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One of the keys to being a strong Texas Hold 'em poker player is to know which hands are playable and which are not.This list of the top 10 best starting hands for Texas Hold 'em is a good place to start learning. Do keep in mind, however, that there is some disagreement over which hands are the best, and it does depend in part on your skill level and style of play. Not betting with a strong hand hoping to lead other players into thinking that you have nothing of. On this site you can find all possible combinations of preflop hands that can occur in Texas Hold'em Poker. As a bonus you will also learn the nicknames of the different hands. The hands are ranked from #1 to #169, where #1 is the best. This ranking is applicable when the poker table is full ring (9-10 people).
The first thing you learn in poker is the standard ranking of hands. For most people, the 2nd thing you learn is how to play 5 card draw.
But Texas holdem isn’t far behind.
Once you’ve mastered the basics of playing—how the deal works, how the bets are handled, and so on—you start learning about the strategic concepts behind winning the game on a consistent basis.
And the first of these concepts is tight preflop play.
I’ve read that at most Texas holdem games, you can break even just by having strong play preflop. Even if your play after the flop is only mediocre, if you’re playing right before the flop, you won’t lose any money in the long run.
But some players take being tight preflop to the extreme.
And they often confuse being tight with being passive.
Yes, you’re only going to play good hands preflop. But most of the time, you’re not going to try to play them cheaply.
You’re going to gamble with them. You’re going to bet and raise with them.
Don’t forget that even though poker is a game of skill, it’s still gambling. You can’t win at gambling without, well… gambling…
Here are the top 10 starting hands in Texas holdem along with some suggestions for how to best play them. You can (and should) play other hands preflop, but these might be the most important hands to play preflop.
1. Pocket Aces
It’s hard to go wrong when playing “rockets,” or “bullets,” as a pair of aces if often called. After all, a pair of aces is easily the most powerful starting hand in the game. Even if you mis-play this hand, it’s so strong that you’ll often win lots of money anyway.
But how do you get the most money out of this hand?
If you’re playing in a no-limit game, if you’re in early position, it might make sense to limp with pocket aces. Your hope is that someone following you will put in a raise with a pair of kings or queens. When the action gets back to you, you can re-raise and make your opponent play for his entire stack.
If you’re in middle or late position, you should raise with aces. There’s no reason to be tricky here. You don’t want to give a substandard hand a cheap way to draw out on you.
If you’re playing limit, you should raise regardless of your position. You don’t have the ability to make someone play for all her chips, so you have to thin the field as soon as you can.
Your goal with pocket aces is to get heads-up with someone as soon as possible.
Some players get irritated when they get their aces cracked. They also get irritated when they get no action. You can’t have it both ways, though—if you get action, sometimes you’ll lose.
Most of the time, you’ll want to play the aces strong after the flop, too—regardless of what cards are there. You need to be sure you have a good read on your opponent and she has a monster before folding aces after the flop.
2. Pocket Kings
Before the flop, you should play “cowboys” just like you’d play pocket aces. The only difference is that you might not limp hoping for a re-raise opportunity in a no-limit game, like you would do with aces. (And even that move is one you should only use occasionally.)
Playing pocket kings after the flop isn’t much different, either.
But you do have one thing to worry about:
What if an ace hits the flop?
The first thing to think about is not giving away your hand. It’s natural to be bummed when the 2nd best starting hand in the game suddenly looks inferior.
But you don’t have to look downcast and give away your hand to your opponent. Keep a poker face.
Everyone loves high cards in Texas holdem. If an ace hits on the flop, it’s possible that your opponent just got a bigger pair than you have.
Does this mean you should automatically fold those cowboys?
Obviously, I don’t think so, or I wouldn’t warn you about maintaining your poker face.
The number of players still in the hand on the flop is a big deal. If you’re heads-up with an opponent, you should stay in the game, but maybe slow down with your betting. He might be trying to represent that ace, or he might not. I think you should gamble here unless you have a good read on your opponent.
On the other hand, if you’re in the pot with 3 or 4 other players, your kings are no good. There’s almost no chance at all that with 3 or 4 opponents none of them has an ace. You have no choice here but to fold.
This illustrates how important it is to play kings aggressively preflop. If you get as much money into the pot as you can while you’re still the favorite, you’ll likely do well in the long run.
3. Pocket Queens
If you’re dealt “ladies,” you have the 3rd strongest possible starting hand. And since this is a big pair, you’d prefer to play with fewer opponents after the flop. This means that betting, raising, and re-raising is the right strategy preflop with pocket queens.
