Poker Hand Rankings
The following card rankings contain all possible types of poker hands, ranked in order from highest to lowest.
(Highest = Royal Flush, Lowest = High Card)
(Highest = Royal Flush, Lowest = High Card)
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Royal Flush
- The best hand possible
- A version of the straight flush
- A straight from Ten to Ace with all cards of the same suit.
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Straight Flush
- A straight with all cards of the same suit.
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Four of a Kind
- Four cards of the same rank.
- One card of different rank
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Full House (Boat)
- Three cards of the same rank
- Two cards of the same different rank.
- In this case, player has three Fours and two Queens.
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Flush
- Five cards of same suit but different ranks.
- There are four different suits, so four different types of flushes.
- In this case, player a flush of all clubs.
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Straight
- Five consecutive cards of different suits.
- (A 2 3 4 5), (10 J Q K A), (7 8 9 10 J) can count as straights
- (K A 2 3 4) does NOT count as a straight
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Three of a Kind
- Three cards of the same rank
- Two cards of different ranks.
- In this case, player has three Sevens.
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Two Pair
- Two cards of the same rank
- Two cards of the same different rank
- One card of another different rank
- In this case, player has two pair - Jacks and Fives, with a King kicker
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Pair
- Two cards of identical rank
- None of the above-mentioned hands can be formed using the other three cards.
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High Card
- The worst type of hand possible.
- Five cards of different ranks
- Not all of the same suit
- Not all consecutive
- High card means you play the highest of your five cards.
- In this case, player has 10-high.
Updated June 3, 2013 - Nathan Lord Images courtesy of bettingcorp.com