General Knowledge · Question
What is the name of the poker hand containing three of a kind and a pair?
Answer
Full House
The story behind the answer
A Full House is a five-card poker hand consisting of three cards of one rank and two cards of another (e.g., 7♠ 7♥ 7♦ 4♣ 4♥). That’s why it’s the correct answer: it literally “fills” your hand with a triple plus a pair. By contrast, a Straight is five cards in sequence, a Flush is five cards