There are 169 Texas Hold Em poker hands if you make only one distinction, suited and unsuited. The numbers would be way higher if you tried to identify clubs, spades, hearts, and diamonds. The best starting hand in Texas Hold Em is pocket aces, or two aces. After that it breaks down to pocket kings, ace king suited, ace king offsuit, pocket queens, and so on. Depending on who you ask ace king offsuit may come after pocket queens.
Pairs in your hole cards, or cards only you see, are referred to as "pocket pairs" because they are your hole cards, they're in your pocket, or some sort of "slang" along those lines. Pocket queens and pocket jacks can be difficult hands to play if you are unlucky enough to see a king or ace on the flop, turn, or river. While its recommended that you raise with pocket queens or jacks, these two hands can get you into a lot of trouble if someone else catches their hand.
The most important thing to consider when you are sitting at the table is where are you in relation to the other players at the table. If you are "acting" last, meaning you have the dealer button in front of you, you have a much better opportunity to play what most would consider weaker hands. When acting late you can essentially play any suited king and a lot of connected cards you typically wouldn't. Connected cards would be hands such as 76, 54, 89, etc. Any two cards in a row would be considered a connected card.
So if there are 169 different starting hands in poker, how many different hands should I play? Well, it depends on your skill level, your chip stack, and how your opponents are playing. There are a total of 106 hands that may be worth playing depending on your chip stack, leaving 63 you should never play. Of course 72 is part of the 63 so technically if you want to mess with people its 61 as you can play 72 offsuit and suited if you so please, just don't expect to win very often with them.
Knowing when to hold em and when to fold em is the most important part of poker. Know your Texas Hold Em poker hands and move yourself up the food chain.
Pairs in your hole cards, or cards only you see, are referred to as "pocket pairs" because they are your hole cards, they're in your pocket, or some sort of "slang" along those lines. Pocket queens and pocket jacks can be difficult hands to play if you are unlucky enough to see a king or ace on the flop, turn, or river. While its recommended that you raise with pocket queens or jacks, these two hands can get you into a lot of trouble if someone else catches their hand.
The most important thing to consider when you are sitting at the table is where are you in relation to the other players at the table. If you are "acting" last, meaning you have the dealer button in front of you, you have a much better opportunity to play what most would consider weaker hands. When acting late you can essentially play any suited king and a lot of connected cards you typically wouldn't. Connected cards would be hands such as 76, 54, 89, etc. Any two cards in a row would be considered a connected card.
So if there are 169 different starting hands in poker, how many different hands should I play? Well, it depends on your skill level, your chip stack, and how your opponents are playing. There are a total of 106 hands that may be worth playing depending on your chip stack, leaving 63 you should never play. Of course 72 is part of the 63 so technically if you want to mess with people its 61 as you can play 72 offsuit and suited if you so please, just don't expect to win very often with them.
Knowing when to hold em and when to fold em is the most important part of poker. Know your Texas Hold Em poker hands and move yourself up the food chain.
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