Poker Starting Hand Selection
Basic Starting Hands - Texas Hold'em
How to Play Texas Holdem Starting Hands Pocket Aces. Although you can write volumes about detailed lines and theories on maximizing profit with this hand, other than folding there is rarely a scenario in which you can ever make a mistake with this hand (pre-flop that is). The Best Starting Hands In Poker You can be Dealt. In the world of poker, players acknowledge that some starting hands in poker are just better than others. This has a lot to do with what can be built off of the cards, and there’s always some disagreement on these matters between pros. Poker starting hands: playing the right cards at the right time The basic idea of poker is to play the strongest poker hands in early position, good hands in mid-position and a few more hands in the late (aka strongest) position. In this article, we will elaborate on starting hand candidates: which hands you should play from the various positions, and why some starting hands are better than others. POKER STARTING HANDS. Premium Pairs (JJ-AA): The highest pairs are the most the valuable starting hands to have in Texas Hold’em.
“What hands you play in Hold'em is as much about your position at the table as it is the hands yourself.
Poker Starting Hand Selection
Here's a useful downloadable chart explaining hand rankings and what starting hands you should play. Click to download.
Poker Starting Hand Selection Position
9-9, for example, is a good raising hand in late position if no-one has raised the pot beforehand, but in early position (the small or big blind) you can find yourself in trouble if you're first to act after the flop.
Poker Starting Hand Selection Strategy
The first thing to do is group starting hands together: Premium, Semi-Premium and Marginal.
Poker Starting Hand Selection Chart
Premium hands are things like A-A and K-K. With these hands you'll be raising and re-raising, in every position at the table.
Poker Starting Hand Selection Strategies
Next, Semi-Premium hands are ones like A-K, Q-Q, J-J, 10-10 and K-Qs. With these you should raise in every position, and re-raise with them in late position only. A-K is OK to just call a raise with in early position, as if you're first to act you can comfortably check-call on a low flop, or bet out if you've hit top-pair. Remember, A-K is only 'ace-high', i.e. it has great value only if you make a pair with it.
Next, Marginal hands are a bigger group of cards. In this group you can put 9-9, J-10s, 10-9s, A-10s, A-Js, K-Js. Raise in late position only in an unraised pot and call in early position if you have value.