Poker Hand Rankings

Poker Hand Ranking Order

Poker is a game played with a standard 52 playing card deck. There are 4 suits: spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts. Each suit has the same 13 cards. There are 9 numbered cards: 2 through 10, and 4 face cards: jack, queen, king and ace.
Each player is dealt 5 cards from the deck. The object is to get a 5- card combination (known as a hand) that is more valuable than everyone else's. The harder it is to get a particular hand, the more valuable it is. Here are the hands in order from most importance to least:

Royal Flush
A, K, Q, J, 10 of the same suit


Straight Flush
Any five sequential cards of the same suit.



Four of a Kind
4 cards of identical rank


Full House
3 cards of one rank, paired with 2 of another rank


Flush
Any five cards of the same suit


Straight
Any five cards in sequence, for example 10s, 9h, 8d, 7c, 6d.


Three of a kind
3 cards of identical rank


Two Pair
2 cards of identical rank, paired with 2 of another rank


Pair
2 cards of identical rank


High Card
The highest card in the hand