Hand rankings, strongest to weakest
Poker Cheat Sheet
Every hand, in order. Keep the chart beside you, print a copy, or calculate your next showdown.
A royal flush leads the chart. At showdown, the best five-card hand wins. Suits have equal rank.
Poker Hands Cheat Sheet
STRONGEST → WEAKEST| # | Hand | Example | 5-card odds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Royal flush | AKQJT | 0.00015%4 hands |
| 02 | Straight flush | 98765 | 0.00139%36 hands |
| 03 | Four of a kind | AAAA7 | 0.024%624 hands |
| 04 | Full house | KKK44 | 0.144%3,744 hands |
| 05 | Flush | AJ863 | 0.197%5,108 hands |
| 06 | Straight | 98765 | 0.392%10,200 hands |
| 07 | Three of a kind | QQQ82 | 2.113%54,912 hands |
| 08 | Two pair | JJ559 | 4.754%123,552 hands |
| 09 | One pair | TTA74 | 42.257%1,098,240 hands |
| 10 | High card | AJ963 | 50.118%1,302,540 hands |
Exact counts from all 2,598,960 five-card deals. Royal flushes are counted separately. These are dealt-hand probabilities.
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Texas Hold’em, before the flop. Each cell is a Monte Carlo estimate from 1,000,000 deals computed by our engine at build time. Tap a hand to load it in the calculator.
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Poker Cheat Sheet for Beginners
Start with high card, one pair and two pair at the bottom of the chart. Then work upward: three of a kind, straight, flush and full house. Every row beats all the rows below it.
- Make your best five-card hand. In Hold’em, combine your hole cards and the board in any way.
- Compare the hand type first. A flush beats a straight; three of a kind beats two pair.
- For the same type, compare the ranks that make the hand, then the remaining cards (kickers), highest first.
Same pair? Look at the kickers.
With A♠ A♦ K♣ 9♥ 4♣ against A♥ A♣ Q♦ 9♠ 4♦, both players have a pair of aces. The king kicker beats the queen.
Aces can finish either end of a straight.
A–2–3–4–5 is a five-high straight. T–J–Q–K–A is ace-high. A straight runs in one continuous sequence.
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Make your hand with exactly two of your four hole cards and exactly three community cards. Select Omaha in the calculator to apply that rule.