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Ranking Texas Holdem Hands

  1. Ranking Of Texas Holdem Starting Hands
  2. Texas Holdem Pocket Card Rankings
  3. Texas Holdem Hands Printable
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In the section titled Hand Rankings in Part One of their book Hold Em Poker For Advanced Players, David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth present a set of groups for the starting hands, i.e. The hole or pocket cards dealt the player by the dealer. Official Poker Hand Rankings Know your poker hand order. A poker hand consists of five cards, which fall into several categories. Below is the complete list of poker hands, from highest to lowest. Please note that hand rankings for Short Deck are slightly different. Find out more about the short deck poker hand rankings on the dedicated page.

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On this site you can find all possible combinations of preflop hands that can occur in Texas Hold'em Poker. As a bonus you will also learn the nicknames of the different hands.

The hands are ranked from #1 to #169, where #1 is the best. This ranking is applicable when the poker table is full ring (9-10 people). The ranking is based on computer calculation results with all the players staying to the river card. It is not applicable to any real play.
If the hand is named XXs then it means the hand is suited, if XXo then the hand is off suit.


#1
AA


Pocket Rockets
American Airlines
The Hand
Bullets
Rocky Mountains

#2
KK


Cowboys
Kamikaze
King Kong
Cold Turkey
Kangaroos

#3
QQ

Hilton Sisters
Ladies
West Hollywood
The Bitches
The Witches
Double Date
4 Tits
Flower Girls

#4
AKs


Big Slick in a suit
Anna Kournikova
Santa Barbara
Mike Haven

#5
JJ


Jokers
Brothers
Hooks
Jackson Hole
SHIP
Gays Online

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#6
AQs


Big Chick
Little Slick
Anthony & Cleopatra

#7
KQs


Mamas and Papas
Newlyweds
Marriage
Royal Couple
Parents

#8
AJs


Ajax
Black Jack
Jack Ass
J-birds

#9
KJs


Kojak
King John
Hary Potter
Bachelor's Hand
Tucson Monster

#10
TT


TinTin
Tension
Twenty Miles

#11
AKo


Big Slick
Anna Kournikova

#12
ATs


Johnny Moss
Bookends

#13
QJs


Oedipus
Maverick

#14
KTs


Katie
Big Al

#15
QTs


Quint
Varkony
Gratitude
Greyhound

#16
JTs


Morgan

#17
99


Wayne Gretzky
German Virgin
Popeye's
Phil Hellmuth

#18
AQo


Big Chick
Little slick

#19
A9s


Rounders Hand
Driving the Truck

#20
KQo


Mixed Marriage
Othello

#21
88


Snowmen
Little Oldsmobile
Two Fat Ladies
Catnuts

#22
K9s


Canine
Pair of Dogs
Turner & Hooch
Pedigree
Fido
Sawmill

#23
T9s


Count Down

#24
A8s


Dead Mans Hand

#25
Q9s


Quinine

#26
J9s


Jeanine

#27
AJo


Ace Jack-off

#28
A5s


High Five

#29
77


Buggy Tops
Saturn
Sunset Strip
Hockey Sticks
Mullets
Walking Sticks

#30
A7s


Red Baron

#31
KJo


Kojak
King John
Jack-King-off
Harry Potter

#32
A4s


Sharp Tops
Amen
Tranny's

#33
A3s


Ash Tray
Baskin Robbins

#34
A6s


Mile High

#35
QJo


Maverick
Fred & Ethel

#36
66


Route 66
Kicks

#37
K8s


The Feast
Kokomo

#38
T8s


Tetris
Tenaciously

#39
A2s


Hunting Season
Arizona
Acey-Deucy

#40
98s


Oldsmobile

#41
J8s


Jeffrey Dalmer

#42
ATo


Bookends

#43
Q8s


Kuwait

#44
K7s


King Salmon
Kevin

#45
KTo


Katie
Woodcutter

#46
55

Presto
Double Nickels
Speed Limit
Sammy

#47
JTo


Morgan

#48
87s


RPM
Tahoe

#49
QTo


Quint
Greyhound

#50
44


Robert Varkonyi
Quint
Magnum
Colt 44
Sail Boats
Diana Dors

#51
33

Crabs
City Parks

#52
22

Quackers
Pocket Swans
Ducks
Barely Legal
The Strippers

#53
K6s


The Concubine

#54
97s


Grapefruit

#55
K5s


King of Nickels

#56
76s


America
Union Oil

#57
T7s


The Bowling Hand
Split

#58
K4s


Fork

#59
K3s


King Crab
Sizzler
Commander Crab

#60
K2s


White Men Can't Jump

#61
Q7s


Computer Hand

#62
86s


Eubie
Maxwell Smart

#63
65s


Ken Warren

#64
J7s


Dice Hand

#65
54s


Colt

#66
Q6s


#67
75s


Heinz 57 Sauce

#68
96s


Overtime
Soixante Neuf

#69
Q5s


Granny Mae (if spades)

