Poker Hands Highest To Lowest

Print out this free poker hand rankings chart – and always know the best winning poker hands. Prints out on one page, or download as PDF. Print this page (or download as PDF) Poker Hand Rankings Chart. Hands are ranked by comparing the highest value card. This hand is called royal for a reason. It tops the rest of the hands. The hands rank in almost the same order as in standard poker, with straights and flushes counting and the lowest hand wins. The difference from normal poker is that Aces are always high, so that A-2-3-4-5 is not a straight, but ranks between K-Q-J-10-8 and A-6-4-3-2.

1. Poker Hands From Highest To Lowest
2. Poker Card Value Chart

With few exceptions, all poker games place hands on the same
scale from high- to low-value. Poker hands are ranked depending
on their likelihood. The least-likely hands are the
highest-ranked; the most common hands are the lowest-ranked.
Identical poker hands are ranked by which hands holds cards of
the highest value.

Poker Hand Rank

Here is the standard hand rank, from highest to lowest:

A royal flush is a hand where all the cards are of the same suit and the 5 highest cards in consecutive order (10, J, Q, K, A). This hand is the best hand that you can get in the game of Texas Hold'em.

A straight flush is a hand where all the cards are of the same suit and are in consecutive order. For example, a 23456, all of hearts, is a straight flush. In the event of a tie, the straight flush with the highest card wins.

A 4 of a kind is a hand where 4 of the 5 cards are of the same ranking. An example of a hand with a 4 of a kind might have KKKK2. That would be the 2 in every suit–clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. In the event of a tie, the 4 of a kind with the highest hand ranking wins.

A full house is a hand that consists of 3 cards of one rank and 2 cards of another rank. An example of a full house might look like this: KKKQQ. In the event of a tie, the hand with the higher cards in the 3 cards is the winner.

A flush is a hand that consists of 5 cards of the same suit—clubs, diamonds, hearts, or spades. In the event of a tie, the flush with the highest card is the winner.

A straight is a hand where all 5 cards of consecutive ranks. 23456 is an example of a straight. In the event of a tie, the straight with the highest card is the winner.

2 pairs is a hand where you have 2 cards of one rank and 2 cards of another rank along with a final card of another rank. An example of 2 pairs might look like this: AAKK7.In the event of a tie, the hand with the highest pair wins.

1 pair is a hand where you 2 cards of one rank and 3 cards with different ranks. An example of a pair might look like this: JJ278. In the event of a tie, the higher ranked pair wins.

High card means a hand where none of the other hand rankings apply. If no one still in the hand can make a pair or better, the player with the highest card in his hand wins the pot.

Playing a live game of poker requires that you know this
hierarchy. For new players, this may seem a little daunting.
After all, here you have nine pieces of complex information to
remember in precise order.

A Word About Mnemonic Devices

I learned the order of poker hands using a mnemonic. I think
anyone can use this simple method to learn the hierarchy in a
matter of minutes. Mnemonics are popular memory devices used by
students, teachers, and people of all stripes for hundreds of
years in order to remember complex information.

You probably used a mnemonic device to remember the order of
the planets in our solar system. I remember learning the
sentence: 'My very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas.'
The first letter of each of the words in that sentence will help
you remember that the planets go in this order – Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. I'll
probably never forget that fact, thanks to the mnemonic device I
was taught.

The trouble is, it's hard to convert hand rankings into
words. Besides that, I don't think you learn much about poker by
simply memorizing the order of hands. You should use the
opportunity of needing to learn proper hand hierarchy to improve
your understanding of poker strategy.

The tips below will help you understand the proper order of
poker hands better and introduce you to some basic poker
concepts to help you improve your overall game.

Low-Value Poker Hands

To remember the order of the four lowest-value hands, just
remember the number series '0, 1, 2, 3.'

• 0 means 'high card.' Having nothing in your hand means
  the value of your hand depends on the value of your highest
  card. Remember – in poker, aces rank high, while 2's rank
  low.
• 1 means 'one pair.' Any hand that contains just a single
  pair of cards and nothing else valuable is a 1.
• 2 means 'two pair.' This is a hand that contains two
  pairs of cards.
• 3 means 'three-of-a-kind.' It's the most valuable of the
  low-value hands.

