{"id":463,"date":"2026-03-01T07:52:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T23:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/?p=463"},"modified":"2026-04-13T21:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:37:04","slug":"texas-holdem-hand-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-hand-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Hold'em Hand Rankings and Showdown Rules (Beginner\u2019s Essentials)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"201\" data-end=\"259\">Texas Hold&#039;em hand rankings are essential knowledge that all poker players must learn.<br \/>In Texas Hold'em, learn to<strong data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"239\">Card size and card comparison rules<\/strong>This is the most basic step in improving judgment speed and decision-making ability. The final outcome of Texas Hold&#039;em depends on the combinations players can form.<strong data-start=\"281\" data-end=\"309\">Best 5 Cards (Best Five Cards)<\/strong>Each player will start from their own... <strong data-start=\"323\" data-end=\"332\">2 hands<\/strong>with desktop <strong data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"347\">5 public cards<\/strong>In this game, the five strongest cards are selected and compared. If two players have the same hand, a tiebreaker will be played.<strong data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"404\">Kicker (Kicker) or card size<\/strong> To distinguish the winner and the loser.<br \/><\/p>\n<h2>Texas playing card type size (from large to small)<\/h2>\n<p>The following are all the card types of Texas Holdem, ranked from large to small\uff1a<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Royal flush (Royal Flush)<br \/>A-K-Q-J-10, with the same suit, is the strongest card type of Texas Holdem.<br \/><\/li>\n<li>Straight flush (Straight Flush)<br \/>Five consecutive numbers and the same suit, for example 9\u2660 8\u2660 7\u2660 6\u2660 5\u2660<\/li>\n<li>Four of a Kind (Four of a Kind)<br \/>Four cards of the same number of points, such as K-K-K-K<\/li>\n<li>Gourd (Full House)<br \/>Three + one pair, for example Q-Q-Q + 7-7<\/li>\n<li>Flush (Flush)<br \/>Five cards of the same suit, but no serial numbers are required<\/li>\n<li>Shunzi (Straight)<br \/>Five consecutive numbers, but the colors can be different<\/li>\n<li>Three of a Kind (Three of a Kind)<br \/>Three cards of the same number of points<\/li>\n<li>Two pairs (Two Pair)<\/li>\n<li>One pair (One Pair)<\/li>\n<li>High Card (High Card)<br \/>When there is no card type, the biggest card will win the tiebreaker<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h4>Which one of the flushes and Shunzi is bigger?<\/h4>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><span style=\"color: #333300\">In Texas Hold&#039;em hand rankings: Flush &gt; Straight<\/span><br> <span style=\"color: #333300\">The reason is that <strong data-start=\"950\" data-end=\"966\">a flush is less likely to occur than a straight<\/strong> , therefore it ranks higher.<br><\/span> <span style=\"color: #333300\">Simple memorization method:<\/span><br> <span style=\"color: #333300\">Straight \u2192 Only consecutive numbers are needed<\/span><br> <span style=\"color: #333300\">Flush \u2192 Requires five cards of the same suit<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, flushes are usually more difficult to form.<\/p>\n<h4>What is the Kicker of Texas Hold'em?<\/h4>\n<p>When two players have the same card type, they need to use <strong data-start=\"1076\" data-end=\"1090\">Kicker (kicker)<\/strong> To determine the winner. A Kicker is an extra high card used to compare the value of hands of the same rank. For example:<br \/>Player A<br \/>A\u2660 A\u2666 K\u2663<\/p>\n<p>Player B<br \/>A\u2665 A\u2663 Q\u2660<\/p>\n<p>Both of them <strong data-start=\"1177\" data-end=\"1185\">A pair of A<\/strong>, But player A's <strong data-start=\"1195\" data-end=\"1209\">Kicker is K<\/strong>, Player B is <strong data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1220\">Q<\/strong>Therefore, Player A wins.<\/p>\n<h2>Will the public card make everyone's card type the same?<\/h2>\n<p>It is possible. If the desktop <strong data-start=\"1269\" data-end=\"1288\">The 5 public cards themselves form the strongest card type<\/strong>In this case, all players will use the same five cards. For example:<\/p>\n<p>Public card<br \/>A-K-Q-J-10<\/p>\n<p>If no one can form a stronger hand, all players will use that hand. This situation is called a split pot.<\/p>\n<h4>Texas Hold'em Novice Quick Judgment List<\/h4>\n<p>When comparing cards, novices can quickly check the following three questions\uff1a<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Can I use the public deck to make a better one?<strong data-start=\"1454\" data-end=\"1463\">Best five cards<\/strong>\uff1f<\/li>\n<li>If the card type is the same, mine <strong data-start=\"1478\" data-end=\"1493\">Is Kicker bigger?<\/strong>\uff1f<\/li>\n<li>Is this game possible?<strong data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1527\">Split pot (Split Pot)<\/strong>\uff1f<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Mastering these three basic judgments can greatly improve the speed of understanding the hand.<\/p>\n<h3>Want to change Texas Holdem from \"can understand\" to \"can win\"?<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to learn more about Texas Hold'em, you can continue reading\uff1a<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-history\/\">The Origins of Texas Hold'em: Why is it the World's Most Popular Poker Variant?<\/a><br data-start=\"2628\" data-end=\"2631\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-betting-actions\/\">Texas Hold'em Betting teaching: Check \/ Bet \/ Call \/Raise and Betting Strategy Analysis<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-position-strategy\/\">The importance of Texas Hold'em position? Why is the back position more advantageous?<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/hunter-poker-texas-holdem-how-to-play\/\">How to play Texas Hold'em? Novices learn Texas Hold'em rules, processes and betting teaching in 10 minutes<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-starting-hands\/\">Texas Hold&#039;em Starting Hands Strategy Guide: Which Hands to Play?<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-starting-hands-chart\/\">Texas Holdem Starting Hands Chart Tutorial: Complete Starting Hand Chart and Position Strategy<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/texas-holdem-rules-and-game-flow\/\">How to play Texas Hold&#039;em? Complete rules and a hand&#039;s flow (Preflop \/ Flop \/ Turn \/ River)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"translation-block\"><em>Hunter Poker offers comprehensive tutorials, hand analysis, and strategy sharing to help players upgrade from simply &quot;reading the cards&quot; to <strong data-start=\"2099\" data-end=\"2113\">understanding the range<\/strong> . This allows you to make better decisions in every hand.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p><!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to compare hand rankings in Texas Hold&#039;em? This article provides a complete explanation of the ten hand rankings in Texas Hold&#039;em, the difference between a straight flush and a straight, the kicker rule, and how community cards affect the hand comparison results, helping beginners quickly master the rules of Texas Hold&#039;em.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1],"tags":[408,407,11],"class_list":["post-463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-10","category-1","tag-poker-hand-rankings","tag-texas-holdem-2","tag-11"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6361,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463\/revisions\/6361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hunter.poker\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}