Here are the poker hands from highest to lowest.

1. Royal flush - A, K, Q, J, 10, all the same suit.

2. Straight flush - Five cards in a sequence, all in the same suit.

3. Four of a kind - All four cards of the same rank.

4. Full house - Three of a kind with a pair.

5. Flush - Any five cards of the same suit, but not in a sequence.

6. Straight - Five cards in a sequence, but not of the same suit.

7. Three of a kind - Three cards of the same rank.

8. Two pair - Two different pairs.

9. Pair - Two cards of the same rank.

10. High Card - When you haven't made any of the hands above, the highest card plays. In the example below, the jack plays as the highest card.