# Royal flush vs. straight flush **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 14, 2006, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-flush-vs-straight-flush/380459 "2006-11-14T23:36:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-flush-vs-straight-flush/380459/21 "2006-11-16T02:57:30Z")
Try this: A “Royal Flush” is to “square” as “Straight Flush” is to “rectangle.” ---
**Author:** ![Greenback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/2bfe46/32.png) [@Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-flush-vs-straight-flush/380459/22 "2006-11-16T17:39:11Z")
I think that’s the best description I’ve read on RF versus SF yet. Same yet different. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-flush-vs-straight-flush/380459/23 "2006-11-16T17:52:51Z")
Once I beat the Chronos hand with the Royal Sampler. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-flush-vs-straight-flush/380459/24 "2006-11-16T19:58:33Z")
Won’t beat a Cluster Flush (four of one suit and another card that’s a different suit but same color). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/royal-flush-vs-straight-flush/380459.md?page=1)