High-Value Poker Hands

For the purpose of this post, I'm calling every hand above a
three-of-a-kind a 'high-value hand,' but lots of poker
strategists would consider a straight to be a low-value hand.
This is really a difference in philosophy and a language issue
more than anything else.

For that reason, and for simplicity's sake, I like to think
of straight as a '/' symbol in my mnemonic. That means our
current mnemonic string goes: '0, 1, 2, 3, /.'

It's easier to memorize the order of the other high-ranking
hands if you count the number of letters in the hand's name.
It's made all the easier to remember by the fact that the number
of letters increases as you move up the scale.

Here's how I break it down:

• 5 – The word flush contains five letters.
• 9 – The words full house contain nine letters.
• 11 – The words four of a kind contain eleven letters.
• 13 – The words straight flush contain thirteen letters.
• 18 – The words royal straight flush contain eighteen
  letters.

Putting them all together, our mnemonic is: '0 – 1 – 2 – 3 /
5 – 9 – 11 – 13 – 18.'

Other Ways to Memorize Hand Hierarchy

I'm not going to pretend that the method I used to learn hand
hierarchy is the only one that will work. The three ideas below
are the most popular tactics on the Web besides the use of
mnemonics, based on my research. You can use any of the four
methods described on this post to keep track of what hand beats
what other hand. That way, you'll be able to plan your tactics
ahead of time and make smart bidding decisions.

Rote Memorization

Some people learn best by repeated drilling of the material
to be memorized. I've heard of actors reading their scripts over
and over, playing tapes of the script in their sleep, and
learning their lines by rote. I can't think of any reason why
you shouldn't try this method.

Hand Evaluation Diagrams

Various poker trainer programs and strategy gurus have put
together diagrams to help you analyze your hand. You can use
these in poker rooms, and obviously you can use them online, so
long as you don't care about the other guys at the table making
fun of you. They're available for free with a simple Google
search.

Frequent Exposure

The more rounds of poker you play, the more you'll become
familiar with all the rules, including the rules of hand
ranking. You may lose a bunch on the way there, because of your
lack of familiarity with hand ranks, but, by God, you'll get it
eventually.

Conclusion

Remember that some poker variations assign different values
to cards and hands. Some games are totally reversed, rewarding
the lowest-value hand instead of the highest-value one. Other
games may consider an Ace to be low, or use Jokers, which throws
off the hierarchy and strategy a bit.

I hope that this page helped you learn about the value of the
cards you're dealt. I believe the best way to practice your
newfound understanding of hand hierarchy is to get out there and
play a bunch of poker. If you're still new to the game and not
yet comfortable with your understanding of hand rankings, you
can always play in free-to-play apps or use play-money at your
favorite online poker room.

Poker Hand Rankings - Poker Sequence Highest to Lowest

The first step to learning poker is to understand the poker hand rankings. According to the rules of the Poker game, players have to form a sets 5 playing cards, known as hands. Every poker card has value matched against the values of another poker hands. Understanding what hand has a higher value in poker or Texas Hold'em is an important early step in learning the game. Most of us know that Royal Flush is the best poker hand in the list poker hand ranking, but where do all of the other poker hands rank or poker sequence? Here is the complete list of Poker hand rankings from strongest to lowest.

Royal Flush poker hand is made up of Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten of the same suit, a Royal Flush is an unbeatable poker hand. This poker hand is considered as the rarest hand in the poker game and the chances of winning a royal flush is, one in 2,598,960 possible hands. Royal Flush is the best hand in all the poker variations.

Straight Flush poker arrangement consists of an order where there are five cards of a similar suit. The poker hand ranking card which is the premier and at the top of the arrangement wins in a situation of a draw. 40 different poker hands fall in the category of straight flush. The probability of winning a straight flush is one in 64,974 unique poker hands.

