What Are The Hands In Texas Holdem Poker
General concepts to keep in mind:
- Some hands don’t have a possible tie breaker scenario in Texas Hold’em Poker. Which may be different in other forms of Poker.
| HAND:Royal Flush |
| TIE BREAK POSSIBILITIES: Not Possible |
| RULES: – A tie break is not possible as two players cannot have a Royal Flush in Texas Hold’em Poker. – If the dealer deals a Royal Flush via the 5 community cards, then the pot is split amongst all players. |
Welcome to the Free Texas Holdem Poker Game. By Play Great Poker. Play New Game Now. Game Speed: Normal Fast Slow. Player Name: Molly's Game. The True Story behind the Most Exclusive High-Stakes Underground Poker Game. Texas Holdem Rules – Best 5-Card Hand. In Hold’em you must make the best 5-card hand possible using any combination of your two hole cards and the five community cards on the table. You can use both, one or none of your own hole cards to make your best hand. Here are some rules about evaluating a winning poker hand. These Texas Holdem hands are compared using a hand ranking system that is standard across all variants of poker. For example, the hand rankings for No-Limit Texas Holdem hands are the same as Limit Texas Holdem hands and Pot-Limit Texas Holdem hands. The player with the highest-ranking hand wins that particular deal in most poker games. Also known as the High Card hand, this is the lowest-ranking poker hand that you can form in Texas Hold’em. It’s so low, that you don’t even have a pair to work with. With this poker hand, your high card is an Ace and that beats a King high, or a Queen high hand etc. The Holy Writ of Poker Hand Abbreviations. What’s the Best Hold’em Hand? If you’re pre-flop the answer is easy: pocket aces. Outside of those.
| HAND: Straight Flush |
| TIE BREAK POSSIBILITIES: Not Possible |
| RULES: – A tie break is not possible as two players cannot have a Straight Flush which is ranked the same in Texas Hold’em Poker. – If the dealer deals a Straight Flush via the 5 community cards, then the pot is split amongst all players provided no player holds a Royal Flush (meaning the Straight Flush is the strongest hand on the table). – If two Players have a Straight Flush, then the higher Straight Flush wins (the Straight Flush ending in the highest ranked card). |
| HAND: Four of a Kind |
| TIE BREAK POSSIBILITIES: 1 Kicker |
| RULES: – A tie is not possible as two players cannot have a matching Four of a Kind except in the case where a dealer deals Four of a Kind via community cards. – If this happens, then the Kicker comes into place, whichever player holds the highest ranked card when looking at their hole cards wins. – If the 5th community card the “Kicker on the board”is higher than any of the players hole cards, then the pot is split. |
| HAND: Full House |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: Not Possible |
| RULES: – If two players have the same Full House, the pot is split always. – The strength of the Full House is determined by the 3 matching cards first, followed by the 2 matching cards (pair). Example of Full House K-K-K-A-A beats K-K-K-9-9 and so fourth. A-A-A-K-K beats K-K-K-A-A. – A Kicker is not used to determine a winner for and identical Full House in Texas Hold’em Poker, therefore the pot is split. |
| HAND:Flush |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: 2 Kickers |
| RULES: – It’s not possible for two or more players to have the same Flush in Texas Hold’em Poker. – If two players have a Flush, the highest Flush wins (the Flush with the highest Ranked Card taking into account the players Hole Cards and Community Cards). If the dealer deals a Flush via Community Cards and it’s the highest Flush when taking into account all Players Hole Cards, the pot is split amongst all players in the hand. – Highest Flush is determined by the players cards combined with the board cards taking into account the highest combination of the two. – For example the board shows a Flush of Ah-Jh-8h-7h-6h. Player A has a Kh and 2h. Player B has a 10h and 9h. Player A wins because we supplement their Kh to complete the hand making his flush the highest. |
| HAND: Straight |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: 2 Kickers |
| RULES: – In the event that two players or more have the same Straight via community cards the pot is split. – If two or more players make a Straight using their hole cards and community cards, then the highest Straight wins. The Straight ending in the highest ranked card. – In any case where a Straight ends in the highest ranked cards among all players regardless of suit, the pot is split. |
| HAND: Three of a Kind |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: 2 Kickers |
| RULES: – If two or more players have the same Three of a Kind (suit does not matter in this hand) Then the fourth highest card (one of the players Hole Cards or a community card, whichever is higher ranked) is used to determine the winner. – If there is a tie between the fourth strongest card (highest ranked card) then the fifth card is used. – If there is a time between the fifth card, the pot is split (this would be extremely rare). |
| HAND: Two Pair |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: 1 Kicker |
| RULES: – If two or more players have the same Two Pair (suit does not matter in this hand) Then the fifth highest card (one of the Players Hole Cards or a Community Card) is used to determine the winner. – If player have the same kickers, or if the community card is the highest card, then the pot is split. |
| HAND: High Card |
| POSSIBLE TIE BREAKERS: 2 Kickers |
| RULES: – In the event that all players have the same identical 5 cards in Texas Hold’em Poker the pot is split. This would be extremely rare. – In any other case the players hole cards are used to determine the winner. The highest hole card wins. |
In Texas Holdem poker, players construct hands of playing cards according to predetermined rules, which vary according to which variant of poker is being played. These Texas Holdem hands are compared using a hand ranking system that is standard across all variants of poker. For example, the hand rankings for No-Limit Texas Holdem hands are the same as Limit Texas Holdem hands and Pot-Limit Texas Holdem hands. The player with the highest-ranking hand wins that particular deal in most poker games. If you ever play Texas Holdem poker, you need to know which hand wins over another. Therefore, you need to know the ranking of Texas Holdem hands.
