The categories of hand, from highest to lowest, are listed below. There is no ranking between the suits – so for example the king of hearts and the king of spades are equal.Ī poker hand consists of five cards. There are 52 cards in the pack, and the ranking of the individual cards, from high to low, is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.
