Four-of-a-kind : This refers to any hand containing four similar cards, such as 4 Kings, 4 Tens, or 4 threes.

Full House : A full house occurs when you have Three-of-Kind and a Pair. For instance, 3 sevens and 2 fives forms a Full House.

Flush : A flush is any five cards of same suit. The cards may be in any order, if they were in succession it would be a straight flush.

Straight : A Straight is five cards of any suit in succession. Straights are very common in Holdem Poker.

Three-of-a-kind : This is any three similar cards of any suit. For instances 3 kings, 3 seven or 3 fives.

Pair : This is most common winning hand. A pair is two similar cards of any suit. For example, 2 aces, 2 jacks or 2 fours.

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Rebuy Tournaments :

These tournaments usually offer bigger jackpots than others because players are periodically allowed to rebuy chips. The betting is normally quite aggressive in these tournaments as players are allowed to buy more chips if they've lost everything.

Shoot-out Tournaments :

As opposed to elimination tournaments where players are reseated after each player is eliminated, shoot-out tournaments are played until there is only one player left at each table, winners then play at a final table for grand prize.

Satellite Tournaments :

These have no prize money; instead winners of satellite tournaments are allowed to enter main event. Satellites are only preliminary tournaments and entrance fees are usually much lower than entrance fee of main tournament.

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