Hands Of Poker Ranked

A common poker-hand rankings system underpins all forms of the game by classifying the relative strength of different types of poker hands so players can determine which hand is best. On top of the complete hand rankings listed in our table below, you can find also a printable hand rankings list in PDF format as well as a chart of Top 10 Texas Holdem starting hands to help you understand what the strongest starting hands are. The last section covers some of the most frequently asked questions about poker hands to give you a. One of the first lessons that any poker player has to learn (and learn quickly) is the proper poker hand rankings. As you no doubt know, a poker hand consists of five cards, and there is a specific ranking from top to bottom in terms of value. The hand that beats all others is the royal flush. A “flush” has all five cards in.

1. Poker Hands What Beats What
2. Winning Hands In Poker Printable

Suits Ranking

This is how the suits ranking is.

Suits have no value or meaning in poker. There are four suits: Spades, Hearts, Diamonds and Clubs to a standard deck of cards. There are 13 cards in a suit.

Note:
Suits never break a tie for winning the pot, but break ties between cards of the same ranking.

Here are instances where suits come into play if there are ties between cards of the same ranking.

In Seven-Card Stud and Stud eight-or-better to decide the bring-in hand, where the player with the lowest card must start the action.

In Razz to decide the bring-in hand, where the player with the highest card must start the action.

In a game with a split pot as in Seven-Card Stud, where the player with the highest card receives the Odd chip.

At the start of button type games to see where the dealer button is being placed, player with the highest card wins.

Therefore I will rank the suits for you in two different formats.

From high to low:

Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs.

Example:

In Razz to decide the bring-in hand, the highest card (tie by suit) starts the action. The highest suit is Spades here.

Poker Hands What Beats What

From low to high (Alphabetically):

Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, Spades.

Example:

In Stud to decide the bring-in hand, the lowest card (tie by suit) starts the action. The lowest suit is Clubs here.

If you’re learning to play poker, you’ll need to understand poker hand rankings before you can do anything else.

The hand order is the same in all forms of poker. It doesn’t matter whether you’re playing Texas Hold’em poker, Omaha, Stud or any other form of the game, all poker hands use five cards. But which are the best poker hands and which are the worst? Keep reading for our handy guide to get you ready to join the Poker Club community!

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Poker Hand Rankings

In Texas Hold’em, you’ll receive two hole cards, which are the hidden cards only used by you. Throughout the course of the game, five more cards will be dealt into the middle of the table, and they’re called community cards. These community cards can be used by everyone at the table.Once all cards have been dealt, you’ll need to make the best five-card poker hand from the seven available cards. You can use any combination from your hand and the board. Here are the complete poker hand rankings, starting with the best hands first, down to the weakest hands in order.

NB: In the following poker hand hierarchy examples, the first character represents the rank of the card, while the second represents the suit. For example, Ks means “King of Spades”.

Royal flush

The “Royal Flush” is famously the best possible hand in poker, so-called because it contains all of the “royal” cards, i.e. the five best cards, in the same suit. It is really just an Ace high straight flush, thus it sits at the top of the poker hand rankings.

The probability of making a Royal Flush in Texas Hold’em Poker is tiny, just 1 in 649,739, so don’t expect to see them very often!

Example hand:

Ah Kh Qh Jh 10h

Straight flush

Next up, there’s the straight flush, which is simply a less regal version of the royal flush. You’ll have a straight flush if you have five consecutive cards, all of the same suit. So, for example, 5-6-7-8-9, all of clubs, would be a straight flush. In Texas Hold’em poker, with average luck, you will complete a straight flush once every 3,590 hands. If two or more players have a straight flush, the player with the highest card in their hand will be declared the winner.

Example hand:

7d 6d 5d 4d 3d

Four of a kind

Just as the name suggests, this poker hand contains 4 cards of the exact same rank, with any other random fifth card completing the hand. A relatively strong hand among the poker rankings, the chances of making four of a kind in Texas Hold’em are just 1 in 595. This is an exceptionally strong hand but if two players have four of a kind, the four of a kind made up of the highest cards will win. If this still doesn’t lead to a winner, the kicker is used. Kickers are discussed further down this page.

Example hand:

Js Jd Jc Jh 3s

Full house

The next hand is the first of the more commonly seen hands. A full house is a hand containing three cards of the same value, and two other identical cards of a different value. For example, A-A-A-K-K would be a full house. The three of a kind part plays first, so “aces full” would beat “kings full”, for example. The below example is referred to as “Aces full of fours”, since it’s three of a kind Aces, with a pair of fours.The odds against completing a full house in Texas Hold’em poker are around 37.5 to 1. If two or more players have a full house, the player with the highest three of a kind will win. If this doesn’t lead to a winner, the player with the highest pair wins.

Example hand:

Ah Ac Ad 4s 4h

Flush

A flush is a hand featuring five cards all of the same suit. These five cards won’t be consecutive ones – if they were, you’d have a royal flush or straight flush instead. It’s a reasonably strong hand, but be careful before shoving all your money into the middle of the table, as it can often be beaten.If more than one player has a flush, the winner will be the player with the highest card in their flush. The second highest, then third highest, and so on are then used to separate hands.

Winning Hands In Poker Printable

Example hand:

Ks 9s 7s 6s 2s

Straight

Sitting right in the middle of the poker hand hierarchy, a straight is a hand with any five cards in running order, but not of the same suit.

The chances of making a straight are a little under 21 to 1 against in a game like Texas Hold’em. The player with the highest card in their hand will be declared the winner if multiple players have straights.

Example hand:

Qs Jd 10c 9h 8d

Three of a kind

No prizes for guessing that this is a hand that contains three cards all of the same suit. The other two cards will be different from one another – if they aren’t, you’ve got a full house, which is a much better hand. In Texas Hold’em poker, you’ll make three of a kind roughly once every 20 hands. The player with the highest cards in their three is the winner if more than one player has this hand. In the event of two or more players having the same three of a kind, then kickers are used.

Example hand:

9c 9h 9s 7h 5d

Two pair

If you are holding two different pairs with a random, unmatched card in your hand, then you have “two pair”. The bigger of the two pairs plays first, with the lesser pair only acting to break a tie. So Kings and threes would beat Queens and tens, for example, while Jacks and nines would beat Jacks and sevens.

Example hand:

Qs Qc 3h 3c 8d

Pair

One of the more common poker hands, and towards the bottom of the hand rankings. A pair is simply two cards of the same rank, with no other matching cards. In Texas Hold’em poker, you will find a pair in your two starting hole cards once every 17 hands on average.

Example hand:

10s 10d 6s 5h 2c

High Card

If your final five card hand doesn’t fit into any category in the above poker hand rankings, then you have the worst possible type of hand – high card. The best card in your hand plays, so the below example is “Ace high”. Ace high beats King high, and so on.

Example hand:

As Jh 9s 5d 4c

Understanding Kickers

To really bring your A-game, it helps to have a grasp on kickers too. Kickers are essentially spare cards in your hand. For example, if you had A-A-K-K-10, you’d have two pair and your kicker would be the 10.You might not think that your kicker is important, but it can be the difference between winning or losing a pot. This is because the kicker will be used to determine the winner when two players have the same hand. For example, if both players have A-A-K-K in their hand, however, one has a 10 kicker and the other has an 8, the player with the 10 wins, as they have the higher kicker.If both kickers are also the same and the hand allows, the second kicker will then be used, then the third. If two players have exactly the same hands though, the pot will be split.

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