Even if your two-hole cards are the poorest, you can ‘play the board,’ which means your best hand is built out of the five shared cards. In a hand of Texas Hold ’em, for example, on the river, you have seven cards to select from, and you can choose whatever poker combination of the five makes the best hand. Poker Hand Rankings Chart (Strongest to Weakest)Ī poker hand is usually made up of the finest five cards available.
