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Flush - Poker Hand
A flush in poker is the 5 card poker hand that consists of five cards of the same suit. In community cards, such as Hold'em, a flush can be made using any of the 2 hole cards and 5 community cards dealt in any combination.
Where more than one player have a flush, the player who has the highest single card (of the suit used to make the flush), would win the hand. Let's look at an example. You hold big slick -A 
K and the board comes 2 8 9 . The turn comes 10 
and the river is 3. Betting all the way to showdown, you turn over your cards and your opponent has Q J .
In this example, you both have a spade flush. You hold the best flush possible or nut flush, with the ace high flush (ace is the highest card, 2 the lowest). You opponent will know that he can be beaten by a K high or Ace high flush but would still find it difficult to get away from the hand having a Queen high flush.
It is also important to know your scare cards when chasing a flush. If the board pairs, a full house is possible as is four of a kind. Also if the suit of flush you are chasing has connected cards on the board, a straight flush is possible, which would beat any ace high flush.
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