Poker Hands - A ranking of poker hands from the strongest to the weakest. Improve your poker skills by learning the hand rankings.
 
 
 
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POKER HANDS
 
Welcome to our poker hands page. Here we display the rankings of poker hands from the strongest to the weakest. It is imperative that you learn the ranking before playing online poker. Any confusion will hamper your chances of being successful playing poker on the internet.
 
1
Royal Flush
6
Straight
2
Straight Flush
7
Three of a Kind
3
Four of A Kind
8
Two Pair
4
Full House
9
One Pair
5
Flush
10
High Card
 
 
1
ROYAL FLUSH - 1 in 650,000
 
 
The best possible hand you can have in poker is a royal flush. This is when you have a the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace all of the same suit. This is extremely unlikely and is very exciting when one appears on a table.
 
 
2
STRAIGHT FLUSH - 1 in 72,200
 
 
A straight flush is where you have five cards of the same suit in order.
 
 
3
FOUR OF A KIND - 1 in 4,200
 
 
Four of a kind is the third best hand you can get playing poker. It is simply four cards the same whether it be four kings, four aces or four threes. The higher the card though the better the ranking ie. 4 Kings beats 4 queens.
 
 
4
FULL HOUSE - 1 in 700
 
 
A full house is where you combine three of a kind and a pair.
 
 
5
FLUSH - 1 in 510
 
 
Following a four of a kind is a flush. This is where you have 5 cards all of the same suit.
 
 
6
STRAIGHT - 1 in 250/1
 
 
A straight is five cards in a row, any suit.
 
 
7
THREE OF A KIND - 1 in 48
 
 
Three of a kind is simply as it sounds, 3 cards the same ie. 3 tens, 3 Aces or 3 threes.
 
 
8
TWO PAIR - 1 in 21
 
 
Following three of a kind in the rankings is two pair.
 
 
9
ONE PAIR - 1 in 2.4
 
 
One of the most frequent hands in poker is one pair where you have two cards the same.
 
 
10
HIGH CARD
 
 
If no one has anything then it is simply the player with the highest card who will win.