That being said, let’s take a look at what are considered middle hands and low hands, beginning with the flushes. They are considered medium hands in poker. When the pot is split in a game, you can get a large percentage of the pot with a flush — sometimes. It depends on the high cards you have. Naturally, a straight flush is going to do better than an unconnected flush, and a royal flush will be at the top.

Straights occur when you have five cards that are connected, of course. They need to be successive. You can have straight flushes as well, and straight royal flushes. Straights are actually quite common.