The following are the winning high hands in standard Texas Holdem poker games, from highest to lowest. The player with the highest-ranking hand wins. These are standard for all poker sites. Any hand in one category in the list beats any hand in any category below it. For example, any straight flush beats any four of a kind; any flush beats any straight.
| Texas Holdem Hand Rankings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Royal Flush | The highest hand in Texas Holdem. A royal flush consists of a straight from ten to the ace with all five cards of the same suit. | |
| Straight Flush | Five cards in numerical order, all of the same suits. If tie: Highest rank at the top of the sequence wins. | |
| Four of a Kind | Four cards of the same rank, and one side card. If tie: Highest four of a kind wins. In community card games where players have the same four of a kind, the highest fifth side card wins. | |
| Full House | Three cards of the same rank, and two cards of a different, matching rank. If tie: Highest three matching cards wins. In community cards where players have the same three matching cards, the highest value of the two matching cards wins. | |
| Flush | Five cards of the same suits. If tie: The player holding the highest ranked card wins. In necessary, the second, third, fourth, and fifth-highest cards can be used to break the tie. | |
| Straight | Five cards of any suit in sequence. If tie: Highest rank at the top of the sequence wins. | |
| Three of a Kind | Three cards of the same rank, and two unrelated side cards. If tie: Highest ranking three of a kind wins. In community card games where players have the same three of a kind, the highest side card, and if necessary, the second-highest side card wins. | |
| Two Pairs | Two cards of a matching rank, another two cards of a different matching rank, and one side card. If tie: Highest pair wins. If players have the same highest pair, highest second pair wins. If both player have two identical pairs, highest side card wins. | |
| One Pair | Two cards of a matching rank, and three unrelated side cards. If tie: Highest pair wins. If players have the same pair, the highest side card wins, and if necessary, the second-highest and third-highest side card can be used to break the tie. | |
| High Card | Any hand that does not qualify under a category listed above. If tie: Highest card wins, and if necessary, the second, third, fourth and fifth-highest card can be used to break the tie. | |
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Texas Holdem Poker Beginner’s Guide by Unibet
Basic order of the poker cards
Poker follows the same basic order of cards as most other card games. The highest card is an Ace, followed by King, Queen and Jack. From there it goes down in numbers from 10 to 2. This means that a pair of Aces is higher than a pair of Kings and a three of a kind of Jacks will beat a three of a kind of 7s.
Highest card in straight or flush decides
If you have the same hand as an opponent, for example a straight, it matters what the highest card in the straight is. So a straight that goes from 10 to an Ace beats a straight that goes from 9 to a King. The same goes for all other hands where the hands are of the same kind.
Your high cards finish the hand
If the poker hand isn’t formed with five cards, for example with four of a kind, the last card is the highest card that is available. This can be a card you have in your hands or a card that’s lying on the table. The same goes for Two Pair and One Pair.
Texas Holdem Hands cheat sheet
Poker Hands Chart
If you are still learning to play online poker, it might be a good idea to keep the poker cheat sheet below as a reference. You can download the image and open it when you are playing poker to keep track of which hands beats which.