Hand Strengths

Here we present the list of poker hands. The common poker deck has 52 cards and they are ranked from two to Ace. The suits in poker don’t matter, that means that two cards of the same rank and with different suits are counted to be equal.

The common poker hand in most of the poker variations (except 3-card poker and Pai Gow) is made up of five cards. Study the poker hand strength of all poker hands from the strongest to weakest. Don’t forget that in the hands or the same value the individual cards indicate what hand is better one.

High Ball Poker Hands

Royal Flush: Ten, Jack, Queen, King, Ace of the same suit.
Straight Flush: Straight with all five cards in the same suit.
Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same number or face value ("quads").
Full House: Three cards of one number or face value and two cards of another number or face value. If more than one player has a full house, the full house with the highest ranking three of a kind ("trips") wins.
Flush: Five cards of the same suit. If there is more than one flush, the hand with the highest card(s) wins.
Straight: Five cards in sequence. Cards can be in any suit. An Ace can be used in the highest straight (10, J, Q, K, A) and the lowest straight (A, 2, 3, 4, 5).
Three of a Kind: Three cards of the same number or face value ("trips").
Two Pair: If two players have two pair, the hand with the highest pair wins. If they have the same high pair, whoever has the second highest pair wins. If they have the same two pair, whoever has the highest fifth card ("kicker") wins.
One Pair: Two cards of the same number or face value. If two players have the same pair, the highest outside card(s) wins.
High Card: The hand with the highest card(s) wins.

Poker Odds

 

Hand	Number of Ways to Make Hand	Odds Against Being Dealt Hand in 5 Cards
Royal Flush	4	649,739/1
Straight Flush	36	72,192/1
Four of a Kind	624	4,164/1
Full House	3,744	693/1
Flush	5,108	508/1
Straight	10,200	254/1
Three of a Kind	54,912	46/1
Two Pair	123,552	20/1
One Pair	1,098,240	2.4/1
Highest Card	1,302,540	1/1
Total	2,598,960

Chances of Holding a Particular Hand or Better in First Five Cards Dealt

Any Pair or Better	1/2
Pair of Jacks or Better	1/5
Pair of Queens or Better	1/6
Pair of Kings or Better	1/7
Pair of Aces or Better	1/9
Two Pairs or Better	1/13
Three of a Kind or Better	1/35
Straight or Better	1/132
Flush or Better	1/273
Full House or Better	1/590
Four of a Kind or Better	1/3,914
Straight Flush or Better	1/64,974
Royal Flush	1/649,740

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