Straight Flush
Five cards of the same suit with consecutive ranks.
The Straight Flush is a poker hand formed by selecting up to five cards from the player's deck that share the same suit and have consecutive ranks. In Balatro, it scores points by calculating a base value in 'Chips' which is then multiplied by 'Mult'.
- Card Count
- 5
- Suit Requirement
- Uniform (All Same)
- Rank Sequence
- Consecutive
Lore & Background
The SOURCE does not provide lore or narrative history regarding the Straight Flush specifically.
In Their Own Story
The SOURCE provides no specific story events involving a Straight Flush.
Reader's Guide
To form this hand, players select up to five cards that are both the same suit and in consecutive rank order. The game calculates the hand's base value as 'Chips' and multiplies it by 'Mult', which increases based on held Jokers and other cards. Players have a limited number of discards per round to replace cards and attempt to form this hand. While non-traditional hands like Flush Five are possible via Tarot or Spectral cards, the SOURCE does not explicitly list Straight Flush as one of these modified variants.
Did You Know?
- Balatro was developed over a two-and-a-half year period by solo developer LocalThunk.
- The game allows for non-traditional poker hands like Flush Five and Flush House through the use of Tarot and Spectral cards.
- In endless mode, the required chip score eventually overflows to infinity (NaN) at ante 39, making further progression impossible.
- LocalThunk initially treated Balatro as a side project for his résumé, inspired by big two and Luck Be a Landlord.
- The game was named Game of the Year at the 25th Game Developers Choice Awards.
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