Rank of Poker Hands

Rank of poker hands

The winning hand is determined by seeing which hand has the strongest combination of cards, using any 5 card combination of “pocket” and “community” cards in Hold’em, and a combination of 2 “pocket” cards and 3 “community” cards in Omaha and in Omaha Hi/Lo. The combinations are listed here from strongest to weakest hand.

Royal flush An ace-high straight of one suit.
Royal Flush
Straight flush A straight of entirely one suit.
Straight Flush
Four-of-a-kind (quads) Four cards of the same rank.
Four-of-a-kind
Full house (full boat, boat) Three-of-a-kind and a pair. The example below would be called “queens over aces” or “queens full of aces”.
Full house
Flush Five cards of the same suit.
Flush
Straight Five cards of sequential rank. Note that in Hold’em, aces can be high or low.
Straight - High
An example of a straight where the ace is low:
Straight - Low
Three-of-a-kind (trips, set) Three cards of the same rank.
Three-of-a-kind
Two pair Two cards of the same rank and another two cards of the same rank. The example below would be called “jacks and twos” or “jacks and deuces”.
Two pair
One pair Two cards of the same rank.
One Pair
High card When you don’t have any of the above, your highest card determines your hand. The example below would be “king high” or “high card king”.
High Card
Kicker If two players have the same combination of cards to make the strongest hand where not all cards are counted in the combination, such as four of a kind, three of a kind, two pair and one pair, the highest side card(s) will determine the winner (called the kicker). In the example below, player B will win the hand with his higher kicker.
Player A
Kicker
Player B
Kicker
 

Please note that in a game where two (or more) players have the exact same strength of hand. For example the same two pairs and the same value of kicker. In this case the pot would be split evenly among all competing players at showdown.

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