BEST STARTING HANDS
These are the top ten starting hands you can get in Texas holdem. Lower pocket cards may have more chance of winning once a flop is dealt, so don't think because you have aces that you have won. My biggest mistake was over valuing my hands and not being able to fold pocket aces, kings or queens. Even when there were flush, straight and other draws on the table. This is a list of the top ten starting hands in Texas holdem, starting with the best hand....Pocket Aces, also known as "pocket rockets" and for some random reason "haces" at my local club.
1. Pocket Aces (A,A)
2. Pocket Kings (K,K)
3. Pocket Queens (Q,Q)
4. Ace-King suited (A,Ks)
5. Pocket Jacks (J,J)
6. Ace Queen suited (A,Qs)
7. King-Queen suited (K,Qs)
8. Ace-King (A,K)
9. Ace-Jack suited (A,Js)
10. Pocket Tens (10,10)
Then you have lower pocket pairs such as (9,9) and (8,8), also suited connectors such as (6c,7c) and (4h,5h). I play the above top ten starting hands aggressively in order to stop people limping with lesser cards and out drawing me on the flop, however you must remember to play the player not the cards. For example: If there is a very loose aggressive player at the table who is acting after me, then I might just limp in and allow them to raise. Then I would either simply call to allow him to keep attempting to bluff me off the pot or re- raise to take control of the hand early on. This really depends on which of the hands I'm holding. Have a look at my site for more free tips.
These are the top ten starting hands you can get in Texas holdem. Lower pocket cards may have more chance of winning once a flop is dealt, so don't think because you have aces that you have won. My biggest mistake was over valuing my hands and not being able to fold pocket aces, kings or queens. Even when there were flush, straight and other draws on the table. This is a list of the top ten starting hands in Texas holdem, starting with the best hand....Pocket Aces, also known as "pocket rockets" and for some random reason "haces" at my local club.
1. Pocket Aces (A,A)
2. Pocket Kings (K,K)
3. Pocket Queens (Q,Q)
4. Ace-King suited (A,Ks)
5. Pocket Jacks (J,J)
6. Ace Queen suited (A,Qs)
7. King-Queen suited (K,Qs)
8. Ace-King (A,K)
9. Ace-Jack suited (A,Js)
10. Pocket Tens (10,10)
Then you have lower pocket pairs such as (9,9) and (8,8), also suited connectors such as (6c,7c) and (4h,5h). I play the above top ten starting hands aggressively in order to stop people limping with lesser cards and out drawing me on the flop, however you must remember to play the player not the cards. For example: If there is a very loose aggressive player at the table who is acting after me, then I might just limp in and allow them to raise. Then I would either simply call to allow him to keep attempting to bluff me off the pot or re- raise to take control of the hand early on. This really depends on which of the hands I'm holding. Have a look at my site for more free tips.
