Card & Suit Rankings

Card Notation

• A = Ace

• 2–9 = as is

• T or 10 = Ten

• J = Jack

• Q = Queen

• K = King

Suits & Abbreviations

• s = spades (♠)

• h = hearts (♥)

• d = diamonds (♦)

• c = clubs (♣)

• s (after two ranks) = suited (e.g., AKs = Ace-King suited)

• o (after two ranks) = offsuit (e.g., AKo = Ace-King offsuit)

Examples:

• AsKh = Ace of spades + King of hearts

• Tc9d = Ten of clubs + Nine of diamonds

• QhQs = Pair of queens (hearts and spades)

Suit Rankings (high to low, if needed)

1. Spades (♠)

2. Hearts (♥)

3. Diamonds (♦)

4. Clubs (♣)

(Used only for things like determining the deal, breaking ties in high-card situations, or house rules — never in actual poker hand rankings.)

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