Your hand must be all clubs, or all diamonds, or all spades, or all hearts. The second best hand in poker – a straight flush consists of 5 consecutive cards of the same suit. The percentage chance of hitting one is 0.0001539077% or 649737 to 1. The probability of hitting a royal flush is small, due to the fact that there are only four card combinations that make up a royal flush.
A lot of players don’t see a royal flush in a whole lifetime of playing poker. If you have a royal flush (effectively suited broadway) you have a 100% unbeatable poker hand (“the nuts”). The highest ranked cards in poker are “broadway cards” Ten, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace – (which combine to make an ace high straight).
The best hand in poker – a Royal Flush is comprised of the top five ranked cards – in consecutive order and suited. Use this printable poker cheat sheet to learn the hand rankings for popular poker games like Texas Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha as well as Video Poker Poker Hands Ranked from Best to Worst If you are new to poker, it’s important to get to grips with poker hand rankings quickly so that you know which hands beat you, or are likely to be able to beat you in specific spots in games like Texas Hold’em, Pot Limit Omaha and Short-Deck Hold’em.
