← Hand rankings
Poker hand · rank 9 of 10
One Pair
By All In Central · Updated
10♠10♥A♦7♣3♠
One pair plus three kickers. The higher pair wins; if the pairs match, the highest kicker decides, then the next.
One pair is two cards of the same rank plus three kickers — the most common made hand in poker. The higher pair wins; if the pairs match, the highest kicker decides.
- Odds of being dealt it in five cards
- 1 in 2.4
- Odds of making it by the river in Texas Hold'em
- 1 in 2.3
What beats one pair?
What does one pair beat?
Common questions
- Does a pair beat a high card?
- Yes. Any pair beats any high-card hand. A pair is the lowest of the 'made' hands, sitting just above high card.
- What beats one pair?
- Everything except high card: two pair, three of a kind, a straight, a flush, a full house, four of a kind, a straight flush and a royal flush.
See all ten hands side by side on the printable hand rankings chart or the one-page poker cheat sheet. Curious how a hand holds up against another? Deal both into the odds & equity calculator and watch the percentages change street by street.
Open the timer