---
title: "Card games"
url: https://rankplan.net/categories/card-games/
description: "Entries on Rankplan filed under card games."
published: 2026-08-19
updated: 2026-08-19
---

# Card games

Published 2026-08-19

Entries filed under card games, newest first.

## 14 August 2026

### [Reading a hand rank chart without memorising it](https://rankplan.net/2026/08/hand-rank-chart/)

A hand rank chart is really a frequency table read backwards: the rarer the five-card combination, the higher it sits. Once that is clear the order stops being a list to learn and becomes something you can reconstruct at the table from counting alone.

Filed under: [Card games](https://rankplan.net/categories/card-games/), [Odds and probability](https://rankplan.net/categories/odds-and-probability/) — [permalink](https://rankplan.net/2026/08/hand-rank-chart/)

### [Why two pair beats one pair: counting the combinations](https://rankplan.net/2026/08/two-pair-combinations/)

Two pair beats one pair for one reason only, and it is a counting reason rather than a traditional one. Working the arithmetic once is quicker than trusting the chart.

Filed under: [Card games](https://rankplan.net/categories/card-games/), [Odds and probability](https://rankplan.net/categories/odds-and-probability/) — [permalink](https://rankplan.net/2026/08/two-pair-combinations/)

## 19 July 2026

### [Blackjack basic strategy is a table, not a feeling](https://rankplan.net/2026/07/blackjack-basic-strategy-table/)

Basic strategy is a lookup table produced by exhausting every dealer outcome, not a feel for the shoe. It answers one narrow question, and it answers it completely.

Filed under: [Card games](https://rankplan.net/categories/card-games/), [Table games](https://rankplan.net/categories/table-games/) — [permalink](https://rankplan.net/2026/07/blackjack-basic-strategy-table/)

## 11 June 2026

### [Baccarat's three bets and the commission on banker](https://rankplan.net/2026/06/baccarat-three-bets/)

Baccarat offers three bets, and the commission on one of them exists precisely because it wins slightly too often to be paid at even money.

Filed under: [Card games](https://rankplan.net/categories/card-games/), [Table games](https://rankplan.net/categories/table-games/) — [permalink](https://rankplan.net/2026/06/baccarat-three-bets/)