Every home game reaches the moment where someone asks whether a flush beats a straight, and the table stops while three people check their phones. This poker hands chart settles it. All ten Texas Hold'em hands are ranked here from strongest to weakest, each with example cards, what it beats, what beats it, and how often it actually turns up. The same page prints as a one-sheet cheat sheet you can leave on the table, with standard chip values on the bottom — no email capture, no sign-up, no watermark. If you are teaching new players, print one per person; if you just need to break a dispute mid-hand, the chart below answers it in one look.
Rank 1 is the strongest hand. If two players make hands on different rows, the lower row number always wins, regardless of the individual cards. Odds are the chance of making that hand using the best five of your seven cards in Texas Hold'em.
Rank
Hand
Example
Beats
Odds (7 cards)
1
Royal Flush
A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ 10♠
Everything
0.0032%
2
Straight Flush
9♥ 8♥ 7♥ 6♥ 5♥
Four of a kind and below
0.028%
3
Four of a Kind
7♠ 7♥ 7♦ 7♣ K♠
Full house and below
0.17%
4
Full House
J♠ J♥ J♦ 4♠ 4♣
Flush and below
2.6%
5
Flush
A♦ J♦ 8♦ 5♦ 2♦
Straight and below
3.0%
6
Straight
10♣ 9♦ 8♠ 7♥ 6♣
Three of a kind and below
4.6%
7
Three of a Kind
5♠ 5♥ 5♦ K♣ 9♠
Two pair and below
4.8%
8
Two Pair
Q♠ Q♦ 6♥ 6♣ A♠
One pair and high card
23.5%
9
One Pair
10♥ 10♠ A♦ 7♣ 3♥
High card only
43.8%
10
High Card
A♠ Q♦ 9♥ 6♣ 3♠
Nothing
17.4%
Standard poker chip values
The casino color convention, plus what home games usually do instead. Whatever your group picks, write it on the sheet before the first hand — mid-session value changes are how settlement arguments start.
Color
Standard value
Common home-game value
Typical use
White
$1
$0.25 or $1
Small blind and minimum bets
Red
$5
$5
Big blind and most preflop raises
Blue
$10
$10
Mid-game raises once blinds climb
Green
$25
$20 or $25
Late-game bets and rebuys
Black
$100
$50 or $100
Deep stacks and end-of-night settlement
Purple
$500
Rarely used at home
Tournament color-ups only
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Poker Hand Rankings
Strongest to weakest · Texas Hold'em
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1Royal FlushA♠K♠Q♠J♠10♠A-K-Q-J-10, same suit
2Straight Flush9♥8♥7♥6♥5♥Five in a row, same suit
3Four of a KindQ♠Q♥Q♦Q♣7♦Four cards of one rank
4Full HouseJ♠J♥J♦8♣8♦Three of a kind + a pair
5FlushA♣J♣8♣6♣3♣Any five, same suit
6Straight10♠9♥8♦7♣6♠Five in a row, mixed suits
7Three of a Kind8♠8♥8♦K♣4♦Three cards of one rank
8Two PairA♠A♦9♥9♣5♠Two different pairs
9One Pair10♥10♣A♠7♦2♣Two cards of one rank
10High CardA♦Q♠9♣6♥3♦Highest card plays
Standard Chip Values
White$1Red$5Blue$10Green$25Black$100
How to read the chart
The chart is ordered by strength, so the comparison is always the same: whoever holds the lower rank number wins the pot. A hand on rank 4 beats every hand on ranks 5 through 10, no matter how pretty the losing cards look. Only when two players land on the same rank do you compare the cards themselves, and that is where kickers and the split-pot rules further down come in. In Texas Hold'em you make the best five-card hand out of your two hole cards and the five community cards, so you can use both, one, or neither of your own cards. Print one copy per table for an experienced group, or one per player if you are teaching people who have never played before.
1. Royal flush
A Royal Flush is ace, king, queen, jack and ten, all of the same suit. It is the best possible hand in poker and it cannot be beaten — at most it can be tied by another Royal Flush on the board, in which case the pot splits. Nothing beats it, which is why the Beats column simply says everything. You will see one roughly once in every 31,000 hands you play to showdown, so most home-game players go years without making one. If you do make it, the hard part is getting paid: the board has to be dangerous enough that someone else believes they are winning.
2. Straight flush
A Straight Flush is five cards in sequence, all of the same suit — nine through five of hearts, for example. It beats four of a kind and everything below it, and loses only to a higher Straight Flush or a Royal Flush. When two players both hold a Straight Flush, the one with the higher top card wins. The ace can play low here: A-2-3-4-5 of one suit is a valid straight flush, known as the steel wheel, but it is the weakest one because its top card is the five. At about 0.028%, this is the second rarest hand on the chart.
3. Four of a kind
Four of a Kind, also called quads, is all four cards of one rank plus any fifth card. It beats a full house and everything below it. Between two players with Four of a Kind, the higher rank wins — quad nines beat quad sevens. If the four of a kind is entirely on the board, which does happen, both players play it and the fifth card decides: the higher kicker takes the pot, and if the board also provides the best kicker, the pot splits. At 0.17% this is rare enough that most home games see one every few sessions.
4. Full house
A Full House is three cards of one rank plus a pair of another — jacks full of fours, written as J-J-J-4-4. It beats a flush and everything below it, and loses to four of a kind and above. When two players both make a Full House, compare the three-of-a-kind part first: kings full of twos beats jacks full of aces, because the trips outrank the pair. Only if the trips tie do you compare the pairs. This is the first hand on the chart that shows up regularly — about 2.6% of the time — so it is worth knowing the comparison rule cold rather than working it out at the table.
5. Flush
A Flush is any five cards of the same suit that are not in sequence. It beats a straight and everything below it. This is the single most misread matchup in casual poker, so it is worth stating plainly: a Flush beats a Straight, because five of one suit is rarer than five in a row. When two players both have a Flush, the highest card wins; if that ties, compare the second highest, and so on down all five cards. Suits themselves never break the tie — a spade flush and a heart flush of identical ranks split the pot.
6. Straight
A Straight is five cards in consecutive rank across mixed suits, such as ten-nine-eight-seven-six. It beats three of a kind and everything below it, and loses to a flush and above. The ace is the only card that plays at both ends: A-K-Q-J-10 is the highest Straight, called Broadway, and A-2-3-4-5 is the lowest, called the wheel. What the ace cannot do is wrap around — Q-K-A-2-3 is not a straight. When two players both make a Straight, the higher top card wins outright, and identical straights split the pot.
7. Three of a kind
Three of a Kind is three cards of the same rank plus two unrelated cards. It beats two pair and everything below it. This is the other matchup beginners get backwards, so to be explicit: Three of a Kind beats Two Pair. When two players both hold Three of a Kind, the higher rank wins; if the trips are on the board and both players play them, the two kickers decide, highest first. Poker has two names for how you get here — a set is when your pocket pair matches one board card, trips is when one of your hole cards matches a pair on the board.
8. Two pair
Two Pair is two cards of one rank, two of another, and one unrelated card. It beats one pair and high card, and loses to three of a kind and above. Comparing Two Pair against Two Pair goes in a strict order: highest pair first, then the second pair, then the kicker. Queens and sixes beat jacks and tens because the queens win the first comparison outright, even though the second pair is lower. At 23.5% this is one of the most common made hands you will hold at showdown, and misreading which pair counts first is a genuinely expensive mistake.
9. One pair
One Pair is two cards of matching rank plus three unrelated cards. It beats only high card. Most pots at a casual table are won with One Pair or less, so this row does more work than its position suggests. When two players both hold One Pair, the higher pair wins; if the pairs are identical, the kickers are compared one at a time until one is higher. This is where an ace kicker earns its reputation — two players both pairing the board and one holding an ace is one of the most common showdowns in Texas Hold'em.
10. High card
High Card means you made none of the hands above and your hand is simply your highest card. It beats nothing on this chart. Comparison works the same way as everywhere else: highest card first, then the next, down through all five. Ace-queen-nine-six-three beats ace-jack-ten-eight-four because the second card decides it once the aces tie. High Card wins more pots than people expect, but almost always because everyone else folded rather than at showdown — which is why the odds column shows 17.4% for having nothing at all by the river.
Tie-breakers: kickers, split pots, and why suits never matter
Three rules resolve almost every dispute. First, the kicker: when two hands are the same type, unused cards break the tie in descending order, and only the best five cards count — a sixth card never plays. Second, split pots: if both players' best five cards are identical in rank, the pot is divided evenly, and this happens constantly when the board plays. Third, and the one worth writing on the sheet: suits never break ties in Texas Hold'em. There is no rule that spades beat hearts. If two players have the same flush ranks in different suits, they split. The only place suits appear at all is in dealing for the button before the game starts.
Chip values on the same sheet
The printed version carries the chip values table underneath the rankings, so a new player can read the table as easily as the board. The casino convention is white $1, red $5, blue $10, green $25, black $100, and most home games either use it directly or scale it down. What matters more than the exact numbers is that everyone agrees before the first hand and that the agreement is written down — the most common end-of-night argument is not about who won a pot, it is about what the green chips were worth. If your group runs different values, write them in the margin of the printed sheet.
Using the chart at a home game
Print one copy per table for a regular group, or one per player when you are teaching. Leave it face up next to the dealer button, where anyone can check it without asking. If the cards made it to game night but the chip case did not, every player can open a free PokerChip.live room in their browser instead: real cards on the table, digital chips on each phone, with pots, side pots and end-of-night settlement worked out automatically. No app install, no account, and no argument about who owes what when the session ends.
FAQ
Questions about poker hands chart
01
Does a flush beat a straight?
Yes. A flush — five cards of the same suit — beats a straight, which is five cards in sequence across mixed suits. A flush is rarer, turning up about 3.0% of the time against 4.6% for a straight. A full house beats both.
02
Does a full house beat a flush?
Yes. A full house sits at rank 4 on the chart and a flush at rank 5, so the full house wins every time. Only four of a kind, a straight flush and a royal flush beat a full house.
03
What is a kicker in poker?
A kicker is an unused card that breaks a tie between two hands of the same type. If both players hold one pair of kings, the highest side card wins the pot. Only the best five cards count, so a sixth card never acts as a kicker.
04
Do suits matter in poker hand rankings?
No. In Texas Hold'em all four suits are equal and no suit ever breaks a tie. Two players holding the same flush ranks in different suits split the pot. Suits are only used to deal for the button before play begins.
05
What happens when two players have the same hand?
Compare the five cards in descending order until one is higher. If all five ranks are identical, the pot splits evenly between the players. Split pots are common when the board itself plays as the best five cards.
06
Is an ace high or low in a straight?
Both. An ace plays high in A-K-Q-J-10, the strongest straight, and low in A-2-3-4-5, the weakest one. It cannot wrap around the corner, so Q-K-A-2-3 is not a straight in Texas Hold'em.
07
What beats three of a kind?
A straight, a flush, a full house, four of a kind, a straight flush and a royal flush all beat three of a kind. Three of a kind does beat two pair, which is the matchup casual players most often get backwards.
08
How many poker hands are there?
There are ten ranked hands in Texas Hold'em, from royal flush down to high card. Every showdown resolves to one of these ten, and the chart on this page lists all of them with examples.
09
Is the poker hands chart really free to print?
Yes. Print it or save it as a PDF directly from this page. There is no email capture, no sign-up, and no watermark on the printed sheet.
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How do I save the chart as a PDF?
Click Print / Save as PDF, then choose Save as PDF as the destination in your browser's print dialog. It fits on a single page in portrait orientation on both A4 and US Letter.
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What chip values should we use at a home game?
The standard convention is white $1, red $5, blue $10, green $25, black $100. Any values work as long as everyone agrees before the first hand — write custom values on the printed sheet so nobody relitigates them at settlement.
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Do these rankings apply to games other than Texas Hold'em?
The ten hand rankings are the same in Omaha, seven-card stud and five-card draw. What changes is how you build the hand — Omaha requires exactly two of your four hole cards, and the odds of making each hand differ from the Hold'em figures shown here.
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