Four of a Kind is made of four cards of one rank and a kicker. Four of Kind is too known as quads, when two more players receive the equal value, then the highest kicker decides the winning pot. 624 possible Four of a Kind hand sequences and 156 different ranks of Four of a Kind in a 52 card deck. The possibility of getting a four of a kind is one in 4,165 unique poker hands.

Full House poker card consists of three cards of similar rank and two of an additional same rank. The player who has the highest similar poker ranking cards wins in a situation of a draw. The possibility of Full house poker ranking combinations in a 52 card deck is 3,744 and distinct ranks are 156. The possibility of hitting a Full House in poker game is about one time in every 694 deals.

This poker arrangement consists of five cards (not in a sequence) of a similar suit. The player who has the highest-ranked poker cards wins in a situation of a draw. Each flush is ranked first by the rank of its highest-ranking card, then by the rank of its second highest-ranking card and so on. A flush beats straight hand rankings. The Probability of getting a Flush is approximately one out every 509 hands. Flush poker hands never differ by suit, it differs by the rank of the card.

A straight is a hand that contains five cards of sequential rank, not all of the same suit. The player who has the highest- poker ranking card wins in a situation of a draw. In straight hand poker rankings, an Ace can be ranked either high (an Ace Hight Straight, A-T) or low (a Five High Straight, 5-A). An ace-high straight is the higher straight in poker hands ranking, is called a Broadway straight. The five-high straight is lower in the list of straight poker hand rankings, is called a baby straight.

It consists of three cards of similar rank and two cards of two other ranks. The player with the highest kicker triumphs in the situation of a draw. In poker, Three of a kind is also called as a set or trips. Set is nothing when a player has a pocket pair and wins a third on the flop. Trips can be explained as when you have one card in your hand and winning two more on the flop. In stud poker, a player gets Three of a Kind hand about one time in every 47 deals.

Two Pair is made up of four cards with two cards of similar rank and two cards of another same rank with a kicker. The player who has the highest kicker triumphs in the case of a draw. Always each Two Pair is ranked first by its highest pair, then by its second-highest pair and lastly by its kicker. The Two Pair poker arrangement can be the pair Aces, pair of K with a kicker of Q. In stud poker, players get two pair about one time in every 21 deals.

A royal flush is a hand where all the cards are of the same suit and the 5 highest cards in consecutive order (10, J, Q, K, A). This hand is the best hand that you can get in the game of Texas Hold'em.

A straight flush is a hand where all the cards are of the same suit and are in consecutive order. For example, a 23456, all of hearts, is a straight flush. In the event of a tie, the straight flush with the highest card wins.

A 4 of a kind is a hand where 4 of the 5 cards are of the same ranking. An example of a hand with a 4 of a kind might have KKKK2. That would be the 2 in every suit–clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. In the event of a tie, the 4 of a kind with the highest hand ranking wins.

A full house is a hand that consists of 3 cards of one rank and 2 cards of another rank. An example of a full house might look like this: KKKQQ. In the event of a tie, the hand with the higher cards in the 3 cards is the winner.

A flush is a hand that consists of 5 cards of the same suit—clubs, diamonds, hearts, or spades. In the event of a tie, the flush with the highest card is the winner.

A straight is a hand where all 5 cards of consecutive ranks. 23456 is an example of a straight. In the event of a tie, the straight with the highest card is the winner.

2 pairs is a hand where you have 2 cards of one rank and 2 cards of another rank along with a final card of another rank. An example of 2 pairs might look like this: AAKK7.In the event of a tie, the hand with the highest pair wins.

1 pair is a hand where you 2 cards of one rank and 3 cards with different ranks. An example of a pair might look like this: JJ278. In the event of a tie, the higher ranked pair wins.

High card means a hand where none of the other hand rankings apply. If no one still in the hand can make a pair or better, the player with the highest card in his hand wins the pot.

Playing a live game of poker requires that you know this
hierarchy. For new players, this may seem a little daunting.
After all, here you have nine pieces of complex information to
remember in precise order.

A Word About Mnemonic Devices

I learned the order of poker hands using a mnemonic. I think
anyone can use this simple method to learn the hierarchy in a
matter of minutes. Mnemonics are popular memory devices used by
students, teachers, and people of all stripes for hundreds of
years in order to remember complex information.

