Poker Poker Hand Ranking

[ChowYF]

Basic Hand Ranks for Beginners in Descending Order

Straight Flush: Five cards in numerical order, all of identical suits.
In the event of a tie: Highest rank at the top of the sequence wins.

Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same rank, and one side card.
In the event of a tie: Highest four of a kind wins.

Full House: Three cards of the same rank, and two cards of a different, matching rank.
In the event of a tie: Highest three matching cards wins the pot.

Flush: Five cards of the same suit.
In the event of a tie: The player holding the highest ranked card wins.

Straight: Five cards in sequence.
In the event of a tie: Highest ranking card at the top of the sequence wins.

Three of a kind: Three cards of the same rank, and two unrelated side cards.
In the event of a tie: Highest ranking three of a kind wins.

Two pair: Two cards of a matching rank, another two cards of a different matching rank, and one side card.
In the event of a tie: Highest pair wins. If players have the same highest pair, highest second pair wins.

One pair: Two cards of a matching rank, and three unrelated side cards.
In the event of a tie: Highest pair wins. If players have the same pair, the highest side card wins.

High card: Any hand of mixed cards different to the above combinations.
In the event of a tie: Highest card wins.

 

[Letha]

This would make a great cheat sheet for a beginner, ChowYF. Everything that you need to know about each hand is all in there. Will this work for every variation of poker?

 

[kenzow]

This is basically what any beginner needs when getting acquainted with the game. My guess is that there is not much difference in the variations of poker and I think this will normally apply in most cases.

 

[BJPenn]

Yeap, everything you need to get used to playing is right here. It takes a little while to remember the entire ranking but most of them are common sense. Also, others are extremely rare and are only seen once in a blue moon! Practice free online until you feel more comfortable with placing bets.