The Poker hands below are listed in highest to lowest. Thus a Royal Flush would beat a Straight Flush and a Full House a Flush and so on.
Card suites are the four different symbols on the playing cards, namely Clubs (♣), Diamonds (♦), Hearts (♥) and Spades (♠).
Royal Flush
Consists of an Ace, King, Queen, Jack and 10 all of the same suit.
For example:
Straight Flush
Any five cards (2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 or 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and so on) in sequence of the same suit.
For example:
Four of a Kind
Irrelevant of the fifth card, Four of a Kind is when the player has all four cards of the same rank (or value), i.e. four Kings or four fives and so on.
For example:
Full House
A Full House occurs when the player has three of a kind and One Pair.
For example:
Flush
Any five cards of the same suit but not in sequence.
For example:
Straight
Any five cards in sequence but not all the same suit.
For example:
Three of a Kind
If the player has three cards of the same rank (or value).
For example:
Two Pair
The player has two cards of the same rank and another two cards of a different rank.
For example:
One Pair
There is only two cards in the five that have the same rank (or value).
For example:
These are the most common Poker hands played, but be sure to check the hands at the poker room that you are playing at, as some tend to offer more hands or place restrictions on certain hands.