Learning the Poker Hand Rankings is important if you want to become a master in online poker. The primary reasons for this is because it will help you in two ways: the first, it will allow you to quickly recognize your current poker hand strength; and the second, it will help you to become familiar with when you should fold your cards. The images below are the Official Poker Hand Rankings of the game poker. They are ranked from highest ranking hand to the lowest.

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	Royal Flush	A, K, Q, J, T of the same suit.
	Straight Flush	A hand that has five cards of the same suit in sequence.
	Four of a kind	Four cards of the same rank
	Full House	Three of a kind and one pair.
	Flush	Five cards of the same suit but not in the same sequence.
	Straight	Five cards in sequence but not of the same suit.
	Three of a Kind	Three cards of the same rank.
	Two Pair	Two different pair with one odd card.
	One Pair	One pair with three odd cards.
	High Card	Five cards that cannot make any one of the above hands.

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