Universal Poker Hand Rankings

As A Beginning Poker Player, sometimes the most frustrating part of the game is figuring out if your hand out ranks your opponents. Here is a List of universal hand rankings from strongest to weakest for reference. Hand rankings are the same for all poker games.

Royal Flush: An Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten of the same suit.

A♣ K♣ Q♣ J♣ 10♣

Straight Flush: Five cards in sequence, of the same suit.

7♥ 8♥ 9♥10♥ J♥

Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same rank, and one side card.

9♥ 9♠ 9♦ 9♣ 8♣

Full House: Three cards of the same rank, and two cards of a different, matching rank.

2♥ 2♠ 4♦ 4♠ 4♥

Flush: Five cards of the same suit.

K♦ 10♦ 9♦ 4♦ 2♦

Straight: Five cards in sequence.

3♦ 4♥ 5♠ 6♦ 7♥

Three of a Kind: Three cards of the same rank, and two unrelated side cards.

7♠ 7♦ 7♥ K♠ J♠

Two Pair: Two cards of a matching rank, another two cards of a different matching rank

J♥ J♦ K♠ K♦ A♣

One Pair: Two cards of a matching rank, and three unrelated side cards.

A♣ A♦ J♥ 9♠ 7♦

High Card: Any poker hand that does not qualify under a category listed above.

A♠ 3♣ 7♦ 10♠ J♣

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