Texas Hold’em Cheat Sheet that'll Help You Win!

Hand Rankings

Royal Flush - A, K, Q, J, 10 of the same suit.

Straight Flush - Five sequential cards of the same suit.

Four of a kind - Four cards of the same value or quads.

Full House - Three plus two cards of the same value.

Flush - Five cards of the same suit.

Straight - Five cards in a sequential manner or a run.

Three of a kind - Three cards of the same value.

Two pairs - Two sets of two cards with same value.

One pair - Two cards of the same value.

High card - The player with the highest card wins (eg. Ace or king).

Kickers decide the winning hand when two opponents have the same pair or three of a kind.

Split pots will occur when both the opponents have the same hand.

Pairs

Suited Cards

Unsuited Cards

Early Position Hole Cards

Aces through 9s

Ace with king through jack

King with queen or jack

Ace with king through jack

King with queen or jack

Middle Position Hole Cards

Aces through 7s

Ace with king through 9

King with queen through 9

Queen with jack through 9

Jack with 10 or 9

Ace with king through 10

King with queen through 10

Queen with jack

Late Position Hole Cards

Aces through 5s

Any suited ace

King with queen through 7

Queen with jack through 8

Jack with 10 through 7

10 with 9

9 with 8

8 with 7

Ace with king through 9

King with queen through 9

Queen with 10 or 9

Jack with 10

The Blinds are placed. Each player is dealt with two ­hol­e cards. It is placed face down.

The first round of wagers proceeds clockwise from the blinds. The players must match the highest previous bet in the round or fold.

Dealer burns/ discards the top card and deals three cards on the table facing upward a.k.a the flop.

After which the second round of wager proceeds starting with the player to the left of the dealer.

Dealer burns a card and deals a single card face-up on the table a.k.a the turn.

The third round of bets proceeds as the second, after which the dealer burns a card and deals a fifth card face-up on the table a.k.a the river.

A final round of betting ensues, the procedure same as the previous two rounds.

The players are to make the best five-card hand they can using table and hole cards.

The players must reveal their hands in a clockwise manner a.k.a the showdown. The winner takes the pot.

Preflop

Use the starting hand to determine whether the hand must be played in the first place or not

Open raise 3 big blinds

Reraise to 3 times when in position and 4 times when out of position

Continuation betting

Bet more often when: you are in position or the flop is dry or when you are playing against 1-2 players or when you have a high top pair like an ace and king

Bet less often when: you have a second or a third pair or when you are against three or more players or when you are out of position or the flop is wet.

The flop

Take into account -  

(1) opponent's position and your position;

(2) the tentative card hand that the opponent holds;

(3) the board texture; (4) previous history of the games.

Bet and raise when you have two or more pairs and combo draws

The call to make a 'value bet' in the postflop must be based on the question, "Can I be called by a worse hand?"

The call to make a 'bluff' must be based on the question, "Can I make a better hand to fold?"

The Turn

Double barrel bluf cards are higher than the flop

Be cautious with the bottom pair

Continue aggression with strong draws

The River

Do not bluff the fish

Aim to get a showdown with medium strength hands

Fear the river check raise

Bluffing tips

Only bluff when it makes a difference to your standing in terms of the tournament or the stack of chips.

Bluff when the board hints that the opponents have a better hand than you have such as a turn of ace or straights and flushes.

Do not bluff in case your opponents are most likely to call or to timid people who are most likely to fold.

Do not bluff to opponents who have a history of playing only if they have a solid hand.