Poker Cheat Sheet

Texas Hold'em on one page — rankings, starting hands, betting and odds

Hand rankings — strongest to weakest

#	Hand	Example	Dealt (5 cards)	Hold'em (7)
1	Royal Flush	A♠K♠Q♠J♠10♠	1 in 649,740	1 in 30,940
2	Straight Flush	9♥8♥7♥6♥5♥	1 in 72,193	1 in 3,591
3	Four of a Kind	Q♠Q♥Q♦Q♣K♠	1 in 4,165	1 in 595
4	Full House	J♠J♥J♦9♣9♠	1 in 694	1 in 38.5
5	Flush	A♦J♦8♦5♦2♦	1 in 509	1 in 33
6	Straight	9♠8♥7♠6♦5♣	1 in 255	1 in 21.6
7	Three of a Kind	8♠8♥8♦K♣4♠	1 in 47	1 in 20.7
8	Two Pair	A♠A♥7♦7♣K♠	1 in 21	1 in 4.3
9	One Pair	10♠10♥A♦7♣3♠	1 in 2.4	1 in 2.3
10	High Card	A♠J♥9♦5♣3♠	1 in 2	1 in 5.7

Each hand beats every hand below it. Ties go to the higher cards, then the kicker; suits are never ranked.

Premium — always raise
A-A, K-K, Q-Q, J-J, A-K
Raise for value from any seat.
Strong — usually raise
T-T, 9-9, A-Q, A-J, K-Q
Great hands; play them more carefully out of position.
Speculative — play in position
2-2 to 8-8, suited connectors, suited aces
See cheap flops in late position; fold to heavy action.
Trash — fold
Offsuit gappers, weak aces, most of everything else
Especially from early seats. Patience is an edge.

1
Pre-flop
Two hole cards each. Betting starts left of the big blind.
2
The flop
Three community cards dealt face up, then a betting round.
3
The turn
A fourth community card, then betting.
4
The river
The fifth and final card, then the last betting round — survivors go to showdown.

On your turn: check, bet, call, raise or fold.

Count your outs, then outs × 2 ≈ % to hit on the next card, × 4 with two cards to come. Call when that beats the price the pot offers.

Draw (on the flop)	Outs	By turn	By river
Gutshot straight	4	9%	17%
Two overcards	6	13%	24%
Open-ended straight	8	17%	31%
Flush draw	9	19%	35%
Flush + gutshot	12	26%	45%
Flush + open-ender	15	32%	54%

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