Basic Poker Rules

poker hands and rankings  Poker hands are ranked based on the rarity and difficulty of achieving them, with Royal Flush being the highest and High Card being the lowest  The hand ranking poker are as follows: Royal Flush The best hand possible, a royal flush consists of A, K, Q, J and 10,

A hand in poker consists of five cards, which fall into several categories Below is the complete list of poker hands, from highest to lowest  There are four suits ; however, no suit is higher than another All poker hands contain five cards, the highest hand wins

In the table below you can see all poker hands sorted from highest to lowest regardless if you play cash games or tournament poker  There are ten different poker hands ranked, from the highest to the lowest: Royal Flush is the highest hand, followed by Straight flush, Four-of-a-kind, Full