Poker Hand Rankings

 Poker Hand Rankings

Seven-Card Stud Poker is the most well-known form of Poker. Texas Hold'em is the most popular. The highest ranking hand wins. These games feature a 52-card card deck (there is no joker) that includes four suits: hearts and diamonds, spades, hearts, clubs, and diamonds.

Each suit is equal in its value and has 13 ranks. The ace is considered the highest ranking card of a suit. It is followed by the king, queen, and jack, as well as 10 through 2 (or duce), in decreasing order. An ace can also be used to rank the lowest card in a 5-high straight (5-4-2-3-A), also known as a wheel or bicycle.

Stud and Hold'em both require seven cards to play, but the best hand is one with five cards. Hand rankings are a function probability. The rarer a hand is the more valuable it will be. The figure shows the hand ranking in ascending value.

Straight flush; royal flush

A royal flush, which is simply an ace-high straightflush, is the best hand possible in Poker. There are only four possible: Ace through ten from each suit.

Straight flush means any five cards in the same suit that are arranged in a sequence of five, such the 9 through 5 or Queen through 8 of Diamonds.

Four-of-a-kind

Four-of a-kind (or quads) is a five card hand that consists of all of the cards from one rank and one unrelated. The better the hand, the higher the rank. For example, four kings is better than four jacks.

Full house

A full house is composed of three cards with the same rank and a pair. The three-card combination determines the rank of a full house. Not the pair. "Nines full of fives" refers to a hand that has three 9s and 2 5s.

Flush

A flush is any five cards in the same suit. These cards are not in a particular order. If the cards were in order, it would be straight flush. If there are more than one flushes, the winning hand is determined based on the rank order of highest card (or cards) in the flush. A flush that includes the ace-queen, jack, 6 and 5 of heart, as well as the ace, jack, queen, and jack is better than an Ace, Queen, Jack, and 4 or 3 of spades.

Straight

Five consecutive cards from different suits make up a straight. If there are more than one straight, the winning hand is determined based on the highest card in that sequence. A jack-high straight from the jack through 7 diamonds will beat a 9 through 6 of spades nine high straight.

Three-of-a-kind

Three cards with the same rank as two cards unrelated to each other is known as three-of-a kind. This hand is also known as trips or a "set". It could be called "trip 8s", "a set of 8s", or "a set" if it contained three 8s.

Two pairs

Two cards of the same rank as one another make up a pair. The two pairs that are superior to each other will be determined by their rank. If two players have two pairs and they each have the same high pair, then it is the rank of the second pair that determines who the winner. If two players have the exact same pair of pairs, then the rank and suit of the unrelated side cards determines who wins. If the hand is identical the pot is split. For example, queens with 8s are superior to queens with 5s. Types of Poker Hands