Tips For Beginners
Before you’re ready to start practicing your poker
face, go about impersonating James Bond and slapping your
savings down on a felt table, you're going to have to know,
as the great Kenny Rogers sang, when to hold 'em and know
when to fold 'em.
It's a decent idea when starting out to have first-rate
knowledge of the Poker hand rankings. The basis of all Poker
awareness is built around the rankings of a hand. Once you
have understood these, you'll find a whole range of possibilities
and game variations will become open to you.
Take some time to commit these hand rankings to your memory
then take your new found understanding to the tables (along
with your poker face and bad James Bond impersonation!)
and there you'll begin to appreciate why Poker is indeed
the worlds' most popular card game. Below, the hand rankings
are displayed in an order of highest-ranking hand (1. Royal
Flush) to the lowest ranking hand (10. High Card). Five
of a kind has not been listed because it is only possible
when wild cards are being used. If wild cards are being
used, five of a kind is often considered the highest hand.
1. Royal Flush 1 Chance in 649,739 Hand
Dealt
A, K, Q, J, 10 all of the same suit. The Big one. The hand
everyone strives for and the reason we play this game.
2. Straight Flush 1 Chance in 72,192 Hand
Dealt
Any five card sequence in the same suit. (Ex: 8, 9, 10,
J, Q and A, 2, 3, 4, 5 of same suit). You can take this
hand straight to the bank.
3. Four of a Kind 1 Chance in 4,164 Hand
Dealt
All four cards of the same index (Ex: Q, Q, Q, Q). A great
hand when you can get it.
4. Full House 1 Chance in 693 Hand Dealt
Three of a kind combined with a pair (Ex: A, A, A, 5, 5).
Many a round has been won and lost on this hand. Mostly
won.
5. Flush 1 Chance in 508 Hand Dealt
Any five cards of the same suit, but not in sequence. No
need to turn red with embarrassment with this hand.
6. Straight 1 Chance in 254 Hand Dealt
Five cards in sequence, but not of the same suit. After
all, you wouldn't want to clash.
7. Three of a Kind 1 Chance in 46 Hand Dealt
Three cards of the same rank.
8. Two pair 1 Chance in 20 Hand Dealt
Two separate pairs (Ex: J, J, 9, 9).
9. Pair 1 Chance in 4 Hand Dealt
Two cards of the same rank. (Q, Q) Sometimes called a San
Francisco Pair.
10. Highest Card 1 Chance in 2 Hand Dealt
Highest card in your hand. Well at least you tried.
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