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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,401 | #13,203,615 | Four of a kind | September 7, 2026 | this site |
| 3,402 | #13,208,958 | Four of a kind | September 7, 2026 | this site |
| 3,403 | #13,210,972 | Four of a kind | September 7, 2026 | this site |
| 3,404 | #13,211,711 | Four of a kind | September 7, 2026 | this site |
| 3,405 | #13,216,728 | Four of a kind | September 7, 2026 | this site |
| 3,406 | #13,230,699 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,407 | #13,240,314 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,408 | #13,241,037 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,409 | #13,241,132 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,410 | #13,243,363 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,411 | #13,243,873 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,412 | #13,249,785 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,413 | #13,253,474 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,414 | #13,255,523 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,415 | #13,267,433 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,416 | #13,274,701 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,417 | #13,275,864 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,418 | #13,288,861 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,419 | #13,289,078 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,420 | #13,292,919 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,421 | #13,295,012 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,422 | #13,297,829 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,423 | #13,297,893 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,424 | #13,299,298 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,425 | #13,299,567 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,426 | #13,305,311 | Four of a kind | September 8, 2026 | this site |
| 3,427 | #13,313,130 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,428 | #13,322,079 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,429 | #13,322,134 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,430 | #13,323,199 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,431 | #13,327,783 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,432 | #13,336,560 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,433 | #13,337,808 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,434 | #13,344,657 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,435 | #13,351,875 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,436 | #13,358,046 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,437 | #13,361,770 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,438 | #13,362,201 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,439 | #13,364,230 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,440 | #13,364,664 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,441 | #13,366,629 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,442 | #13,374,227 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,443 | #13,395,902 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,444 | #13,397,049 | Four of a kind | September 9, 2026 | this site |
| 3,445 | #13,397,849 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,446 | #13,402,134 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,447 | #13,402,473 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,448 | #13,404,030 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,449 | #13,414,989 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,450 | #13,418,603 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,451 | #13,421,315 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,452 | #13,422,469 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,453 | #13,425,351 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,454 | #13,426,623 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,455 | #13,432,272 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,456 | #13,437,166 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,457 | #13,449,767 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,458 | #13,460,559 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,459 | #13,463,117 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,460 | #13,476,771 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,461 | #13,479,190 | Four of a kind | September 10, 2026 | this site |
| 3,462 | #13,485,255 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,463 | #13,491,712 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,464 | #13,496,094 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,465 | #13,496,132 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,466 | #13,503,325 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,467 | #13,503,750 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,468 | #13,513,793 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,469 | #13,518,725 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,470 | #13,520,188 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,471 | #13,532,157 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,472 | #13,538,876 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,473 | #13,541,254 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,474 | #13,543,555 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,475 | #13,545,949 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,476 | #13,549,227 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,477 | #13,549,445 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,478 | #13,557,871 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,479 | #13,559,062 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,480 | #13,559,370 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,481 | #13,560,590 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,482 | #13,562,013 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,483 | #13,566,653 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,484 | #13,566,820 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,485 | #13,567,767 | Four of a kind | September 11, 2026 | this site |
| 3,486 | #13,571,506 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,487 | #13,571,556 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,488 | #13,574,832 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,489 | #13,575,774 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,490 | #13,580,695 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,491 | #13,581,442 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,492 | #13,583,650 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,493 | #13,585,424 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,494 | #13,592,054 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,495 | #13,596,504 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,496 | #13,615,908 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,497 | #13,617,695 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,498 | #13,625,829 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,499 | #13,628,999 | Four of a kind | September 12, 2026 | this site |
| 3,500 | #13,630,704 | Four of a kind | September 12, 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.