Ace High (High Card Hand)

Ace High is the name of the lowest poker hand that can be made - high card. In the ranking of hands there are ten different hands from Royal Flush all the way down to High Card. When two players fail to make a hand (at least a pair), the highest card in their hand will determine whether they win the hand.

When it comes down to a High Card that will determine the winner, the player who has the Ace (or Ace High) will win the hand. If both players hold an ace, the pot will be split. If no player has an ace, then the player with the highest card will take down the pot.

The term is also given to other hand rankings, where an ace is held. For instance if a player holds a flush and have the ace of the same suit, they would have an 'Ace High Flush' or the 'Nut Flush'.

Maximizing Your Earnings

It is worth mentioning whilst Ace high or a High Card is right at the bottom of the pile and likely to be beaten, you should remember that it is not what you have in your hand that counts, but what your opponent thinks that you have. The aim in poker is to represent a strength when you are weak hand weakness when you are strong.