#70
64s


Revolution
The Rabbit

#71
Q4s


#72
Q3s


Bitch with Crabs
Gay Waiter

#73
T9o


Countdown

#74
T6s

Driver's License

#75
Q2s

Windsor Waiter

#76
A9o

Jesus
Chris Ferguson

#77
53s

#78
85s

Finky Dink

#79
J6s

Jack Sikma

#80
J9o

Emergency
9-11

#81
K9o

Sawmill

#82
J5s

Jackson Five
Motown

#83
Q9o

Quinine

#84
43s

Waltz Time

#85
74s

Barn Owl

#86
J4s

Done Hand
Jermaine
Flat Tire

#87
J3s

J-Lo
Bird Table

#88
95s

Dolly Parton
Hard Working

#89
J2s

The Jew

#90
63s

JFK
Three Dozen

#91
A8o

Dead Man's Hand

#92
52s

Two Bits
Quarter

#93
T5s

Dimestore
Woolworth
Five and Dime

#94
84s

Big Brother
George Orwell

#95
T4s

Roger That
Over and Out
Convoy
The Good Buddy

#96
T3s

#97
42s

The Answer
Lumberjack

#98
T2s

Texas Dolly
Terminator II

#99
98o

Oldsmobile

#100
T8o

Tetris

#101
A5o

High Five

#102
A7o

Red Baron

#103
73s

Dutch Waiter
Swedish Busboy

#104
A4o

Crashing Airlines

#105
32s

Hooter Hand
Jordan

#106
94s

San Fransisco

#107
93s

Jack Benny

#108
J8o

Jeffery Dalmer

#109
A3o

Baskin Robbins
Ash Tray

#110
62s

#111
92s

Twiggy

#112
K8o

The Feast
Dr Spoon
Kokomo

#113
A6o

Mile High

#114
87o

Tahoe

#115
Q8o

Kuwait

#116
83s

Raquel Welch

#117
A2o

Arizona
Big Balls
Hunting Season

#118
82s

Fat Lady and a Duck

#119
97o

Grapefruit

#120
72s

Beer Hand

#121
76o

Union Oil

#122
K7o

King Salmon

#123
65o

Ken Warren

#124
T7o

Split

#125
K6o

The Concubine

#126
86o

Maxwell Smart

#127
54o

Colt 45
Jesse James
Jane Russell

#128
K5o

Rotten Cowboy

#129
J7o

Dice

#130
75o

Filipino Slick
Heinz

#131
Q7o

Computer Hand

#132
K4o

Fork

#133
K3o

Commander Crab
King Crab

#134
96o

Percy

#135
K2o

Big Fritz

#136
64o

The Question

#137
Q6o

#138
53o

Bully Johnson

#139
85o

The Scag

#140
T6o

Sweet Sixteen

#141
Q5o

#142
43o

Waltz Time

#143
Q4o

#144
Q3o

Gay Waiter

#145
74o

Cambodian Slick

#146
Q2o

The Vesty

#147
J6o

Jack Sikma

#148
63o

JFK
Blocky

#149
J5o

Jackson Five

#150
95o

Dolly Parton

#151
52o

Quarter

#152
J4o

Kid Grenade

#153
J3o

Fortran

#154
42o

The Answer

#155
J2o

Bennifer

#156
84o

Big Brother

#157
T5o

Nickels and Dimes

#158
T4o

CB Hand
Roger That

#159
32o

Big Gulp
Hooter Hand
Mississippi Slick
Can of Corn

#160
T3o

#161
73o

Rusty Trombone

#162
T2o

Texas Dolly

#163
62o

Bed & Breakfast

#164
94o

Joe Montana Banana

#165
93o

Jack Benny

#166
92o

Montana Banana
Twiggy

#167
83o

Suzanna Banana
Sven
Raquel Welch

#168
82o

Sixty Nine

#169
72o

Death
The Big Man Hand
The Hammer

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Rank each of the hands, from strongest to weakest, by clicking on the + icon next to each player Hit 'Check Order' to see if you were correct In the event that you're wrong, you can choose to. Texas Holdem Heads-Up Preflop Odds. This table was created by enumerating through every possible board and opponent hole card combination for each of the 169 texas holdem preflop starting hands.

Poker Hand Rankings Quiz

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Ranking Of Texas Holdem Starting Hands

Tie-breakers and Kickers

When multiple players have the same poker hands, the extra cards come in to play. These extra cards are called 'kickers'. The player with the higher kicker will take the pot when this happens.

Texas Hold'em Example:

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This means the players' final five card poker hands are:

Both players have a pair of kings, but the winner of the pot is Player B because he has Player A 'out-kicked'.

In a high card or one pair hand tie-breaker, both players can sometimes have the same kicker. In this case the second kicker is used, and then the third, and so on. If both players’ best five card poker hands are identical, then they share the pot equally.

Now, let's talk about starting hands in Texas Hold'em.

Texas Holdem Pocket Card Rankings

Ranking The Top 20 No Limit Texas Hold’em Starting Hands

I wanted to include something a bit more exciting in this article, so here's the top 20 No Limit Hold'em starting hands in terms of raw all-in equity (or percentages).

Texas Holdem Hands Printable

Although the order of the best poker hands to start with is sometimes contested, this list will give you a rough idea of which hands are stronger than others: