Hand Rankings

Hand Rankings

We offer many types of varities of poker at PlayAces.com.  

Hold’em, Omaha, Seven Card Stud and Five Card Draw all use the traditional ‘high’ poker rankings.

Omaha hi/lo, Razz, Stud hi/lo all use the ‘Ace to Five’ low hand rankings for low hands.
Badugi uses a special ranking of hands that is unique to that game.

Traditional High Poker Hand Ranks

Royal Flush

A Royal Flush is a straight Flush with a Ten, Jack, Queen, King and Ace - a once in a lifetime hand.

Straight Flush

Mix a straight and a flush and you get a straight flush - 5 consecutive cards of the same suit - One hell of a poker hand.

Four of a Kind (commonly referred to as Quads)

Four cards all of the same number but different suits (obviously!). The higher the card, the better the four of a kind.

Full House (commonly referred to as a Full Boat)

Three of a kind and a pair in the one hand.

Flush

That's 5 cards of the same suit. Any cards will do, they don't have to be in order but the best Flush has the highest card in it.

Straight

A straight is 5 cards of consecutive numbers. The suit doesn't matter and an Ace can be high or low. The higher the highest card, the better the straight.

3 of a Kind

Three cards of the same number. Three 7's, Three Jacks - you get the idea!

Two Pair

2 cards of the same rank and then another two cards of a different rank - therefore 2 separate pairs.

Pair

The second best hand is a pair, two cards of the same number. The higher the number, the better the pair.

High Card

The lowest hand in poker where the 5 cards do not make any of the above hands. When up against another High Card Hand, the hand with the highest card wins.