The highest-ranked card is an Ace, and the ranking runs from the Ace down through the picture cards all the way to 2.

Any two cards of the same rank, such as two Queens.

Two sets of cards of the same rank, for example two Queens plus two 6s.

Also called trips or a set, this is where you have three cards of the same rank in your hand, such as three 7s.

Five differently suited cards in sequential rank order, for example 8-9-10-J-Q.

Five non-sequential cards of the same suit, for example five diamonds.

A combination of a pair and three of a kind.

Pretty self-explanatory when you already know what three of a kind is: four is simply four cards of the same rank, such as four Queens.

A straight, but with all the cards in the same suit.

The daddy of all poker hands, a royal flush is a straight flush involving the 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace.