Poker Hands In Order
Your starting hands need to work together, cards that work together tend to be winning poker hands! At showdown, the Omaha8 total pot will be divided by 2; half will go to the winning high hand (s), and half will go to the winning low hand (s) if there are qualifying low hands. MOST TRUSTED BRAND IN POKER. For more than forty years, the World Series of Poker has been the most trusted name in the game. WSOP.com continues this legacy, yet strikes the proper balance between professional-grade and accessible. It's all the action and prestige of the World Series of Poker, from the comfort of your home or locale of choice. This list of the top 10 best starting hands for Texas Hold 'em is a good place to start learning. Do keep in mind, however, that there is some disagreement over which hands are the best, and it does depend in part on your skill level and style of play. Also, a great starting hand can turn bad quickly with the wrong community cards.
A standard pack of 52 cards is used. The ace is the high card, but it can also be used as the low card depending on your hand.
- These are standard hand rankings for most poker games and apply to all high-hand poker variations including Texas Hold'em, Omaha and Stud. You'll find a printable poker hand rankings chart below the hand rankings as well as answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about poker hands and poker hand ranking.
- A Straight Flush poker hand consists of five cards in order, all being of the same suit, so there are way more possible combinations compared to Royal Flush. Ten times more to be exact since there are 40 possible Straight Flush hands combinations in Texas Holdem. Here are a couple of examples of possible Straight Flush hands: K♥Q♥J♥T♥9♥.
Despite the many different types of Poker Game Variants, the ranking of Poker hands is always consistant. While online poker games are almost always played with a 52 card deck, the Joker is sometimes used for Draw style games and is never used when playing ‘flop games’ like Texas Hold’em. All poker hand rankings are made from the best five cards available, and suits are not ranked.
Hand Rankings
Below you see the hands you can get in poker. Number 1 is the best possible hand and number 11 the weakest.
1. 5 of A Kind
When using a joker or wildcards then “Five of a Kind” is the best hand in online poker. However, as already mentioned that a 5 of a kind is not available in flop games such as Texas Holdem. Cards are ranked with Ace as the highest card, and then face cards down to the two, or Deuce. Because of this a hand of five aces, with four aces and a joker, is the best possible hand in online poker.
2. Royal Flush
In online poker where the joker is not in play, then the best possible hand is the “Straight Flush.” This is five cards of the same suit in consecutive order and the same suit. (the Ace of clubs, King of clubs, Queen, Jack and Ten of clubs for example. (In Spades, Diamonds, Hearts or Clubs)
3. Straight Flush
A Straight Flush is all five cards in the same suit. For example, the Jack of clubs, 10 of clubs, 9, 8 and 7 of clubs for example. (In Spades, Diamonds, Hearts or Clubs)
4. Four of a Kind
After the Straight Flush is a “Four of a Kind,” which are four cards of the same number or value, with any card as a fifth. The higher ranking the four cards the better the hand, for example, four nines beat out four eights in online poker and so on.
5. Full House
A “Full House” in online poker is three cards of the same rank combined with another pair from a different rank, (three Queens and two fours, or three fives and two Aces). Three cards of one number or face value and two cards of another number or face value. If more then one player has a full house, the full house with the highest ranking three of a kind wins.
6. Flush
After a Full House comes the “Flush,” with five cards of the same suit is the best hand in online poker. The cards are not in consecutive order, and different hands are ranked in order of the highest card down. A Flush that starts with an Ace and then skips down to a 7,6,4,3 still beats a Queen, 10,8,6,3. If two flushes have the same cards then the pot is split.
7. Straight
A straight is five cards in sequence. Cards Can be in any suit and an ace can be used as high or low. As an example, a hand with 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 of any suit constitutes a straight hand. Where there are two straights in the same game by two separate players, the player with the highest card wins.
8. Three of a kind
Three cards of the same number or face value with two additional cards. These two separate cards are called a kicker. Where two players in a game both have a 3-of-A-Kind, the player with the highest card rank wins. For example, three Kings beats three Jacks. If cards are of the same rank for example both players have 3 Jacks, then the highest kicker is used to determine the winning hand, then the second kicker if necessary. A 3-of-A-Kind is also referred to as a set or trips, however, in Texas Holdem, the 3-of-A-kind is only a set only when the player has pocket pairs with the 3rd card to make up the 3-of-A-Kind on the board.
