The best way to remember poker hands and their ranking, is to break them into 2 halves˳
The first half is the low rankings˳
- High card
- 1 Pair
- 2 Pair
- 3 of a kind
- Straight
This part is pretty easy˳
Basically it’s 1, 2, 3, straight˳
The straight is the straight line that divides the first half from the second half˳
Visually it would look like this:
1 2 3 /
Representing 1 pair, 2 pair, 3 of a kind and Straight˳
A straight is 5 cards in sequence˳
How do you remember what a straight is?
A straight is a hand where all the cards are neighbors˳
Next door neighbors to be exact˳
Both straight and neighbors have an (IGH) in the middle˳
Visually it would look like this˳
straIGHt = neIGHbors
Back to the rankings
The cards in the second half are ranked as follows:
- FLUSH
- FULL HOUSE
- FOUR OF A KIND
- STRAIGHT FLUSH
- ROYAL FLUSH
So how do you remember the card ranks for the second half and highest ranking poker hands?
Just memorize this little saying˳
“FLUSH, a FULL, FOUR, or Second FLUSH, Required”
The best way to remember this saying is to imagine flushing you eye or skin with water˳
This may sound hard at first but is very easy˳
“FLUSH, a FULL, FOUR, or Second FLUSH, Required”
Representing
- FLUSH
- FULL HOUSE
- FOUR OF A KIND
- STRAIGHT FLUSH
- ROYAL FLUSH
Pretty self explanatory except
Second FLUSH = Straight FLUSH and
Required =Royal flush
FLUSH, a FULL, FOUR, or Second FLUSH, Required
The easiest way to check that you have remembered the line correctly is to see that flush has 5 letters, full house has 9 letters, four of a kind has 11 letters and straight flush has 13 so they get progressively larger as you go up in ranking˳
Tip˳ Count the letters in the word four not the #4 and a royal flush beats every other hand in poker˳
“FLUSH, a FULL, FOUR, or Second FLUSH, Required”
Back to the Rankings˳
FLUSH
A flush is a hand where all the cards are the same suit˳
How do you remember what a flush is?
Both flush and suit have a U in them˳
Visually it would look like this˳
flUsh = sUit
Full House
A Full house is a pair and 3 of a kind˳ The hand is ranked by the highest 3 of a kind˳ In a tie, the rankings of the pair are compared˳
Four of a Kind
Four of the same cards but different suits˳
Straight Flush
A straight flush is five Consecutive cards and of the same suit˳
So a straIGHt flUsh is 5 neIGHbors of the same sUit˳
Royal Flush
A Royal flush is a straight Flush Ace high˳ A royal flush will always be a 10, jack, queen, king and ace of the same suit˳
A couple of things to keep in mind˳
Someone wins every hand of Texas Holdem Poker so if nobody has even 1 pair, the person with the highest card “high card” wins˳ This is the lowest winning hand rank˳
If the flop cards are the highest rank, then everybody still in the game shares that pot˳ For example the flop cards may be 1 pair and if that is the highest hand then anyone who didn’t fold shares the pot˳
It is also possible to have 5 of a kind if you are playing with more than one deck of cards or if you are playing with wild cards˳ Although not commonly listed as a winning hand, it ranks between the straight flush and the royal flush˳ Nothing beats a royal flush, it is the highest poker hand with odds of getting one 30,939 to 1˳
Remember this mnemonic device for poker hand ranks
1, 2, 3, Straight, FLUSH, a FULL, FOUR, or Second FLUSH, Required
Now you learned what all the poker hands are and you now have a handy mnemonic device to remember their ranking˳
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