Understanding the winning poker hands rankings is crucial for players that want to learn how to play poker and also to learn playing winning poker. You will be able to determine your poker hands strenght using the winning poker hands order. The player with hand in highest poker hands category wins. Besides the winning poker hands ranking it is important to get familiar with basic poker hand rankings rules below:
- Sequence Of Winning Poker Hands Video
- Poker hand consists of the best 5 card combination. As easy as it sounds many poker players do not get this simple winning poker hands rule right and then are wondering why their 3 pair hand lost to 2 pairs.
Texas Hold'em Poker. Best 5 card combination: Two Pair Jacks over Sevens with Kicker Eight. Pot is split.
Winning Poker Hand Rankings: Five Of A Kind – 5 cards of the same rank, only possible with wild cards Royal Flush – Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten of the same suit Straight Flush – Five cards of the same suit in sequence Four Of A Kind – Four cards of equal rank Full House – Three cards of equal rank and two different cards of equal rank. A player who folds does not need to show their cards at the end of the hand. Winning Poker Hand Rankings: Five Of A Kind – 5 cards of the same rank, only possible with wild cards Royal Flush – Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten of the same suit Straight Flush – Five cards of the same suit in sequence Four Of A Kind – Four cards of equal rank.
- When we are referring to best 5 card combination keep in mind that poker cards are ranked from 2 to A. Poker suits (hearts (high), diamonds, clubs, spades) have no value and are used for determining flush
5 Card Draw. Best 5 card combination. Player 1: Flush of Hearts. Player 2: Flush of Spades Same Card Rank. Pot is split.
- In case players have poker hands from the same poker hand ranking category the higher ranked combination beats the lower ranked one. If two poker hands that belong to same category have also the same rank then the uncombined card (kicker) breaks the tie. If poker hands belong to the same category and all 5 cards are equally ranked then the pot will be split equally (picture above).
Texas Hold'em Poker. Best 5 card combination. Player 1: Two Pair Aces over Tens Kicker King. Player 2: Aces over Tens Kicker Jack. Player 1 Wins.
Below you can find the poker hand rankings categories along with odds of hitting each category. Winning poker hands order is listed from highest to lowest – each category beats categories below.
| Royal Flush | | Highest (Ace high) Straight Flush, Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10, all of the same suit | Poker odds:
1 in 649,740 |
|
|
| Straight Flush | | Five consecutive cards, all of the same suit | Poker odds:
1 in 72,193 |
|
|
| Four of a Kind | | Four cards of the same rank (the fifth card is kicker) | Poker odds:
1 in 4,164 |
|
|
| Full House | | Three of a Kind and a Pair | Poker odds:
1 in 694 |
|
|
| Flush | | Five cards of the same suit that are not consecutive | Poker odds:
1 in 509 |
|
|
| Straight | | Five consecutive cards of more than one suit (ace can be high or low) | Poker odds:
1 in 255 |
|
|
| Three of a Kind | | Three cards of the same rank (two unpaired cards are kickers) | Poker odds:
1 in 47 |
|
|
| Two Pairs | | Two cards of same rank and two cards of another same rank (fifth card is kicker) | Poker odds:
1 in 21 |
|
|
| One pair | | Two cards of the same rank (three cards with different rank are kickers) | Poker odds:
1 in 2.4 |
|
|
| High Card | none of the above – 5 cards of different ranks not in sequence and with more than 1 suit | Poker odds:
1 in 2 |
|
|
Sequence Of Winning Poker Hands Video
These are the winning poker hands order in high only and high-low split. (most poker games). The poker hand rankings is opposite for low games.