Your goal is to get heads-up with one of your opponents before the flop ever hits.
You can only do that by playing aggressively.
Now you have to worry about whether you’re going to see an ace or a king on the flop. Playing pocket queens isn’t too different from playing pocket kings after the flop; you’re just more likely to have to slow down a little bit.
If you’re acting first, and if you’re only facing a single opponent, you must bet here. You want to try to win the pot without a showdown if you can.
But if you get re-raised, you’ll probably have to give up and fold.
Sometimes, you’ll wind up in a hand with pocket queens and 3 or 4 other players. Remember what I said about pocket kings in this situation. If you’re dealing with that many other players, someone is bound to have an ace or a king.
You’re going to have to fold in that case.
4. Pocket Jacks
The problem with pocket jacks is that it’s a trouble hand. It’s stronger than most hands, but there are still a lot of things that can go wrong. Some players hate playing pocket jacks.
You don’t have to hate this hand, though. It’s still a great preflop hand. You just need to learn how to NOT overplay it.
This means you’re going to pay attention to your position and to how the other players play their hands. After all, they like big cards, and the queens, kings, and aces have to be somewhere. If they’re not in your opponents’ hands, they’re in the deck, which means they’re liable to come up on the flop and scare you.
If no one in front of you has bet or raised, you should bet with the jacks. In a limit game, you don’t have to decide how much to bet, but in no limit, you do. Some players always make the same preflop bets in terms of size to disguise the strength of their hands. That’s a valid approach, and if that’s you, great.
But if that’s not you, bet a little less with pocket jacks than you would otherwise. Almost any flop is going to be scary if you go into it with a pair of jacks. Any queen, king, or ace could kill your hand.
Heck, even if you have an overpair in this situation, you can’t be confident you’ll win.
In some respects, pocket jacks are the same as smaller pairs. You really have to hit 3 of a kind to win a big pot with them.
Take into account how your opponents play, too. Just because an opponent bets or raises doesn’t mean he has a big hand. This is especially true in some of the lower stakes limit games that I specialize in.
5. Ace-King Suited
“Big slick” is one of my favorite hands to play. I’ve seen it rated higher than pocket queen or pocket jacks by some poker writers, in fact.
I’ve seen some players and writers complain that ace-king suited is hard to play. I don’t agree. I think it’s easier to play than pocket jacks, for sure. (In fact, I’m not sure why I didn’t reverse their order on this list.)
You should bet or raise with ace-king suited preflop. If you’re raised or re-raised, you need to think about how that player has been playing. Against a savvy, tight player, your ace-king suited is probably going to lose to pocket queens, kings, or aces. Against a maniac, though, or a novice, you might still be ahead.
The size of the raises and re-raises matters, too. If you’re playing limit, calling here makes more sense than risking your whole stack in a no limit game.
The good news is that when you see a flop, you have a 1/3 probability of getting an ace or a king. This gives you top pair or top pair with the best possible kicker. If you get one or 2 suited cards on the flop, you also have flush possibilities.
In this case, it’s time to play strong. Bet and raise.
If you have a lot of opponents and a flush draw, it might be worth it to continue if you can play cheap. With multiple opponents, you stand a chance of winning a big pot with the flush when you hit.
On the other hand, if you miss the flop entirely, you have to give this hand up.
6. Ace-Queen Suited
I’ve seen ace-queen suited called the biggest trouble hand in poker. I know that I overplay it often.
Yes, this is one of the best possible starting hands, but it’s hard to know where you’re at with it. As a result, maybe the smartest thing to do is pay close attention to your opponents’ play when you have this hand.
If you’re in early position, you can play it really aggressively, understanding that if you get raises and re-raises from the other players, you’re almost certainly dominated.
On the other hand, if you’re playing with lousy players who are too loose and aggressive, you might still have a shot.
If you’re in late position and there’s a lot of action before you, it might be best to fold AQ suited preflop.
And don’t make the mistake of thinking that ace-queen offsuit is just as good as ace-queen suited. It’s not even close. That hand didn’t even make the top 10.
7. Pocket 10s
Pocket 10s are pretty speculative. Even though they’re a top 10 hand, you still need to hit the perfect flop for this hand to hold up.
My goal with pocket 10s is to get in cheap and see how the flop develops. If I don’t hit another 10 on the flop, it’s easy to get away from this hand.
