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. 3,692 shuffles have qualified so far.
| Rank | Shuffle | Hand | Shuffled | Era |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,601 | #14,032,785 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,602 | #14,035,875 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,603 | #14,038,379 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,604 | #14,045,022 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,605 | #14,051,311 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,606 | #14,052,060 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,607 | #14,054,036 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,608 | #14,058,744 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,609 | #14,070,274 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,610 | #14,083,018 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,611 | #14,085,662 | Four of a kind | September 17, 2026 | this site |
| 3,612 | #14,090,207 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,613 | #14,091,026 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,614 | #14,094,306 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,615 | #14,098,104 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,616 | #14,100,949 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,617 | #14,104,758 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,618 | #14,105,740 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,619 | #14,108,211 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,620 | #14,112,657 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,621 | #14,117,429 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,622 | #14,134,563 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,623 | #14,139,062 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,624 | #14,145,866 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,625 | #14,147,778 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,626 | #14,149,814 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,627 | #14,155,336 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,628 | #14,168,152 | Four of a kind | September 18, 2026 | this site |
| 3,629 | #14,174,041 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,630 | #14,174,882 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,631 | #14,176,416 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,632 | #14,187,823 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,633 | #14,188,962 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,634 | #14,196,833 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,635 | #14,197,148 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,636 | #14,199,841 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,637 | #14,200,483 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,638 | #14,201,258 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,639 | #14,203,328 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,640 | #14,203,541 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,641 | #14,204,900 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,642 | #14,224,426 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,643 | #14,230,269 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,644 | #14,232,238 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,645 | #14,233,579 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,646 | #14,236,323 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,647 | #14,237,932 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,648 | #14,243,405 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,649 | #14,245,589 | Four of a kind | September 19, 2026 | this site |
| 3,650 | #14,250,213 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,651 | #14,250,890 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,652 | #14,252,392 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,653 | #14,254,699 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,654 | #14,256,760 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,655 | #14,259,559 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,656 | #14,265,091 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,657 | #14,270,614 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,658 | #14,281,468 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,659 | #14,281,520 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,660 | #14,282,454 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,661 | #14,286,555 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,662 | #14,290,446 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,663 | #14,292,093 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,664 | #14,300,367 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,665 | #14,300,399 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,666 | #14,302,484 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,667 | #14,305,113 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,668 | #14,312,643 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,669 | #14,314,027 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,670 | #14,314,830 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,671 | #14,316,408 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,672 | #14,320,589 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,673 | #14,321,837 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,674 | #14,322,892 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,675 | #14,323,198 | Four of a kind | September 20, 2026 | this site |
| 3,676 | #14,338,215 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,677 | #14,339,733 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,678 | #14,342,938 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,679 | #14,343,752 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,680 | #14,343,913 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,681 | #14,345,229 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,682 | #14,346,133 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,683 | #14,351,091 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,684 | #14,352,668 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,685 | #14,353,525 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,686 | #14,355,032 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,687 | #14,356,455 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,688 | #14,374,832 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,689 | #14,381,411 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,690 | #14,385,359 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,691 | #14,385,681 | Four of a kind | September 21, 2026 | this site |
| 3,692 | #14,397,820 | Four of a kind | September 21, 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.