Texas Holdem Hand Rankings
The hand rankings is considerably one of the most important factor you have to know and master when you are actually into Texas Holdem Poker. However, knowing and mastering all of the hand rankings is not that easy. More so when in terms of the best Texas Holdem hand ranking.
The Royal Flush
At present, the Royal Flush hand is considered as the strongest or best hand in all of poker. As a general rule, you have to get a 10, J, Q, K, A of the same suit for you to have a royal flush. This seems easy and in fact some says it is just more on luck.
More on luck, quite true. But easy? Well think twice. Though you don’t need much special skills to get a royal flush hand, you more or less have to know which cards will best determine the winning hand. You need to have some strategies. Most especially, you have to know which card to disregard and which one to keep.
Other Texas Holdem Hand Rankings
Straight Flush
- Any series of 5 consecutive cards of the same suit.
- Example – 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 of Hearts
Four Of A Kind
- Four cards of the same suit or rank.
- Example – 5555K.
- The fifth card will normally won’t matter at all
Full House
- The hand is made of one three-of-a-kind and one pair. In other words, the hand is made of three cards of the same rank and two cards of another equal rank.
- Example – 55588.
Flush
- A hand of the same suit.
- Example – Q9853, all Hearts.
- If two players have a flush, then the player with the highest card of that suit wins the hand. If the highest cards are equal move to the second, then to the third, etc.
Straight
- A descending row of different suits.
- Example – KQJT9 of different suits.(K of hearts, Q of spades…).
- If two players have straits, the strait with the highest card wins.
Three Of A Kind
- Three cards of the same value.
- Example – J9993 different suits.
Two Pairs
- ▪ Two pairs of he same value.
- Example – TT 55 2 of different suits.
One Pair
- One pair of cards with the same value.
- Example – JJ 6 5 3
High Card
- A hand that doesn’t form any of these combinations.
- If comparing two of these hands, whichever player has the highest card is the winner.
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I want to know about a rule regarding a Flush on the table. For example. We are 2 on the table on the flop of the table is Ah Qh and 10h.
I am sitting with 9h and 7h in pocket. The other player sit with pocket 8h and 6h. Actually we have both flush highest A because of the Ah on the flop but it seems it doesn’t work like that because I will win the pot due to the 9h highest in hand.
I think this rule is sucks and cant work like this we should split the pot.
For example I sit with 2 pair A and K and the other person sit with 2 pair A and 3, according to the rule we will split the pot but I have the K pair and he have the 3.
I would appreciate if you can reply on this issue. Maybe is the rules different from other poker sites.
Regards
Dawie
Hi Dave,
It seems you’ve understood the rule regarding a flush on the table.
I can’t agree with your complaint about this rule though.
The poker rules are always about the best 5 card-hand. A poker hand is never judged by only the highest card. If two players have a flush it can only be a split pot if the same 5 cards counts as the best possible hand for both players.
For example, if you have 2h 8h and your opponent has 4h 5h on a board like: Ah Kh Qh Jh 9h. You will split the pot, because none of your hole cards makes the best 5 card hand.
As for the two pair example it seems you’ve got it slightly wrong. If you have AK and your opponent have A3 on a board like A K 3 9 7, you will take down the pot as your second pair is bigger than his.