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OOPS ..I REALLY WISH I HADN'T DONE THAT - 2004-01-06
Britney Spears is not the only person to regret something they did impulsively.

Campaigning for the Russian presidency in 1996, Boris Yeltsin got up on stage at a rock festival and danced like a drunken uncle at a wedding.

Londoner David Nicholas gave a waitress a $10,000 tip at a Chicago nightclub in June 2000 - and later told his wife he couldn't remember a thing.

Big Brother contestant Jade Goody stripped naked during _ a game of poker with housemates then screamed: "My m*nge has been on TV!"
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Rules Applied When No Wildcards Are Used - 2004-01-06
When poker hands are of the same rank, the winning hand is decided upon the rank of the cards concerned. The following rules apply where no wild cards are used.

Straight flush: the highest ranking card in the sequence decides the best hand. Thus a royal flush is the highest when there are no wild cards. Note that the ace in a 5, 4, 3, 2, ace sequence ranks low, so this hand would be beaten by a 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. The same rule applies to straights.

Four of a kind (or three of a kind): the hand with the highest ranking matched card wins.
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