If two players have a full house each, the higher three of a kind wins the hand 5-5-5-2-2 thus beats A-A-4-4-4. The hand 7-7-7-K-K is called "a full house with Sevens" or "Sevens over Kings". If the highest cards are equal in rank, the second highest cards are compared, and so on. The flush A-8-6-5-2 thus beats the flush K-Q-J-10-5, irregardless of suit. Note again that all for suits are equal in poker! If two players both have a flush, the one with the highest card wins. This sample hand is called "a flush, King high". A round-the-corner-straight, for example Q-K-A-2-3, is however not allowed in ordinary poker! The Ace counts low or high, but not both.įive cards which are all in the same suit, for example K-J-10-6-3 in diamonds. In a straight, the Ace may count as the lowest card the lowest possible straight thus is A-2-3-4-5 (called a wheel), while the highest possible straight is 10-J-Q-K-A (called a Broadway). The Queen-high straight above thus beats for example J-10-9-8-7 but loses against K-Q-J-10-9. If two players both have a straight, the higher one wins. The hand Q-J-10-9-8 is called "a straight, Queen high". If the two players have the same three of a kind (which is possible in for example Texas hold'em with the community cards), the player with the higher kicker wins, just like above.įive cards in numerical sequence. If two players both have trips, the higher one wins. A hand like 8-8-8-Q-4 is called "trip Eights" or "three Eights". Thus, for example, the hand J-J-9-9-A beats J-J-9-9-K. If the high pairs are the same, the higher of the lower pairs wins and if both pairs are the same for the two players, the kicker decides.
If two players have a two-pair each, the higher pair wins the hand K-K-4-4-2 thus beats Q-Q-J-J-10. Thus, for example, the hand K-K-Q-8-3 beats K-K-Q-7-6.Ī hand like 10-10-4-4-K is called "two pair, tens high" or "two pair, tens and fours" or sometimes just "tens up". If the two players have equally high kickers, the next highest card decides, and so on. If the two players have the same pair, the higher kicker (card in the hand besides the pair) wins. Should two players both have a pair, the higher pair wins. A hand consisting of J-9-7-4-2 would thus beat a hand consisting of J-9-5-4-3.Ī hand like Q-Q-10-A-5 is called "a pair of Queens". If another player also has a "nothing" hand with the same highest card as you, you compare the second highest cards, and so on down. Such a hand is ranked according to its highest card.
The individual ranking of the cards is the usual one, meaning Ace is the highest and 2 is the lowest. This hand you would call "Jack high only". An example would be J-9-7-4-2 in at least two different suits. This "nothing" hand does not contain any pair, nor are the cards in numerical sequence or all of the same suit. Remember that all four suits rank equally in correct poker! Here is the ranking order, from bottom to top: (OK, there are a few rare exceptions among odd forms of poker.) In some forms of poker you will start with fewer than five cards and you will at the end have more than five cards, but even so you must choose the five cards among these which will make up your poker hand – the other cards then play no part. Once again I remind you that a poker hand by definition consists of five cards, no more, no less.
It is time to list the accepted ranking order among the various possible hands, which applies to over 99% of all forms of poker and also to list the existing tie-breaking rules.
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