Possible Clues:

• 'It's on the cards that all five are suitably alike (8,5)'
• Good poker hand
• Decent hand for the problematic poor - on the contrary
• Combination of 64- and 74-Across
• Powerful hand at poker
• From nine to five, perhaps, seen in a suit? Don't bet against it!
• Good group of clubs want the respectable and rich
• All the same, suitably consecutive in hand for a poker
• Gambler's hand that should win, fair and square
• 'It's for the poker to get five in line to suit, just the same (8,5)'