Standard five-card poker hands are ranked here in order of strength, from the weakest hand to the strongest.

High Card
If a hand contains none of the above combinations, it's valued by the highest card in it.

Example:
High card

Pair
Two cards of the same value (e.g.: 7, 7).

Example:
Pair

Two Pair
Two separate pairs (e.g.: 2, 2, Queen, Queen).

Example:
Two pair

Three of a Kind
Three cards of the same value (e.g.: 3, 3, 3; or Jack, Jack, Jack).

Example:
Three of a kind

Straight
Five cards in sequence, but not in the same suit (e.g.: 7 of clubs, 8 of clubs, 9 of diamonds, 10 of spades and Jack of hearts).

Example:
Straight

Flush
Any five cards of the same suit, but not in sequence (e.g.: 4, 5, 7, 10 and King of spades).
Since the use of community cards can allow more than one player to have a Flush with the same high card, the winning hand is the Flush with the highest second/third/fourth/fifth card.

Example:
Flush

Full House
Three of a kind combined with a pair (e.g.: 10, 10, 10 with 6, 6; or King, King, King with 5, 5).

Example:
Full house

Four of a Kind
All four cards of the same value (e.g.: 8, 8, 8, 8; or Queen, Queen, Queen, Queen).

Example:
Four of a kind

Straight Flush
Any five-card sequence in the same suit (e.g.: 8, 9, 10, Jack and Queen of clubs; or 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of diamonds).

Example:
Straight flush

Royal Flush - the best possible hand
Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10, all of the same suit.

Example:
Royal flush

denominations & amounts

$10.00 buy-in per player

  • White = "10" (~ $0.08)
  • Red = "20" (~ $0.15)
  • Blue = "50" (~ $0.38)
  • Green = "100" (~ $0.77)
  • Black = "500" (~ $3.85)
Starting amount: 1300
(10 W, 10 R, 10 Bl, 5 G)

"Late start" amount: 950
(10 W, 10 R, 5 Bl, 4 G)

blinds & raise times:

  • 10/20 (Start)
  • 20/40 (1 hour in)
  • 40/80 (1.5 hours in)
  • 50/100 (2 hours in)
  • 100/200 (2.5 hours in)
  • 200/400 (3 hours in)
  • 400/800 (3.25 hours in)
  • 500/1000 (3.5 hours in)
Blinds continue to double every 15 minutes from this point on