// hand rankings · checker
Who wins? Poker hand checker
Enter the board and up to 9 hands. The engine scores each one, finds the five cards it actually plays, and says who takes the pot. It settles the kicker arguments: if two hands play the same five cards, they split.
Scoring with the engine…
Worked showdowns
The arguments that come up at real tables, each scored by the same engine. The site's build fails if any of these comes out differently from what its title says.
A flush beats a straight
BoardK♥9♥8♦7♣2♥
| A♥3♥ | A♥K♥9♥3♥2♥ | Flush, ace high (A-K-9-3-2) | Wins |
| T♠6♠ | T♠9♥8♦7♣6♠ | Straight, ten high | Loses |
Same pair: the kicker decides
BoardK♠9♦5♣3♥2♠
| K♥Q♣ | K♥K♠Q♣9♦5♣ | Pair of kings, Q-9-5 kickers | Wins |
| K♦J♥ | K♦K♠J♥9♦5♣ | Pair of kings, J-9-5 kickers | Loses |
The board plays: both hands split
BoardA♠A♦K♣K♥Q♠
| J♣J♦ | A♦A♠K♣K♥Q♠ | Two pair, aces and kings, queen kicker | Split |
| 7♣2♦ | A♦A♠K♣K♥Q♠ | Two pair, aces and kings, queen kicker | Split |
Counterfeited: a pocket pair that no longer plays
BoardK♠K♦8♣8♥2♠
| 5♣5♦ | K♦K♠8♣8♥5♣ | Two pair, kings and eights, five kicker | Loses |
| A♦3♣ | K♦K♠8♣8♥A♦ | Two pair, kings and eights, ace kicker | Wins |
The wheel is the lowest straight
Board5♣4♦3♥K♠9♣
| A♦2♣ | 5♣4♦3♥2♣A♦ | Straight, five high | Loses |
| 6♠2♦ | 6♠5♣4♦3♥2♦ | Straight, six high | Wins |
Two flushes: compare card by card
BoardA♥9♥6♥4♥2♣
| K♥3♦ | A♥K♥9♥6♥4♥ | Flush, ace high (A-K-9-6-4) | Wins |
| Q♥J♥ | A♥Q♥J♥9♥6♥ | Flush, ace high (A-Q-J-9-6) | Loses |
Two full houses: the three of a kind decides
BoardQ♠Q♦7♣7♥3♠
| 7♦3♣ | 7♣7♦7♥Q♦Q♠ | Full house, sevens full of queens | Loses |
| Q♣3♦ | Q♣Q♦Q♠7♣7♥ | Full house, queens full of sevens | Wins |
Suits never break a tie
Board9♣8♦7♥6♠2♣
| T♦3♣ | T♦9♣8♦7♥6♠ | Straight, ten high | Split |
| T♥4♦ | T♥9♣8♦7♥6♠ | Straight, ten high | Split |
Four of a kind on the board: the fifth card decides
Board8♠8♦8♣8♥K♠
| A♦2♣ | 8♣8♦8♥8♠A♦ | Four of a kind, eights, ace kicker | Wins |
| Q♣Q♦ | 8♣8♦8♥8♠K♠ | Four of a kind, eights, king kicker | Loses |
Two pair against two pair: the top pair first
BoardJ♠7♦4♣2♥9♠
| J♥4♦ | J♥J♠4♣4♦9♠ | Two pair, jacks and fours, nine kicker | Wins |
| 9♦7♣ | 9♦9♠7♣7♦J♠ | Two pair, nines and sevens, jack kicker | Loses |
Same three of a kind: two kickers play
Board6♠6♦6♣J♥3♠
| A♥2♦ | 6♣6♦6♠A♥J♥ | Three of a kind, sixes, A-J kickers | Wins |
| K♣Q♦ | 6♣6♦6♠K♣Q♦ | Three of a kind, sixes, K-Q kickers | Loses |
A straight flush beats four of a kind
Board9♥8♥7♥9♣9♦
| T♥6♥ | T♥9♥8♥7♥6♥ | Straight flush, ten high | Wins |
| 9♠2♣ | 9♣9♦9♥9♠8♥ | Four of a kind, nines, eight kicker | Loses |
The hands, best first
// how the checker decides
- Each hand is its two cards plus the board. The engine (Rust compiled to WebAssembly, running in your browser) gives every hand a strength score; the highest score wins and equal scores split.
- The five cards shown are the five, out of the six or seven available, that score the same as the whole hand. Where several fives tie, the first one found is shown.
- Hold'em rules: any two hole cards may play, or none. In Omaha you must use exactly two, so this checker is not right for Omaha.