One important thing to note about Texas Hold 'em: In this variant you get two hole cards and five community cards, so seven cards total, BUT your job is to make the best possible five-card hand, which isn't always your hole cards plus three community cards. If you need a deeper refresher on the rules of Hold 'em, check out this article.
There are tons of poker games, but we're going focus on the most popular for this article: No Limit Texas Hold 'em. Put simply, in poker, your job is to make the best possible five-card hand, ranging from a high card to a royal flush.Īt showdown (when the hand is over), the player with the best hand takes the pot, so knowing the ranking of hands is pretty important. We've compiled a definitive poker hand ranking list to specifically show what each possible hand can look like in poker's most popular game: Texas Hold 'em.
