The winning hands of poker are shown and explained below in order from strongest to weakest. This poker site suggests printing the list off or memorizing them before you play with real money.

Royal Straight Flush: Very rarely met hand - the best one.
Straight Flush: Like Royal Straight Flush it should contain five cards of the same suit in sequence but the lowest card is not necessarily ten. It can be lower: 2 or ace: 5s-4s-3s-2s-As
Four of a Kind: Four cards of one type.
Full House: Both three of a kind and a pair. When your opponent also has a full house, the winning hand is the hand with higher three of a kind.
Flush: Five card of the same suit. If anyone else at the table has a flush too then the winning hand is that with the highest card.
Straight: Five cards in sequence off-suit.
Three of a Kind: Three cards of one type. If two of them in your hand - it is "set", else - three of a kind.
Two Pairs: A pair is two cards of a kind. In case there is more than one hand with two pairs - the winning hand is with the highest pair.
One Pair: Two cards of equal rank. In case both players with pairs have cards of the same rank - the highest odd card determines the winner.
High Card: It's the weakest hand because anyone with a pair of deuces can beat you. In this example your have "Ace high" which only can beat a hand with the lower high card.

In true USA Links fashion, here we present a free poker tip: Knowing which cards will win a hand of poker is essential, but being able to calculate poker odds in your brain while playing poker is just as important. You always want to know if you are ahead in a hand, when to bet and when to fold, and knowing the odds will give you a tremendous advantage at the best US poker sites when you have tens or hundreds of dollars on the line. Using the odds guide for dummies will allow you to know which poker hands are worth betting on and will make it easier to grind out bonuses at the different poker sites. You will also be able to adapt this type of thinking to other card games you may play.


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