Poker Hands

The Poker hands below are listed in highest to lowest. Thus a Royal Flush would beat a Straight Flush and a Full House a Flush and so on.

Card suites are the four different symbols on the playing cards, namely Clubs (♣), Diamonds (♦), Hearts (♥) and Spades (♠).

Royal Flush

Consists of an Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10 all of the same suit.
For example:

Straight Flush

Any five cards (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 or 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and so on) in sequence of the same suit.
For example:

Straight Flush

Four of a Kind

Irrelevant of the fifth card, Four of a Kind is when the player has all four cards of the same rank (or value), i.e. four Kings or four fives and so on.
For example:

Four Of A Kind

Full House

A Full House occurs when the player has three of a kind and One Pair.
For example:

Full House

Flush

Any five cards of the same suit but not in sequence.
For example:

Flush

Straight

Any five cards in sequence but not all the same suit.
For example:

Straight

Three of a Kind

If the player has three cards of the same rank (or value).
For example:

Three Of A Kind

Two Pair

The player has two cards of the same rank and another two cards of a different rank.
For example:

Two Pair

One Pair

There is only two cards in the five that have the same rank (or value).
For example:

One Pair

These are the most common Poker hands played, but be sure to check the hands at the poker room that you are playing at, as some tend to offer more hands or place restrictions on certain hands.