When playing poker what is the order of winning hands?

When playing poker what is the order of winning hands?

Be it playing poker online or offline, what will get you the desired results is your skill that you can use to get the best poker card and make winning hands. In this blog we will delve into the details about the order of the winning hands in Texas Hold’em poker. Let’s look at all the winning poker hands from the strongest to the weakest. Go through it carefully and play free online poker on the world’s most immersive 3D poker app.

Royal Flush: This is the best possible and the rarest hand in Texas Hold'em poker. It is the combination of ten, jack, queen, king and ace.

What is also mandatory here is that all these five poker cards should be of the same suit. If you have this hand then none of your opponents can beat you in that particular game.

Straight Flush: If you possess any five poker cards in numerical order and all of the same suit then it’s called a Straight Flush. For example ten, nine, eight, seven and six of hearts will form a straight flush. It ranks below five of a kind and above four of a kind. Each straight flush is ranked by its highest ranking card. That means 10,9,8,7,6 of Clubs will rank higher than 8,7,6,5,4 of Hearts, which will again rank higher than 6,5,4,3,2 of Spades.

Four of A Kind: This hand is also known as quads where four poker cards of equal value or rank, along with a side card also called a kicker.

In case of a tie during a hand, the player with the highest four of a kind wins. For instance; A 9 of Clubs, Spades, Diamonds, Hearts and a Jack of Hearts will be called four of a kind. In terms of ranking it ranks below a straight flush and above a full house. Each four of a kind is ranked first by its quadruple and then by the rank of its kicker. For example a King of Spades, Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, and a 3 of Hearts will rank higher than 7 of Hearts, Diamonds, Spades, Club, and a Queen of Hearts.

Full House: Three cards of the same value along with a pair of any other value forms a full house. An example of it is when a player has a hand with three 10’s and two eights, irrespective of the suit, is a full house. The poker hand rankings of a full house are above a flush and below Four of a kind. | Flush: Whether you are playing poker online or offline if you have any five cards of the same suit you will form a flush. To create a flush only the suit is important and not the poker cards numerical sequence. For instance, a King, 10,7,6,4 of Clubs will be called a flush. In case two or

more players have a flush, the player with the highest ranked poker cards will win. If all five cards are of the same rank then the pot is split.

Straight: Having five poker cards of sequential value for a straight hand. Every possible straight will have a 5 or a 10. If more than one player has a straight, the one with the highest-ranking card at the top of the sequence will be the winner.

Three of a Kind: This poker hand has three poker cards of the same value. Since aces are the highest card in a deck, a player making a three of a kind with aces will have a better hand than one making a three of a kind of cards with a lower value. It ranks below a straight and above a two pair.

Two Pair: This poker had ranks above one pair and high card and has two poker cards of equal value, another two cards of equal value, and one kicker card. Each pair is ranked first by the higher ranking pair, then the lower one and last is kicker’s rank.

One Pair: When players have two poker cards of one rank and three cards of three separate ranks it’s called a pair. For example, a 4 of Hearts, 4 of Spades, a King of Spades, a 10 of Diamonds, and a 5 of Spades. It's just above the high card.

High Card: Five poker cards that do not interact with each other to make any of the above hands is a high card and it's the weakest hand.

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