Picture Cards
Picture cards are cards that show a face: the king, the queen and the jack. They are also called face cards or court cards.
The simple explanation
The jack, queen and king have pictures of people. The ace and the number cards do not.
A closer look
In poker, picture cards are not special by rule, but they are the high cards. Hands made of picture cards are called broadway cards, together with the ace and ten. In some home games, picture cards are wild or have special values.
A practical example
The flop is K♠ J♦ Q♥. All three cards are picture cards.
Full explanation
Picture cards are cards that show a face: the king, the queen and the jack. They are also called face cards or court cards.
Picture cards are the king, queen and jack.
They show faces.
They are the high cards.
They are also called face cards.
Picture cards
No-limit Hold’em · Blinds 1/2 chips · No rake
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
Read the example transcript
Player A has the button (BTN) and posts the 1-chip small blind (SB). Player B posts the 2-chip big blind (BB).
- Preflop · Pot: 3 chips
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of hearts (Ah)QQueen of diamonds (Qd) · Stack 199 · In this round 1
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)88 of clubs (8c) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 8 chips
Player A raises to 6 before the flop.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of hearts (Ah)QQueen of diamonds (Qd) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)88 of clubs (8c) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
- Preflop · Pot: 12 chips
Player B calls. Each player has put in 6 chips.
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of hearts (Ah)QQueen of diamonds (Qd) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)88 of clubs (8c) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Flop · Pot: 12 chips
The flop brings king, jack and queen. Cards that show a face are picture cards.
Board: KKing of spades (Ks)JJack of diamonds (Jd)QQueen of hearts (Qh)
- Player A BTN / SB AAce of hearts (Ah)QQueen of diamonds (Qd) · Stack 194 · In this round 0
- Player B BB 99 of clubs (9c)88 of clubs (8c) · Stack 194 · In this round 0
Cards are shown for learning; totals are displayed before pot collection.