| Ranking
order or Poker Hands | General
Poker Rules | Basic
Poker Strategy There are 2,598,960 five-card combinations
in a standard 52-card deck with no wild cards. The value
of each possible poker hand is based on the likely hood
of it being dealt. For example, there e are only four royal
flushes among the available combinations, making it the
rarest - and most valuable - hand.
| Hand |
No. of Possibilities
|
Probability |
| Royal Flush (A, K, Q, J, 10 of same suit) |
4 |
1 in 649,740 |
| Straight flush (e.g., 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, of same suit) |
36 |
1 in 72,192 |
| Four of a kind (e.g., four 7s) |
624 |
1in 4,165 |
| Full house (three of a kind plus a pair) |
3,744 |
1 in 694 |
| Flush (any five cards of same suit) |
5,108 |
1 in 509 |
| Straight (e.g., 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, of mixed suits) |
10,200 |
1 in 255 |
| Three of a kind |
54,912 |
1 in 47 |
| Two pair |
123,552 |
1 in 21 |
| One pair |
1,098,240 |
1 in 2 |
| No pair |
1,302,540 |
1 in 2 |
Note: In games in which a joker is used, five aces
is the highest-ranking hand.
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