the hand though?

No because it's not a different category of hand it's just a fun variant of a straight flush.

The only reason it's more powerful than another straight flush is because it is the highest suits possible, but it's not a completely new hand.

[Goblin]

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

There are three (?) actual hidden hands that score differently.

Royal Flush is just a special name for most purposes, though it does matter for Seance and one unlock.

Uh, Seance only cares if you play a straight flush and doesn't do anything different for a royal one, IIRC?

[ulzgoroth]

Originally posted by Goblin:

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

There are three (?) actual hidden hands that score differently.

Royal Flush is just a special name for most purposes, though it does matter for Seance and one unlock.

Uh, Seance only cares if you play a straight flush and doesn't do anything different for a royal one, IIRC?

You're right.

Only the Brainstorm unlock, then.

[Vali Riversong]

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

There are three (?) actual hidden hands that score differently.

Royal Flush is just a special name for most purposes, though it does matter for Seance and one unlock.

The other two are Flush Full House, which is a three of a kind and a pair, all same suit, and Flush Five which is all 5 cards being the same card and suit, and I think has the highest value of all the hands.

[That Fish Guy]

It would be fun if Royal flush combined multiple hands,

I know this isn't a can of worms the developer wants to open, but a royal flush is something special, imo it should combine all positive values of high card, flush, and straight.

[ulzgoroth]

Originally posted by Vali Riversong:

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

There are three (?) actual hidden hands that score differently.

Royal Flush is just a special name for most purposes, though it does matter for Seance and one unlock.

The other two are Flush Full House, which is a three of a kind and a pair, all same suit, and Flush Five which is all 5 cards being the same card and suit, and I think has the highest value of all the hands.

Odd to call those the other two without 5 of a kind having been mentioned, but yes those are two of the three 'secret' hands.

[Vali Riversong]

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

Originally posted by Vali Riversong:

The other two are Flush Full House, which is a three of a kind and a pair, all same suit, and Flush Five which is all 5 cards being the same card and suit, and I think has the highest value of all the hands.

Odd to call those the other two without 5 of a kind having been mentioned, but yes those are two of the three 'secret' hands.

I actually don't know if the game has a five of a kind outside of it being a flush.

[Flytrap]

Originally posted by Vali Riversong:

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

Odd to call those the other two without 5 of a kind having been mentioned, but yes those are two of the three 'secret' hands.

I actually don't know if the game has a five of a kind outside of it being a flush.

I havent seen that in the sheet either actually.

I read on forum posts that apparently normal poker doesnt differentiate between royal flushes and straight flushes but im calling bull on that. Every texas hold'em i played did, same for five of a kinds.

[ulzgoroth]

Originally posted by Vali Riversong:

Originally posted by ulzgoroth:

Odd to call those the other two without 5 of a kind having been mentioned, but yes those are two of the three 'secret' hands.

I actually don't know if the game has a five of a kind outside of it being a flush.

It does. I've played it, it has a planet card, and it's in the wiki.

I haven't actually played the five flush yet.

Originally posted by Flytrap:

Originally posted by Vali Riversong:

I actually don't know if the game has a five of a kind outside of it being a flush.

I havent seen that in the sheet either actually.

I read on forum posts that apparently normal poker doesnt differentiate between royal flushes and straight flushes but im calling bull on that. Every texas hold'em i played did, same for five of a kinds.

Not that Poker hand rankings are relevant, but how exactly does it differentiate? What hand does a Royal Flush beat but a non-royal Straight Flush not beat? When I look it up, I see royal flush immediately above straight flush - but a royal flush is the highest straight flush already without that, making the distinction empty.

[lozacenz]

Royal flush is just a straight flush made of all the 'royal' cards, which is to say the face cards plus A and 10.
It is in all respects a straight flush, that happens to beat all other straight flushes by way of having the highest value cards possible in it.

In most (maybe even all) single deck poker variants (are there any that use more than one deck?), a straight flush using A K Q J 10 is the highest scoring hand possible, and it looks pretty/distinct as well, so it gets a special name. (in theory a poker variant with aces being locked as Low, rather than high or whichever you want, could call K Q J 10 9 a royal flush, but I'm not sure if any actually do).

Balatro's 'secret' hands are the ones that are only possible (again, using a single deck) because Balatro lets you do silly things to the deck to facilitate hands that would otherwise only be possible if one were cheating.

[ulzgoroth]

Originally posted by lozacenz:

Royal flush is just a straight flush made of all the 'royal' cards, which is to say the face cards plus A and 10.
It is in all respects a straight flush, that happens to beat all other straight flushes by way of having the highest value cards possible in it.

In most (maybe even all) single deck poker variants (are there any that use more than one deck?), a straight flush using A K Q J 10 is the highest scoring hand possible, and it looks pretty/distinct as well, so it gets a special name. (in theory a poker variant with aces being locked as Low, rather than high or whichever you want, could call K Q J 10 9 a royal flush, but I'm not sure if any actually do).

Balatro's 'secret' hands are the ones that are only possible (again, using a single deck) because Balatro lets you do silly things to the deck to facilitate hands that would otherwise only be possible if one were cheating.

I've heard of Poker sometimes having wild cards, which would make five of a kind possible, though five flush or flush house would be less likely to become relevant that way.