at least u are asking the right thing. that is questions. a very good place to start is with which hands are better than others. there re basically 9 hand ranks in poker. they are, in order of their strength, 1) Royal Straight Flush 2) Straight Flush 3) Four of a Kind 4)Full House 5) Flush 6)Straight 7) Three of a kind 8)Two pair 9) pair. Hope that gets u started