List Of Poker Hands

hands > here follows a list of standard five-card poker hands in order starting from the strongest. Cards are ordered, high to low, ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2. matching hands will be decided by the highest non-matching card(s)

royal flush > this is the best possible hand in standard five-card poker. ace, king, queen, jack and 10, all of the same suit

straight flush > any five-card sequence in the same suit (e.g.: 8, 9, 10, jack and queen of clubs; or 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of diamonds)

four of a kind > all four cards of the same value (e.g.: 8, 8, 8, 8; or queen, queen, queen, queen)

full house > three of a kind combined with a pair (e.g.: 10, 10, 10 with 6, 6; or king, king, king with 5, 5).

flush > any five cards of the same suit, but not in consecutive sequence (e.g.: 4, 5, 7, 10 and king of spades)

straight > five cards in sequence, but not in the same suit (e.g.: 7 of clubs, 8 of clubs, 9 of diamonds, 10 of spades and jack of diamonds)

three of a kind > three cards of the same value (e.g.: 3, 3, 3; or jack, jack, jack)

two pair > two separate pairs (e.g.: 2, 2, queen, queen)

pair > two cards of the same value (e.g.: 7, 7)

high card > if a Poker hand contains none of the above combinations, it's valued by the highest card in it