The Best and Worst Starting Hands in Texas Hold'em

The game of poker is always about playing hands which can give poker players either good or bad chances in a game of poker. The players are able to play well when they are dealt with good starting hands. In every card dealt to a poker player, their main action is to decide which hand decision can give them favorable odds on their game.

The game of Texas Hold'em is the staple of all poker games being the most basic and simple variety of poker. Poker beginners and professionals alike know how to play the game of Texas Hold'em.

Poker players are always in the position of making a decision which hand is best to play and which hand is better folding. When playing Texas Hold'em it is always best to learn determining the best and the worst starting hands. This is important as this will influence the player's betting decisions based on the quality of their starting hands in Texas Hold'em.

When playing with the best starting hand, the player should play aggressively in order to win the pot. The card value of AA is the best of all best hands in Texas Hold'em. No other hand values can beat this hand value combination.

The hand value of KK is a strong hand as well and is commonly called as the cowboys. It ranks 2nd to the monster hand of AA. The QQ known as ladies have the upper hands of jacks and below card values. The AK can be a strong yet a tricky hand and gives a very strong drawing hand on the flop when a player gets an ace pair or kings.

The pair of jacks can win almost 20% at all times except when the ace, king and queen show up. The second best drawing hand is given by the suited AQ tandem. The KQ can also be a good drawing hand except when an ace shows up.

Playing AJ starting hands can be a good drawing hand when suited but is still fairly playable when unsuited. The KJ combination can be a good hand to play particularly in a later position but it can be beaten by the above higher ranking hand values. It is best to fold this hand when playing this hand on high raises.

The worst starting hands are basically hand values lower than the above card combinations. These include the pairs of any numbers below ten and these are hands that should be folded. Players should also take note that any number with a value below 10 paired with an ace is not worth playing especially when on a raise.

Keeping a note on which pairs give a good and the bad starting hands will give poker players a significant clue whether their hand is worth playing or folding.