Poker Hands
It is vital that any poker player learns the ranking of poker hands.
This can avoid costly mistakes that arise out of thinking you are winning the hand but in fact one of your opponents has you beat because you have misunderstood the poker hands ranking.
You should commit to memory the order of the winning hand rankings.
But don't worry it will start to come naturally the more poker you play. It will be second nature in no time at all and you won't even have to think to remember them.
There are two types of winning poker hands ranking:
- High Poker Hand Rankings - These are the most common form of winning poker hands and are used in the most popular variants of poker such as Texas Holdem, Omaha and Stud.
- Low Poker Hands - These are a different set of winning poker hands that are based on having the lowest poker hand and are used in poker variants such as Razz and to decide the low pot in games such as Omaha Hi Low and Stud Hi Low where the pot is split into two with one going to the high hand and one to the low hand.
The best way to learn these poker hands is to get some practice in by playing so download some online poker software such as Full Tilt Poker and either get some practice in at the play money tables, or the low stakes real money tables and watch which hands are beating the others, using our guides as an aid.
If you do this you will know the winning poker hands off by heart in no time at all.
