Is this a good hand? Or even a hand at all?

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I hope you can help me. My son and I started arguing about a hand that I tried to play.

I had 9, 10, J, K, Q -- and a mix of suits.

I think it's a Straight. He contends that it's nothing, that you need a sequence of numbers or matching suits. He is just learning Poker, and I haven't played in a long while.

So what is that hand? Is it a Straight? Or am I full of it?
 
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This hand is a straight, 5 cards in sequential order.
 
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5 cards in sequential order is a straight. (Example: 10,J,Q,K,A)
5 cards of the same suit is a flush. (Example: 3,7,9,2,A of Diamonds)
5 cards in sequential order of the same suit, is called a straight flush.
Royal flushes are 10-J-Q-K-A of the same suit and can't be beaten :)
 
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Oh, and in terms of good, without knowing what cards were community cards and what cards were in your hand, lets assume the worst.

Lets assume you had the 910, and the community cards were JQK, if anyone had the Ace high straight, they have you beat.
however, your straight is good against sets and pairs, just hope the board doesnt pair :p
Flushes are even better then straights, but once again can succumb to fullhouses/quads/straight flushes, however unless the board pairs, and there's no potential for a straight flush (Very unlikely), your flush is good, unless beaten by a higher flush
 
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I wish I could "+1" or "like" your posts. Very helpful, thank you. :) My son's 10 years old, and after seeing a couple westerns, he wanted to learn how to play poker. So it's just two guys, a few plastic chips, and some cards for right now. No community cards or anything fancy. Used to play "penny poker" with friends and co-workers a decade ago.
 
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I wish I could "+1" or "like" your posts. Very helpful, thank you. :) My son's 10 years old, and after seeing a couple westerns, he wanted to learn how to play poker. So it's just two guys, a few plastic chips, and some cards for right now. No community cards or anything fancy. Used to play "penny poker" with friends and co-workers a decade ago.

Your sons at the right age to make sure he turns pro at 18 :p Think of the investment ;) ahha. Seriously though, if you feel like getting into it a bit more, this website is a miriad of information.

I'd reccomend maybe signing up to pokerstars and using their online school, you're obviously very new to the game still, and the school is free and covers the very very basics and eventually goes into some advance play.
 
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Its a good one it looks like only an A can beat you at this point
 
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