Best and Worst Starting Hands in Texas Holdem

There are certain basic lessons which any poker player needs to have in mind while playing poker. The most valuable amongst them is to know when to hold and when to fold. The most valuable pronouncement to make at the commencement of the game is to know whether cards which have been dealt to you are worth staying in the game or it would be wise to call it a day.

One of the most common mistakes which many beginner poker players do is holding on to the worst pair of hole cards by which they end up losing money. The wise thing over here is to just fold your cards rather than trying to bet your money in the game. So in case you happen to be a novice poker player, the first thing you need to do is to remember which initial hands you should be holding and which are the hands which you should be folding at the outset.

Texas Holdem is without doubt the most well loved variant of poker. So mentioned below is the list of best and worst poker early hands.

Best Poker Hands:

You would be lucky if you are dealt with any one of the below mentioned initial hands.

Pair of Aces – It is commonly known as American Airlines or pocket rockets. This is the best doable early hand in Texas Holdem.

Pair of Kings – Though it is lower in rank as compared to pair of Aces, it is still an brilliant early hand to open a game of Texas Holdem.

Pair of Queens – This would be the third best early hand in Texas Holdem and can be beaten only by Kings and Aces.

Ace and King – The next hand in order would be an Ace and King. If they are of the same suit, you would be in a much better position as you would have the chance to form the nut flush.

Pair of Jacks – Until and unless there is a Queen, King or an Ace in the flop, you would stand decent chances of winning with this early hand.

Ace and Queen – As was the case with Ace and King, a suited hand would boost your chances of winning the hand.

King and Queen – Unless the union cards contain an Ace, you would stand a excellent chance to win with this early hand. And if it is suited, the chances improve even more.

Ace and Jack – Even though this early hand may be unsuited, it is still worth holding.

King and Jack – This hand would also be in the list of top early hands, but one should be careful, mainly if it is unsuited.

Ace and Ten – The incidence of Ace upgrades this hand to a excellent early hand. But even then you need to be cautious as any of the above mentioned hands can beat this early hand.

Worst Poker Hands:

These are the list of hands which are thorough to be the worst early hands in the game of poker. And in case you have any of these hands, the best thing would be to fold.

2 and 7 – If you are dealt with this early hand, that too unsuited, you will not be able to make a honest. Even if it happens to be suited, you will have to be very lucky to form a low flush or the lowest pair. So the best thing to do would be to fold these cards.

2 and 8 – The conditions with this early hand would be nearly similar to the above mentioned hand. A pair of 8 is still a low pair.

3 and 7 – Even though this can beat the before two hands, it is still thorough a hand which should be folded.

3 and 8 – Again there is not much of difference in this and the above hand.

2 and 6 – You might have a chance of forming a honest, but that would happen only if the union cards feature 3, 4 and 5. But that is again a chance and if there are more than 3 players playing in the game, one should never count on it.

2 and 9 – The incidence of 9 does make the hand into a better shape when compared with the above mentioned hands, but still you can’t form a honest with hand. Even a pair of 9 would be beaten by pairs of 10, Jacks, Queens, Kings or Aces.

3 and 9 – Again there is not much of difference when compared to the above hand. You can’t form a honest and even if it’s a pair it would be higher than 8 but lower than nearly any other hand.

4 and 9 – As mentioned above, these cards also need to be folded. Not worth holding.

2 and 10 – Even though Doyle Brunson managed to win two WSOP rings with this early hand, unless and until you have the talent and run into of Brunson, this hand should be folded.

5 and 9 – This early hand is also known as Dolly Parton, but it would never get you somewhere closer to the final table.