What are the hand combinations available in Texas Hold’em?

The gameplay of online Texas Hold’em

Online Texas Hold’em is becoming more popular since many people find it easy to understand and play online. There are several websites to teach people how to play Hold’em. With the help of these sites, many new players are entering the gambling industry via this game. You can easily find a 홀덤사이트 that offers all the variations of Texas Hold’em. A simple Google search of the best websites for Texas Hold’em can bring you to the top performers in the niche. The game will start with the players getting two cards for themselves. The two players sitting immediately left to the dealer will place a small blind and the big blind by force. Then the players can see their hole cards to decide whether to bet, fold, or check. It is known as the pre-flop stage. After pre-flop, the dealer will turn the first three community cards face-up on the table. Now, the players can see these three cards and try to form a better hand. The betting round will happen again, this time named Flop. Similarly, the fourth and fifth cards of the community cards will turn up one by one and induce the rounds Turn and River. At the end of the River, the active players will show their hands to compare and select the best-ranking hand as the winner. Let us see the different hand rankings available in Hold’em 

Hand combinations available in Hold’em

The hand rankings will be based on the values of the cards. The rankings for each card will be from Ace, King, Queen, Jack, 10, and will move in the descending order to 2. Sometimes, Ace will act as the value one. The players will have to form a hand with five cards out of the seven available. Each five-card combination will have a different rank and name as given below. 

Royal Flush – It is the hand with Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and 10, all of the same suit

Straight Flush – It is a hand with five consecutive values in the same pattern

Four of a kind – It is a hand with four cards of the same rank

Full House – It is a hand with three cards of one ranking and two cards of another ranking. If two players have got a full house, then the comparison of the ranks of three cards will decide the higher-ranking hand. 

Flush – It is a hand with five cards of the same suit. If two players have a flush, then the rank will decide the winner.

Straight – It is a hand with five consecutive cards irrespective of suits. A player can use Ace as both higher ranking cards with face cards, and a lower-ranking card with numbers. 

Three of a kind – It has three cards of the same rank.

Two pair – It will have two sets of same ranking cards

One pair – In case of a tie with two pairs, the higher-ranking extra card will win.