How Many 4 Card Poker Hands Are There?

In poker, a player is dealt four cards and must make the best hand possible using any combination of those cards. There are a total of 10 possible poker hands that can be made using four cards, which are listed below in order from highest to Lowest hand:

1. Royal Flush: A, K, Q, J, 10 all of the same suit.

2. Straight Flush: Five cards in a row, all of the same suit.

3. Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same rank.

4. Full House: Three cards of the same rank, plus two other cards that match each other (e.g.

, three 8s and two 2s).

5. Flush: Five cards of the same suit.

6. Straight: Five cards in a row (e.g.

, 4-5-6-7-8), but not all of the same suit.

7. Three of a Kind: Three cards of the same rank.

8. Two Pair: Two different pairs of cards (e.g.

, 9-9 and 5-5).

9. One Pair: Two cards that match each other in rank (eg.

, A-A).

10. High Card: When no other combination is possible, the highest card is used to determine the winner (e.g.

, if two players have a king and queen, but no other matching cards, the player with the ace would win).

PRO TIP:There are 134,459 possible 4-card poker hands. Of these, 1,326 are four-of-a-kind hands and 4,164 are full house hands. The most common hand is a high card (no pair), which makes up 42% of all possible hands.