Straight: A straight is made up of five cards of consecutive value, but not the same suit.ħ. Flush: A flush is a hand where all five cards are the same suit.Ħ. Full House: Often referred to as a ‘boat’, a full house poker hand consists of three-of-a-kind plus a pair.ĥ.

Four-of-a Kind: Also known as ‘quads’, this is a hand made up of four cards of the same value, plus one extra card.Ĥ. Straight Flush: Technically a Royal Flush is just the best possible straight flush, which is a hand that is both a straight and a flush.ģ. Still one of the most iconic images in the game, it’s the highest possible straight flush consisting of A, K, Q, J and 10 of the same suit.Ģ. Royal Flush: The best hand in poker, although it doesn’t occur very often. In a few games the probabilities and rankings differ, but for most variants, including Texas Hold’em, winning poker hands are determined in this order:ġ. These poker hand rankings are based upon the probability of each occurring, with the rarest holdings having the highest value.