Exhibit
Rarest hands.
Deal the top five cards of a freshly shuffled deck as a poker hand. Almost always it is nothing much. This room holds the shuffles where it was four of a kind or better, ranked rarest first.
What is ranked
The poker rank of the top five cards, evaluated as a standard five-card hand. Only four of a kind, straight flushes and royal flushes qualify. Ties are ordered by archive number, oldest first.
How rare
Of all possible decks, about one in 3,914 opens with four of a kind or better: 664 of the 2,598,960 possible five-card hands.
The record
Royal flush
Shuffle #35,419, recorded April 28, 2025. 3,691 shuffles have qualified so far.
| Rank | Shuffle | Hand | Shuffled | Era |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,201 | #12,333,521 | Four of a kind | August 28, 2026 | this site |
| 3,202 | #12,336,307 | Four of a kind | August 28, 2026 | this site |
| 3,203 | #12,340,158 | Four of a kind | August 28, 2026 | this site |
| 3,204 | #12,343,647 | Four of a kind | August 28, 2026 | this site |
| 3,205 | #12,349,533 | Four of a kind | August 28, 2026 | this site |
| 3,206 | #12,357,746 | Four of a kind | August 28, 2026 | this site |
| 3,207 | #12,359,985 | Four of a kind | August 28, 2026 | this site |
| 3,208 | #12,361,764 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,209 | #12,364,658 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,210 | #12,365,098 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,211 | #12,377,155 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,212 | #12,378,313 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,213 | #12,390,310 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,214 | #12,393,418 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,215 | #12,400,821 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,216 | #12,401,057 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,217 | #12,404,608 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,218 | #12,407,438 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,219 | #12,408,146 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,220 | #12,409,621 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,221 | #12,410,020 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,222 | #12,412,749 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,223 | #12,412,886 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,224 | #12,418,186 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,225 | #12,419,495 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,226 | #12,424,757 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,227 | #12,425,042 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,228 | #12,428,293 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,229 | #12,434,647 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,230 | #12,437,879 | Four of a kind | August 29, 2026 | this site |
| 3,231 | #12,450,911 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,232 | #12,451,118 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,233 | #12,456,366 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,234 | #12,466,489 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,235 | #12,471,355 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,236 | #12,491,378 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,237 | #12,493,640 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,238 | #12,499,100 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,239 | #12,501,053 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,240 | #12,501,170 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,241 | #12,505,796 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,242 | #12,512,057 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,243 | #12,512,260 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,244 | #12,520,665 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,245 | #12,521,271 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,246 | #12,522,871 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,247 | #12,527,232 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,248 | #12,529,322 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,249 | #12,530,960 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,250 | #12,531,653 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,251 | #12,532,587 | Four of a kind | August 30, 2026 | this site |
| 3,252 | #12,541,009 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,253 | #12,542,285 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,254 | #12,548,574 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,255 | #12,550,536 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,256 | #12,558,356 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,257 | #12,559,488 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,258 | #12,561,062 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,259 | #12,562,360 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,260 | #12,565,071 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,261 | #12,571,197 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,262 | #12,575,026 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,263 | #12,575,099 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,264 | #12,575,892 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,265 | #12,585,633 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,266 | #12,587,352 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,267 | #12,587,560 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,268 | #12,589,076 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,269 | #12,596,718 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,270 | #12,612,571 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,271 | #12,617,161 | Four of a kind | August 31, 2026 | this site |
| 3,272 | #12,621,523 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,273 | #12,628,742 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,274 | #12,630,395 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,275 | #12,643,003 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,276 | #12,643,251 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,277 | #12,646,420 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,278 | #12,648,784 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,279 | #12,651,340 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,280 | #12,651,789 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,281 | #12,653,133 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,282 | #12,655,068 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,283 | #12,657,099 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,284 | #12,658,562 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,285 | #12,668,343 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,286 | #12,669,627 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,287 | #12,670,929 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,288 | #12,681,949 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,289 | #12,695,722 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,290 | #12,703,104 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,291 | #12,703,576 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,292 | #12,705,526 | Four of a kind | September 1, 2026 | this site |
| 3,293 | #12,717,795 | Four of a kind | September 2, 2026 | this site |
| 3,294 | #12,721,204 | Four of a kind | September 2, 2026 | this site |
| 3,295 | #12,722,817 | Four of a kind | September 2, 2026 | this site |
| 3,296 | #12,724,638 | Four of a kind | September 2, 2026 | this site |
| 3,297 | #12,725,585 | Four of a kind | September 2, 2026 | this site |
| 3,298 | #12,729,000 | Four of a kind | September 2, 2026 | this site |
| 3,299 | #12,740,070 | Four of a kind | September 2, 2026 | this site |
| 3,300 | #12,740,451 | Four of a kind | September 2, 2026 | this site |
The counts behind that probability are the classical poker enumeration, re-verified in this project by evaluating all 2,598,960 hands. The math pages cover why a deck has so many orderings that even a royal flush on top has turned up here more than once.