POKER CHEAT SHEET : CRIB NOTES FOR BEGINNERS
This cheat sheet is designed to give you all the basic facts you need to play poker on one simple page. Either save the page to your computer for easy reference, or use the printer friendly page to print the page out and keep it next to your computer when you play. Good luck!
POKER CHEAT SHEET : HAND RANKINGS
Royal Flush: T, J, Q, K, A all of the same suit.
Straight Flush: Five cards in a row all of the same suit, but not Ace high.
Four of a kind: Four cards of the same rank e.g. KKKK.
Full House: Three cards of the same rank plus a pair e.g. KKKAA.
Flush: Five cards of the same suit, but not in a row.
Straight: Five cards in a row e.g. 5,6,7,8,9.
Three of a kind: Three cards of the same rank e.g. KKK.
Two pair: Two pairs e.g. KKAA.
One pair: Any two cards of the same rank e.g. KK.
High card: If no-one has anything, the highest card wins – aces count high.
POKER CHEAT SHEET : BETTING OPTIONS
FOLD: end participation in the hand and forfeit any money already put into the pot.
CHECK: make no bet, but reserve the right to stay in the hand. (You can only check if no-one else has already bet).
BET: put money into the pot. (The amount you can bet varies depending on the betting rules of the game).
CALL: match a bet made by another player (or players) in order to stay in the hand
RAISE: put extra money into the pot beyond the amount needed to "call".
POKER CHEAT SHEET : POKER ODDS
Odds of being dealt any particular hand in 5 cards:
Royal Flush: 0.0015 %
Straight Flush: 0.0015%
Four Of A Kind: 0.02%
Full House : 0.14%
Flush: 0.196%
Straight: 0.39%
Three Of A Kind: 2.13%
Two Pair: 4.75%
One Pair: 42.2%
Nothing (High Card only) : 50.1%