Thursday 2 May 2019

An Easy Way to Remember Poker Hand Rankings

How to remember Poker Hand Ranking?


Does a Full House beat a Straight Flush?
Does a Straight beat Four of a Kind?
Does a Royal Flush beat Four of a Kind?
Does a Flush beat a Straight?
Do Two Pairs beat Three of a Kind?

Accept it, we’ve all been bewildered with the different hand rankings of Poker one time or another. Whether you play Poker in India or anywhere else, playing Poker in the casinos or in various websites that offer Online Poker or Real Money Poker India, sometimes it’s just too damn complicated. But, for the inexperienced & untrained, remembering and the hand rankings in Poker can be arduous and burdensome.

Poker Hand Ranking
Poker Hand Ranking



In Texas Hold’em Poker and Pot Limit Omaha Poker, Poker hand rankings are the same - the Royal Flush (A,K,Q,J,10 of the same suit) is the best possible hand in a Poker game, called the unbeatable hand. Then comes Straight Flush, Four of a Kind, Full House, Flush, Straight, Three of a Kind, Two Pair, One Pair & High Card.



The Conventional Poker Hand Rankings goes something like this:

1. Royal Flush = an Ace-high Straight Flush [A,K,Q,J,10 same suit]
2. Straight Flush = a five-card straight [8,7,6,5,4 same suit]
3. Four of a Kind = four cards of the same value [9,9,9,9]
4. Full House = three of cards of one value and a pair of another value [K,K,K,2,2]
5. Flush = any 5 cards of the same suit (2, 4,7,10,K of Spades)
6. Straight = five cards of sequential value [Q,J,10,9,8 off suit]
7. Three of a Kind = three cards of the same value [6,6,6]
8. Two Pairs = two cards of one value & another two cards of another value [JJ,88]
9. One Pair = two cards of the same value [Q,Q]
10. High Card = highest card in the player’s hand

Even with the image, it’s still difficult to remember them all!


So, here’s a simple memory technique to help your brain better encode and recall this information, a mnemonic that will be a great help in recollecting the different hands of Poker - Stay-Fresh 4 a House Full of Sharks, 3, 2, 1


Stay-Fresh - Straight Flush

4 - Four of a Kind
House-Full - Full House
Sharks - Straight
3 - Three of a Kind
2 - Two Pair
1 - One Pair

It’s that simple! So, Stay Fresh 4 a House Full of Sharks… 3, 2, 1


Go Play!

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