The “Royal Flush” is famously the best possible hand in poker, so-called because it. Official Poker Hand Rankings Know your poker hand order. A poker hand consists of five cards, which fall into several categories. Below is the complete list of poker hands, from highest to lowest. Please note that hand rankings for Short Deck are slightly different. Find out more about the short deck poker hand rankings on the dedicated page.
Poker Hand Rankings - Texas Holdem Starting Hands Chart. At the bottom of this page is a comprehensive listing of Texas Hold'em starting hands based on their EV (expected value). Expected value is the average number of big blinds this hand will make or lose.
Not sure what beats a full house or what a straight can beat? Here are the answers to the most commonly-asked poker questions this side of the Strip.
No. A full house beats a flush in the standard poker hand rankings. The odds against making a full house in a game of Texas Hold’em are about 36-to-1, while the odds against making a flush are 32-to-1. The full house is a more rare hand and beats a flush.
Yes. Using the standard poker hand rankings, a flush beats a straight, regardless of the strength of the straight. The odds against making a straight in Texas Hold’em are about 21-to-1, making it a more common hand than a flush (32-to-1 odds against).
No. The odds against making a full house in Texas Hold’em are about 36-to-1, while the odds against making a straight are about 21-to-1. Both are strong five-card hands, but a full house occurs less often than a straight. A full house beats a straight in the poker hand rankings.
Yes. Both three of a kind and two pair can make a lot of money in poker, but three of a kind is the best hand when it goes head to head with two pair. The odds against making three of a kind in Texas Hold’em is about 20-to-1, while the odds against making two pair is about 3-to-1.

No. The odds of making both of these hands are very close in a game of Texas Hold’em. The odds against making a straight are 20.6-to-1, while the odds against making three of a kind are 19.7-to-1. The straight comes about slightly less often, making it the winner against three of a kind in the poker hand rankings.
Yes. The battle of strong hands between a flush and three of a kind sees the flush as the stronger hand. The odds against making a flush in Texas Hold’em are about 32-to-1, with odds against making three of a kind at around 20-to-1.

Yes. The poker hand rankings dictate that a straight is a stronger hand than two pair. The straight occurs with about 21-to-1 odds against in Texas Hold’em, while the odds against making two pair stand at about 3-to-1.
Yes. Both four of a kind and a full house are among the strongest poker hands, but four of a kind is a much rarer holding. Texas Hold’em odds against making four of a kind are 594-to-1, while you have about 36-to-1 odds against making a full house.
No. When the flush and three of a kind go head to head, the flush comes out as the best according to the poker hand rankings. The odds against making three of a kind sit around 20-to-1, with the odds against hitting a flush at 32-to-1.
Yes. The full house comes in less often than a straight. In Texas Hold’em, the odds against drawing a full house are around 36-to-1, while the odds against making a straight are around 21-to-1.
Yes. Four of a kind is an exceedingly rare hand in poker, but the straight flush is an even more elusive five-card hand. The odds against making a straight flush in Texas Hold’em is about 3,590-to-1, much rarer than four of a kind (594-to-1 odds against)
This page describes the ranking of poker hands for standard poker games such as Texas Hold'em, Omaha plus most draw and stud variations.
Card Ranking
Standard Poker card ranking is as follows, from lowest to highest rank:
Hand Ranking
Standard Poker hands are made up of five card combinations. In some poker games you are dealt the five cards. In others you are dealt a number of cards and a number are placed on the table for all to use, called community cards. But a hand is always a five card combination. Here are the poker hand combinations in order from highest to lowest:
Royal Flush
A Royal Flush is the best hand in Poker and the odds of receiving one are 650,000 to 1. All the same suit, a Royal Flush comprises of Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten.
Straight Flush
Pokers second strongest hand, five cards, all consecutive and all the same suit. The higher the numerical value of cards the better the hand. You have a 1 in 72,000 chance of catching a Straight Flush.
Four-of-a-kind
Made of four cards of the same value. As Four Eights beats four Threes, then the higher your four cards the better. The odds of catching it are around 4,200-1.
Full House
This is a combination of a pair and a three-of-a-kind e.g. a pair of 10’s and three Queens. If two players both make full house, then the one containing the higher ranking three-of-a-kind wins. Catching a Full House is a 700-1 chance.
Flush
Five, non sequential cards that all share the same suit e.g. five hearts, five spades. Up against a player with another the Flush, the player with the highest card contained within the Flush hand wins. 1 in 510 chance of making this hand.
Straight
Five differently suited cards that run in sequential rank order e.g. 2,3,4,5,6. An Ace may be used either high or low for A,2,3,4,5 or 10, J, Q, K, A. The higher the top value card of the Straight, the stronger your hand becomes. You might see one once in 250 hands.
Three-of-a-kind
Also called ‘trips’ or a set, this is when you have three cards of the same rank e.g. three Kings. 1 in 48 chance of getting this hand.
Two Pair
Similar to the pair but double, For example two Queens and two 9’s. You can should be able to make two pair once every 21 hands.
Pair
A single pair is often enough to win a pot, The hand is a pair of same face value like JJ with the highest pair being AA. You'll get a pair about once in every 2.4 hands.

High Card
If you can't make anything! then you have the 'High Card' you could win with this in a heads up situations - but don't go throwing money at it any other time! The highest ranked card is an Ace down through to 2.