In Texas Hold’em it your hand ranking is defined on five cards, this includes the five community cards and your two pocket cards. Bellow you will see a chart with the hand rankings. Starting with the best hand at the top, and going down to the worst hand at the bottom. For each hand rank it is always the higher rank that wins. For example a pair of aces beats a pair of kings. A straight flush nine high, beats a straight flush eight high.

Rank	Hand	Example	Explanation
1	Royal Flush		Five cards in a row, 10 through ace with the same suit.
2	Straight Flush		A stright flush contains five cards of the same suit in a run.
3	Four of a Kind		Four of the same card.
4	Full House		Three of a kind, plus a pair.
5	Flush		Five cards of the same suit.
6	Straight		Five cards in a run, but not of the same suit.
7	Three of a Kind		Three cards of the same value.
8	Two Pairs		Two pairs, is excatly how it sounds.
9	One Pair		One pair, is two cards of the same value.

Also bellow this you can have no hand, or high card, this is when you have none of the above hands. Therefore, your top card plays, for example, A, K, 10, 3, 2 on the board and J 5 in your hand, your best hand would be A, K, J, 10 and 5.

Hand definitions.

While sitting at the table you might hear some hands called many different things, here are the majority of definitions’ for hands. If you can think of any more, or would like to know one that is not listed, please let us know, and we will list it.

Texas Hold’em hand slang.

You will also hear players describe their hole cards. If you do not know the definitions it may just sound like a load of gibberish. Here are some of the definitions you may hear at the table.

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