Know where your hand stands.
From the rarest royal flush to a well-timed high card. Select a hand to see how it works, and what breaks a tie.
Royal flush
An ace-high straight flush: A-K-Q-J-10, all in the same suit. The highest possible poker hand.
Two royal flushes tie. Suits never break a tie.
Seven cards. Your best five.
In Texas Hold’em, make the strongest five-card hand from your two hole cards and five community cards. You can use both, one, or neither of your hole cards.
Explore a hand with the calculatorCan the board play?
Yes. If the best five cards are on the board, players with no improvement share the pot. A hole-card kicker does not help if it is outside your best five.
Does a flush in spades beat hearts?
No. Suits are equal. Compare the five ranks in descending order; if they match, split the pot.
Is an ace always high?
An ace is high except in the five-high straight A-2-3-4-5 (the wheel). It cannot bridge king and two: K-A-2-3-4 is not a straight.