Non-standard poker hands

The usual heirarchy of poker hands from lowest to highest runs as follows (standard poker hands are in italics):

• High card
• Pair
• Four Straight - Also called Bobtail Straight. Four cards in consecutive order.
• Four Flush - Also called Bobtail Flush. Four cards of the same suit.
• Two Pair
• Blaze - Also called Blazer. All cards are jacks, queens, or kings.
• Flash - One card of each suit plus a joker.
• Little Bobtail - A three card straight flush (three cards of the same suit in consecutive order).
• Three of a Kind
• Skeet - Also called Pelter or Bracket. A hand with a deuce; a three or a four; a five; a six, a seven, or an eight; and a nine.
• Five and Dime - All cards are fives, sixes, sevens, eights, nines, or tens with no pair.
• Skip Straight - Also called Alternate Straight, Dutch Straight, or Skipper. Cards are in consecutive order, skipping every other card. (Example 3-5-7-9-J).
• Round the Corner Straight - Consecutive cards including a ace which counts as both the high and low card. (Example Q-K-A-2-3).
• Straight
• Little Dog - All cards are deuces, threes, fours, fives, sixes, or sevens with no pair.
• Big Dog - All cards are nines, tens, jacks, queens, kings, or aces with no pair.
• Little Tiger - Also called Little Cat. All cards are threes, fours, fives, sixes, sevens, eights, and nines. (Some house rules prohibit nines.)
• Big Tiger - Also called Big Cat. All cards are eights, nines, tens, jacks, queens, or kings with no pair.
• Flush
• Full House
• Big Bobtail - A four card straight flush (four cards of the same suit in consecutive order).
• Four of a Kind
• Straight Flush
• Skeet Flush - The same cards as a Skeet and all in the same suit.
• Five of a Kind - Four of a kind plus a wild card, or three of a kind plus two wild cards.

A Kilter, also called Kelter, is a generic term for a number of different nonstandard hands. Depending on house rules, a Kilter may be a Skeet, a Little Tiger, a Skip Straight, or some variation of one of these hands.