9. Two Pair
A Pair is a two cards of the same number with another two cards consisting of another number, with one final card called the kicker. If two players have a two pair, the hand with the highest pair wins. Where both players have the same ranking cards for pairs, the kicker card determines the winning hand.
10. One Pair
Two cards of the same number or value. The player with the highest number valued pair wins, where two players both have a Pair. Where both players have the same ranked card as a pair, the highest kicker card (3 remaining cards of different rank) determines the winning hand.
11. High card
The hand with the highest cards wins. The Ace being the highest card with two the lowest. Where both cards have the same number ranked high card, the next high card is used to determine the winning hand.
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Poker Hands: An Introduction
To fool or be fooled
Poker is a pretty straightforward game. All you have to do is build a hand that’s strong enough to beat everyone else’s – or trick your opponents that you do have a strong hand regardless of what cards you actually have – to win.
But how exactly do you gauge the strength of your hand? Well, there’s a table below that shows you all the hands at your disposal and how each one of them ranks with respect to all the others. But before we get to that, let us first go over some of the basics:
Please note the following card references:
(h) Hearts (d) Diamonds (c) Clubs (s) Spades
What is a hand in poker?
Simply put, a poker hand is just a collection of specific cards. At the end of each game (i.e., the showdown stage), all active players must compare their respective hands to determine a winner (or winners in case there’s an unbreakable tie). The player or players with the strongest hand wins the pot.
In most cases (i.e., in standard games like Texas Holdem and Omaha), a hand is made up of five cards. Even in seven-card poker, only the strongest five-card hands get considered. The only difference is that each player gets more cards to work within seven-card games.
The only exception to this five-card hand rule are three-card poker games, where, as the name suggests, only three cards are used to make a hand.
What determines the strength of a poker hand?
Rarity dictates how strong a certain poker hand is. The more difficult it is to get, the higher it ranks. Now, while we won’t actually show you the math behind it in this post, if you enjoy working with numbers or are just curious, then there’s a detailed write-up on the subject right here.
You said something about tricking my opponents. What’s that about?
Well, it’s a technique called “bluffing.” It basically entails making your opponents believe that you either have a strong or weak hand depending on how you want them to act. By making other players believe that you have a strong hand, you can force those with weak hands to fold, thereby decreasing the total number of people you have to compete with come showdown time. By acting weak, on the other hand, you can bait them into raising the pot, which ultimately means more money for you at the end of the game.
All it takes is a bit of acting. Of course, being able to read your opponents would help a lot as well. But be sure to not overuse this technique to prevent your opponents from seeing a pattern and countering.
Poker hands in order of strength
Now that we’re done with the basics, let’s move on to the hand rankings:
Royal Flush Probability
0.000154%
The top hand in poker, it consists of five suited cards of consecutive values starting with an ace.
Ex: As Ks Qs Js 10s
Straight Flush Probability
0.00139%
It’s essentially a clone of a royal flush but it uses a king or lower as its highest card instead of an ace.
Ex: Js 10s 9s 8s 7s
Four of a Kind Probability
0.0240%
This hand is made up of four cards of the same value and a fifth kicker card.
Ex: 3d 3h 3s 3c 9s
Full House Probability
0.1441%
A trip and pair combo.
Ex: Kd Kh Ks 4s 4c
Flush Probability
0.1965%
Five suited cards of any value.
Ex: Ad 7d 6d 4d 2d
Straight Probability
0.3925%
As you may have guessed, this hand consists of five cards in sequence. The suits do not matter.
Ex: 6d 5c 4s 3c 2h
Three of a Kind Probability
2.1128%
Also known as a trip, it’s just three cards of the same value plus two kicker cards.
Ex: 4h 4s 4c 10d 7s
Two Pair Probability
4.7539%
A pair is just two cards of the same value. This hand has two of them plus a fifth kicker card.
Ex: 10d 10h 6d 6c 2s
Poker Hands In Order Of Best To Worst
One Pair Probability
42.2569%
In contrast, this hand only has one pair plus three kicker cards.
Ex: Kd Kh 6s 3c 2s
High Card Probability
50.1177%
It’s called a hand but it’s practically just a collection of random cards. This is what you get by default when you are unable to build anything stronger.
In most cases, it would be best to just fold when you get this hand – unless you’re sure that you can bluff your way to victory.
Ex: Jd 7c 6s 4h 2h
Poker Hands In Order Printable
Mastering these poker hands takes experience
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