Quint Major
A quint major is a royal straight flush: ace, king, queen, jack and ten of the same suit. It is the best possible hand.
The simple explanation
It is the highest straight flush and cannot be beaten. The word 'major' marks it as the highest of the quints.
A closer look
The name is old slang for the royal flush. It is extremely rare, about one in 650,000 five-card hands. When it is on the board, all players tie.
A practical example
A player shows A♥ K♥ Q♥ J♥ 10♥ and says, 'Quint major.'
Full explanation
A quint major is a royal straight flush: ace, king, queen, jack and ten of the same suit. It is the best possible hand.
A quint major is a royal flush.
It is the highest possible hand.
It is old slang.
It is extremely rare.
A royal flush
No-limit Hold’em · Blinds 1/2 chips · No rake
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
Read the example transcript
Player A has the button (BTN) and posts the 1-chip small blind (SB). Player B posts the 2-chip big blind (BB).
- Preflop · Pot: 3 chips
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of hearts (Ah)KKing of hearts (Kh) · Stack 199 · In this round 1
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)99 of diamonds (9d) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 8 chips
Player A raises to 6 before the flop.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of hearts (Ah)KKing of hearts (Kh) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)99 of diamonds (9d) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 12 chips
Player B calls. Each player has put in 6 chips.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of hearts (Ah)KKing of hearts (Kh) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)99 of diamonds (9d) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Flop · Pot: 12 chips
Player A has ace, king, queen, jack and ten of hearts, the highest possible straight flush. This is a royal flush.
Board: QQueen of hearts (Qh)JJack of hearts (Jh)1010 of hearts (Th)
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of hearts (Ah)KKing of hearts (Kh) · Stack 194 · In this round 0
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)99 of diamonds (9d) · Stack 194 · In this round 0
Cards are shown for learning; totals are displayed before pot collection.