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Card Values/Scoring. While Poker is played in innumerable forms, a player who understands the values of the Poker hands and the principles of betting can play without difficulty in any type of Poker game. Except in a few versions of the game, a Poker hand consists of five cards. Official poker rankings: ties and kickers. Poker is all about making the best five-card poker hand from the seven cards available (five community cards plus your own two hole cards). That means in the event of a tie with four of a kind, three of a kind, two pair, one pair, or high card, a side card, or 'kicker', comes into play to decide who wins the pot. Use our poker hands reference chart until you are 100% certain of hand rankings. Poker hands from strongest to weakest Royal Flush: Five card sequence from 10 to the Ace in the same suit (10,J,Q,K,A). For example, if the board runs out J♦ 2♦ 3♣ 7♠ 2♠, hands like 7♣ 6♣ and A♥ Q♥ and have showdown value, as this board doesn’t have any possible flushes or straights, and a pair or ace- high hand stands a reasonable chance of winning in a showdown. As suited cards slightly increase the value of a starting hand due to their higher flush capabilities (you can see this illustrated in the poker hand strength charts) those 78 suited non-paired starting hands are counted separately from unpaired starting hands.

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Article Summary:Learning the proper ranking of “poker hands” is a vital component in becoming a solid poker player. This article provides a full overview of what you need to know when starting out learning to play.

One of the most important fundamentals of learning to play poker online is getting a thorough understanding of poker hand rankings since you’ll obviously need to know what hand beats what while your playing the game. If you are just starting out, it’s a good idea to commit the hands and their respective values to memory so you’ll never get confused in a game and make bets based on the wrong hand. On this page you will find an illustration of poker hand rankings (below) as well as comprehensive descriptions of each hand and how its formed during play.

Royal Flush: A Royal Flush is the absolute best hand you can get in poker and consists of consecutive 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of the same suit, it can be any suit but must be these specific cards.

Straight Flush: A Straight Flush is the 2nd highest hand in a poker game and is 5 consecutive cards of the same suit that are not the Royal Flush cards, for example 3,4,5,6,7 of diamonds is a Straight Flush.

Four of a Kind: Getting Four of a Kind in poker games means that you hand contains one card plus four other cards that are the same, for example getting Ace, 8, 8, 8, 8 would mean you have Four of a Kind.

Full House: A Full House is a hand that is comprised of a pair and three of a kind, so for example say that you were dealt Ace, Ace, King, King, King, this would mean you had a Full House in your hand.

Flush: When you get a Flush it means that your hand has cards that are all the same suit which are unordered, if the hand was ordered and the same suit you would have a Straight Flush.

Straight: A Straight is a hand of 5 consecutive unsuited cards so for example if you were dealt a range such as 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack you would have a Straight which is the 6th best hand you can get in poker games.

Three of a Kind: When you get Three of a Kind in your hand this would mean that you have 2 unpaired cards and three cards that are the same, for example King, 10, 3, 3, 3 would be a 3 of a Kind hand.

Two Pair: In order to have Two Pair you hand must be comprised of a single card plus 2 sets of pairs for example getting Ace, 10, 10, 2, 2 would mean that you have two pair which is the 8th best hand in poker.

One Pair: Getting a One Pair hand means that you have three unmatched cards and one pair of cards for example the following hand would represent One Pair, 10, 10, 3, Jack, King and is the 9th best hand possible.

No Pair: As you’ve probably figured out by now, having No Pair means that you have 5 cards that are unmatched and unsuited, for example 10, Jack, 2, 6, Ace would be a No Pair hand and is the lowest hand.

Determining High Hands

What Is The Hierarchy Of Poker Hands

Now that we’ve covered the actual hand rankings and how they are dealt, it’s time to cover another important subject when it comes to values of poker hands which is determining who wins when you have the same type of hand. For example say that you got to the end of a hand and when you turned your cards over you and the other player both had full houses, how do you determine who has won? The answer is basically it comes down to the high hand which basically means the hand which contains higher value cards keeping in mind that 2 is the lowest card and Ace is the highest card. For simplicities sake let’s outline a few examples below to show you who would win in each particular showdown to give you a solid overview of how high hand works.

Example One: The first player has a full house with 10, 10, 10, Jack, Jack and the second player holds a full house with 10, 10, 10, Ace, Ace. In this case, the 2nd player would win the hand even though both players have a full house as the second players hand is higher than the first since he has the pair of aces over the jacks.

Example Two: Say that the first player has 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 of Diamonds and the second player has 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 of spades. In this case, both players have straight flushes however player one wins since their hand is a higher straight flush with 5-9 whereas the second player has 2-6 contained in their hand.

Example Three: For our last example, let’s say that player one had 2, Jack, 8, 4, 6 of hearts and player two had 3, Ace, King, 9, 5 of hearts – both players have a flush but player two has higher cards that the first player and in this example would win, when it comes to flushes the highest card in the flush wins the hand.

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Which poker stats are most important?

Our poker HUD software offers a large amount of statistics. Knowing which ones are relevant and important can be overwhelming. If you are new to poker software you can initially ignore all statistics except the essential three poker statistics. Once you have understood how to use the basic statistics, you can add more depending on your style of play, and your chosen table size.

The big three poker statistics (and one bonus stat):

• Voluntarily Put $ in Pot (VPIP)
• Preflop Raise (PFR)
• Postflop Aggression Frequency (Agg)
• A bonus stat: Big blinds won/100 hands.

