I’m trying to learn how to play and I understand what community cards are, what they do, who goes first/last, etc, but how do the cards in your hand effect the game? I can’t find the answer anywhere and it’s getting confusing.

  • all-knight-party@kbin.run
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    11 months ago

    When I learned poker playing Red Dead Redemption I copied the list of possible Texas hold em hands into a text file for reference. Each hand beats all of the ones below it. You pray that you get the right cards for something good, and hope your opponent doesn’t.

    Once you know the best hands it’s a matter of learning to predict what your hand might become as the pot goes on. Both the community cards (the river) and your personal hand can work together to make any of these hands. If you’re talking individual card face value it starts high at ace and ends low at 1. Here it is:

    Have the highest hand per round to win the pot.

    Royal Flush- You would need an Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and Ten in the same suit

    Straight Flush- A sequence of five cards in the same suit

    Four of a Kind- Four cards of the same value

    Full House- Three cards of the same value with a pair of cards.

    Flush- Five cards of the same suit

    Straight- A sequence of five cards

    Three of a Kind- Three cards of the same value

    Two Pair- Two sets of two cards of the same value

    One Pair- One set of two cards of the same value

    High Card- The highest card in your hand

    If you and your opponent have the same overall hand, the higher value wins, so with an ace pair and a 5 pair the ace pair wins.