Video Poker Ranking Basics

Below we give the video poker ranking information. The hands are listed according to the size of payouts. Thus Royal flush has the biggest payoffs while High card or One pair is the worst paid off. Additionally, as we have underlined the higher the payoffs are the worse probability of the hand appearing.

Royal Flush

Royal Flush is the straight of five cards of one suit made up of the cards with the highest rank: ten, jack, queen, king and ace. According to video poker ranking Royal Flush is the best possible hand which provides has the biggest payoffs.

Straight Flush

Straight flush is the sequence of five cards of the same suit though the highest card may be any card unlike in royal flush. For instance, poker hand consisting of 7, 8, 9, 10 and jack of diamonds is Straight flush.

Four of a Kind

This is the hand which contains four card of one rank but one card of another value, for example, four eights and three.

Full House

Full House contains three cards of the same rank and two of another value, for example two jacks and three eights.

Flush

Flush has any five cards of one suit (hearts, spades, clubs, diamonds) no matter the value of all cards.

Straight

Straight hand is the hand comprising the cards in sequence no matter the suit, as 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Three of a kind

This hand comprises three cards of the same value as the hand of three sevens and two other cards any suit and value.

Two pair

Two pair has two cards of one rank and two other cards of one rank. For instance, the hand of two nines and two fives is called Two pair.

One pair

One pair hand comprises two cards of one rank and three different cards, as two fours and three different cards.

High card

According to video poker ranking High card is the combination of any cards that doesn’t form any of the winning hands. High card hand is applied just in common poker game because only when two or more players get these hands the winner is the one whose hand contains the highest card. In video poker game each player wager against computer thus it is not possible to compare several hands of the players and indicate the winner. That’s why High card hand is not used in video poker games.