These three statistics are a great starting point to get an idea of a person’s playing style. They only require 25 hands or so to reliably give a good idea of a player's tendencies.

Poker Hands Chart

Voluntarily Put $ in Pot (VPIP)

VPIP in poker measures how often you voluntarily pay money into a hand before seeing the flop. Paying the big blind, the small blind, or the ante is not considered voluntary. Therefore this percentage indicates how often you called, bet, or raised. The lower this value, the tighter your hand selection is. The higher, the looser. Only preflop betting is taken into account.

Good players know to only invest money in the pot when they have decent starting hands. A simple way to measure whether you are doing this is to keep your VPIP at a sensible value.

What is a good number for VPIP?

Simple answer: between 15% and 20%. This assumes you want to play tightly, you are playing micro-stakes, and you are playing on full ring cash tables.

Now the more complicated answer: it depends a lot. If you are still learning to play good poker, then you should be very selective in which hands you play, so your VPIP might acceptably be a tad lower than 15%. The less people on the table, the more hands you can play. If you are on a table full of ultralight players, you can also loosen up. An experienced player who understands the subtleties of the game can get away with a VPIP between 20% and 27%. In 6-max or heads-up, most players have a much higher VPIP. In Pot Limit Omaha, VPIP values will be even higher.

Preflop Raise (PFR)

The PFR statistic indicates how often you have raised before the flop is seen. A high value is an indicator of an aggressive player. A low value indicates a passive player. Good players are aggressive players.

Your PFR has a possible range between a minumum of 0% and a maximum equal to the value of your VPIP. That is, if your VPIP is 20%, then your PFR can’t be higher than 20%. Ideally it should be a little lower than your VPIP, but not much lower.

Poor players and beginners play timidly. They call too often preflop. Good players frequently fold or raise preflop, especially if no other players have yet raised. If you are not prepared to raise, then you should consider folding. Calling preflop just in case the flop is good for you is not a winning poker strategy.

What is a good PFR range?

Between 2% and 3% lower than VPIP. If your VPIP is 15%, PFR should be about 12%. These two numbers in combination indicate that you are only playing quality hole cards, and you are predominantly raising with them pre-flop. In other words, you are playing how most poker books and poker forums say you should play.

Postflop Aggression Frequency (Agg)

Agg indicates how aggressively you play postflop. The higher this number, the more aggressively you are playing. This must be interpreted in combination with VPIP. Players who see very few flops will naturally tend to have a higher aggression percentage because they are only playing top-quality hole cards.

Poor players play passively postflop. They’ll check or call too often. Good players know to play good hands aggressively postflop:

• because players with speculative hands are forced to fold before they get free cards
• because if they hit the flop or have a dominating hand, a bet or raise will increase their return

What is a good Agg range?

50% to 60% is ideal, assuming that you have a VPIP of 15% to 20%. Much higher, and you are probably overplaying speculative hands and bad hands, and bluffing too much. Much lower and you are not playing your good hands strongly postflop.

Leave the bluffing for the movies and for live play. At low stakes online play, bluffing is much less important than a good understanding of the probabilities of winning hands.

Big blinds won/100 hands

The three stats I've presented so far mean nothing if you can't keep your win rate positive. A nice way to 'normalize' your win rate across different stake levels, table sizes, and opponents is to measure how much you won in terms of the big blind. If you are playing at a table where the big blind is $0.50, and you won $20, then think of this as winning 40 big blinds.

If this number is not positive, then you are losing money. The best remedy is to drop to a lower stake level, where the opponents are weaker. If, according to this stat, you consistently win over time, then you should consider going up to a higher stake level.

Printable Poker Hands Chart

Adjusting your play based on the villain's poker stats

This is where our poker HUD software gets really useful: analyzing and exploiting opponent weaknesses. Let's consider some hypothetical players:

Tight Tim has VPIP of 5%, PFR of 5%, and Agg of 100%

With such a low VPIP, we can guess that this player folds anything except the very best hands. And with a PFR equal to VPIP, when he gets premium hands, he raises. So if this player raises, and you are next to act, you know that you should fold every hand except the best few hands, such as AA, KK, QQ. You can be almost certain that if you go to the flop, he'll raise postflop. So play tighter than usual with this player. But when you do get a premium hand, and he comes along, you can be sure that player B will put plenty of chips into the pot. Your pot, hopefully.

Passive Pete has VPIP of 20%, PFR of 16%, and Agg of 10%.

This player seems take have a good handle on preflop play. But when he gets to the flop, he gets timid. He is probably going to give you a chance postflop to see the turn and river for free. If you go to the flop with him and raise, there is a good chance he'll fold. So you can play a bit more aggressively both preflop and postflop.

Eddie the Eagle has VPIP of 22%, PFR of 19%, and Agg of 55%.

Eddie has a good all-round balance between preflop and postflop play. Preflop, he plays tight and aggressively. Postflop, he balances between pushing hard with his good hands, and being willing to fold or check with his weaker hands. Eddie would be well-served to move on to understanding more advanced poker statistics.

Tracking your poker stats

Poker players use poker software like Poker Copilot to automatically record their hands. Each hand is broken down into many statistics, which are then aggregated into simple percentages.

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Poker Statistics Guide

Poker Hands Values

What’s next after you’ve understood the basic poker stats? Read our Poker Statistics Guide for a comprehensive explanation of understanding and using all the main poker statistics.