You probably used a mnemonic device to remember the order of
the planets in our solar system. I remember learning the
sentence: 'My very excellent mother just served us nine pizzas.'
The first letter of each of the words in that sentence will help
you remember that the planets go in this order – Mercury, Venus,
Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. I'll
probably never forget that fact, thanks to the mnemonic device I
was taught.

The trouble is, it's hard to convert hand rankings into
words. Besides that, I don't think you learn much about poker by
simply memorizing the order of hands. You should use the
opportunity of needing to learn proper hand hierarchy to improve
your understanding of poker strategy.

The tips below will help you understand the proper order of
poker hands better and introduce you to some basic poker
concepts to help you improve your overall game.

Low-Value Poker Hands

To remember the order of the four lowest-value hands, just
remember the number series '0, 1, 2, 3.'

• 0 means 'high card.' Having nothing in your hand means
  the value of your hand depends on the value of your highest
  card. Remember – in poker, aces rank high, while 2's rank
  low.
• 1 means 'one pair.' Any hand that contains just a single
  pair of cards and nothing else valuable is a 1.
• 2 means 'two pair.' This is a hand that contains two
  pairs of cards.
• 3 means 'three-of-a-kind.' It's the most valuable of the
  low-value hands.

High-Value Poker Hands

For the purpose of this post, I'm calling every hand above a
three-of-a-kind a 'high-value hand,' but lots of poker
strategists would consider a straight to be a low-value hand.
This is really a difference in philosophy and a language issue
more than anything else.

For that reason, and for simplicity's sake, I like to think
of straight as a '/' symbol in my mnemonic. That means our
current mnemonic string goes: '0, 1, 2, 3, /.'

It's easier to memorize the order of the other high-ranking
hands if you count the number of letters in the hand's name.
It's made all the easier to remember by the fact that the number
of letters increases as you move up the scale.

Here's how I break it down:

• 5 – The word flush contains five letters.
• 9 – The words full house contain nine letters.
• 11 – The words four of a kind contain eleven letters.
• 13 – The words straight flush contain thirteen letters.
• 18 – The words royal straight flush contain eighteen
  letters.

Putting them all together, our mnemonic is: '0 – 1 – 2 – 3 /
5 – 9 – 11 – 13 – 18.'

Other Ways to Memorize Hand Hierarchy

I'm not going to pretend that the method I used to learn hand
hierarchy is the only one that will work. The three ideas below
are the most popular tactics on the Web besides the use of
mnemonics, based on my research. You can use any of the four
methods described on this post to keep track of what hand beats
what other hand. That way, you'll be able to plan your tactics
ahead of time and make smart bidding decisions.

Rote Memorization

Some people learn best by repeated drilling of the material
to be memorized. I've heard of actors reading their scripts over
and over, playing tapes of the script in their sleep, and
learning their lines by rote. I can't think of any reason why
you shouldn't try this method.

Hand Evaluation Diagrams

Various poker trainer programs and strategy gurus have put
together diagrams to help you analyze your hand. You can use
these in poker rooms, and obviously you can use them online, so
long as you don't care about the other guys at the table making
fun of you. They're available for free with a simple Google
search.

Frequent Exposure

The more rounds of poker you play, the more you'll become
familiar with all the rules, including the rules of hand
ranking. You may lose a bunch on the way there, because of your
lack of familiarity with hand ranks, but, by God, you'll get it
eventually.

Conclusion

Remember that some poker variations assign different values
to cards and hands. Some games are totally reversed, rewarding
the lowest-value hand instead of the highest-value one. Other
games may consider an Ace to be low, or use Jokers, which throws
off the hierarchy and strategy a bit.

I hope that this page helped you learn about the value of the
cards you're dealt. I believe the best way to practice your
newfound understanding of hand hierarchy is to get out there and
play a bunch of poker. If you're still new to the game and not
yet comfortable with your understanding of hand rankings, you
can always play in free-to-play apps or use play-money at your
favorite online poker room.

