Poker Hand Ranking

Poker Hand Ranking – Refresher

Poker hand rankings are the same for several varieties of the game as it is played in most casinos and poker rooms around the world. No one should sit down at any poker table without this basic knowledge. If you are involved in a friendly penny-ante game you may be able to learn while doing. These hand rankings are for the best five-card hand, whether the game is five-card or seven-card.

A player will have to have at least a pair to win a hand, most of the time. But the rank of hands actually begins with “high card.” In a standard, 52-card deck, the cards range from 2 through 10 then Jack, Queen, King and Ace. In some games the Ace can be counted as a “one,” the lowest card in the deck. If no one has a pair and one player has an Ace, this is the winning hand.

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Those are the poker hand rankings for high-card poker.