The order of poker hand rankings (from the highest/best to the lowest/worst) is: Royal Flush, Straight Flush, Four-of-a-Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three-of-a-Kind, Two Pair, One Pair, High Card. Below you will find a list of poker hands in order from highest to lowest to help you get started, as well as the top starting hands for Texas Hold’em. There’s also a quick quiz that will help you remember the hands next time you play poker at website cakhiatv.
1. Royal Flush (A♦ K♦ Q♦ J♦ T♦)
The best hand possible, a royal flush consists of A, K, Q, J and 10, all of the same suit.
2. Straight Flush (T♥ 9♥ 8♥ 7♥ 6♥)
Also very rare, a straight flush consists of any straight that is all the same suit.
3. Four-of-a-Kind (J♦ J♣ J♠ J♥ K♦)
Four of a kind, or ‘quads’, consists of four cards of equal value along with another card known as a side card.
4. Full House (A♥ A♣ A♦ 9♠ 9♣)
A full house consists of three cards of one value and two cards of another.
5. Flush (A♠ J♠ 8♠ 4♠ 3♠)
A flush is a hand which has all cards of the same suit.
6. Straight (9♥ 8♠ 7♣ 6♦ 5♣)
A straight has 5 cards of consecutive value that are not all the same suit.
7. Three-of-a-Kind (7♠ 7♦ 7♣ K♦ Q♣)
Also known as ‘trips’, three of a kind is 3 cards of the same value and 2 side cards of different values.
8. Two-Pair (9♣ 9♦ 6♣ 6♠ Q♥)
Two pair consists of two cards of equal value, another two cards of equal value, and one extra card.
9. One-Pair (A♦ A♥ K♠ 9♦ 4♥)
One pair consists of two cards of the same value, and three extra cards.
10. High Card (A♠ J♦ 8♣ 6♠ 2♥)
High card is when you have five cards that do not interact with each other to make any of the above hands.