Poker Hand Rankings - Poker Sequence Highest to Lowest

The first step to learning poker is to understand the poker hand rankings. According to the rules of the Poker game, players have to form a sets 5 playing cards, known as hands. Every poker card has value matched against the values of another poker hands. Understanding what hand has a higher value in poker or Texas Hold'em is an important early step in learning the game. Most of us know that Royal Flush is the best poker hand in the list poker hand ranking, but where do all of the other poker hands rank or poker sequence? Here is the complete list of Poker hand rankings from strongest to lowest.

Royal Flush poker hand is made up of Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten of the same suit, a Royal Flush is an unbeatable poker hand. This poker hand is considered as the rarest hand in the poker game and the chances of winning a royal flush is, one in 2,598,960 possible hands. Royal Flush is the best hand in all the poker variations.

Straight Flush poker arrangement consists of an order where there are five cards of a similar suit. The poker hand ranking card which is the premier and at the top of the arrangement wins in a situation of a draw. 40 different poker hands fall in the category of straight flush. The probability of winning a straight flush is one in 64,974 unique poker hands.

Four of a Kind is made of four cards of one rank and a kicker. Four of Kind is too known as quads, when two more players receive the equal value, then the highest kicker decides the winning pot. 624 possible Four of a Kind hand sequences and 156 different ranks of Four of a Kind in a 52 card deck. The possibility of getting a four of a kind is one in 4,165 unique poker hands.

Full House poker card consists of three cards of similar rank and two of an additional same rank. The player who has the highest similar poker ranking cards wins in a situation of a draw. The possibility of Full house poker ranking combinations in a 52 card deck is 3,744 and distinct ranks are 156. The possibility of hitting a Full House in poker game is about one time in every 694 deals.

This poker arrangement consists of five cards (not in a sequence) of a similar suit. The player who has the highest-ranked poker cards wins in a situation of a draw. Each flush is ranked first by the rank of its highest-ranking card, then by the rank of its second highest-ranking card and so on. A flush beats straight hand rankings. The Probability of getting a Flush is approximately one out every 509 hands. Flush poker hands never differ by suit, it differs by the rank of the card.

A straight is a hand that contains five cards of sequential rank, not all of the same suit. The player who has the highest- poker ranking card wins in a situation of a draw. In straight hand poker rankings, an Ace can be ranked either high (an Ace Hight Straight, A-T) or low (a Five High Straight, 5-A). An ace-high straight is the higher straight in poker hands ranking, is called a Broadway straight. The five-high straight is lower in the list of straight poker hand rankings, is called a baby straight.

It consists of three cards of similar rank and two cards of two other ranks. The player with the highest kicker triumphs in the situation of a draw. In poker, Three of a kind is also called as a set or trips. Set is nothing when a player has a pocket pair and wins a third on the flop. Trips can be explained as when you have one card in your hand and winning two more on the flop. In stud poker, a player gets Three of a Kind hand about one time in every 47 deals.

Two Pair is made up of four cards with two cards of similar rank and two cards of another same rank with a kicker. The player who has the highest kicker triumphs in the case of a draw. Always each Two Pair is ranked first by its highest pair, then by its second-highest pair and lastly by its kicker. The Two Pair poker arrangement can be the pair Aces, pair of K with a kicker of Q. In stud poker, players get two pair about one time in every 21 deals.

Poker Hands From Highest To Lowest

It is made up of one pair with any 3 Kicker cards. The player who has the highest or the second or third highest triumphs in the situation of a draw. The probability of getting One Pair poker hand is one in every two deals.

Poker Card Value Chart

This hand does not fit in any of the poker sequences. The highest card wins in the situation of a draw. High card is not a great card and it is considered as the worst card in poker hand rankings.

It is very easy to memorize the poker hand rankings, it will help to think about hand values at the table while we decide the best way to play our hands. Poker game has many variants such as Texas Hold'em, Omaha, 5 card Omaha, seven-card or other games, the happiest part is these hand rankings tend to be the same among all variants of poker. Get your PokerStellar account and grab the best poker sign up bonus of Free Rs. 100 now.