Even if the flop comes up with all undercards, I’m still afraid someone has a bigger pair in the hole. Those jacks, queens, kings, and aces are somewhere.
Unless the pocket 10s improve on the flop, or unless the other players are demonstrating a lot of weakness, I’m getting away from the hand on the turn if it hasn’t improved. The higher bets at that point make the hand almost worthless.
But don’t forget to get a read on the other players at the table. Your equity in a hand is always a combination of how likely it is that you have the best hand and how likely it is you can get your opponent to fold.
8. Ace-King
Ace-king is a strong hand even when it’s not suited. Most of what I said about how to play this hand still applies, but not being suited is a bigger drawback than you think. Sure, you’re only going to hit you flush 6% of the time with suited hole cards, but 6% is huge.
That being said, this is an easy hand to get away from if you miss the flop.
But a lot of the time, you will hit a big pair on the flop. When you do, you prefer fewer opponents.
So betting and raising with ace-king preflop makes sense.
Getting out of the hand after the flop is also an easy decision.
9. Ace-Jack Suited
You’re getting into some speculative hands here. Ace-jack suited is better than Ace-X suited, but not by much. The bigger the cards, the better, but a jack is almost a medium card.
Keep in mind that ace-jack offsuit, while playable, is not a premium hand. In fact, many writers don’t even consider ace-jack suited to be a “premium” hand.
It’s playable, though, because of the possibilities after the flop:
- You could flop a flush or a flush draw.
- You have straight possibilities (and straight flush possibilities).
- You have the potential to get a pair of aces with a reasonably good kicker.
The problem with ace-jack suited is that it’s easier to get a 2nd-best hand with it than with most of the other hands on this list. A pair of jacks with an ace kicker is all right, but what do you do when your opponent has queens?
I think you have to play this cautiously preflop, try to get into a pot with a lot of opponents, then hope you hit a monster flop that fits perfectly so you can get paid off.
If you have position on everyone, and if your opponents are tight enough, you might try bluffing with this one preflop. If someone plays back at you, get really cautious, though.
10. King-Queen Suited
Some writers put a pair of 9s in this spot, but others put king-queen suited. I prefer king-queen suited, so that’s what I went with.
Top 10 Preflop Poker Hands Ever
Playing king-queen suited isn’t much different from playing ace-jack suited, though. They’re both speculative hands, and you’re going to want to hit a reasonable flop with it.
This means trying to get in cheap before the flop and hitting your hand on the flop.
Conclusion
Starting hands in Texas holdem are half the battle. Everyone knows that you’re supposed to limit yourself to the top 20 or so starting hands. This post only covers half those.
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The other half of the possible starting hands, though, are easy enough to play. They’re just like the lower ranked hands on this list—only more so. They’re all speculative, so you want to try to get into pots cheap with lots of other players and clean up when you hit your hand.
It’s easy to overplay a reasonable starting hand in Texas holdem, but you really should only be playing about 3 hands preflop per hour. If you’re playing more than that, you’re in trouble.
And even with those 3 hands, you need to be cautious with most of them.
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The hands are ranked from #1 to #169, where #1 is the best. This ranking is applicable when the poker table is full ring (9-10 people). The ranking is based on computer calculation results with all the players staying to the river card. It is not applicable to any real play.
If the hand is named XXs then it means the hand is suited, if XXo then the hand is off suit.#1
AA
Pocket Rockets
American Airlines
The Hand
Bullets
Rocky Mountains#2
KK
Cowboys
Kamikaze
King Kong
Cold Turkey
Kangaroos#3
QQ
Hilton Sisters
Ladies
West Hollywood
The Bitches
The Witches
Double Date
4 Tits
Flower Girls#4
AKs
Big Slick in a suit
Anna Kournikova
Santa Barbara
Mike Haven#5
JJ
Jokers
Brothers
Hooks
Jackson Hole
SHIP
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AQs
Big Chick
Little Slick
Anthony & Cleopatra#7
KQs
Mamas and Papas
Newlyweds
Marriage
Royal Couple
Parents#8
AJs
Ajax
Black Jack
Jack Ass
J-birds#9
KJs
Kojak
King John
Hary Potter
Bachelor's Hand
Tucson Monster#10
TT
TinTin
Tension
Twenty Miles#11
AKo
Big Slick
Anna Kournikova#12
ATs
Johnny Moss
Bookends#13
QJs
Oedipus
Maverick#14
KTs
Katie
Big Al#15
QTs
Quint
Varkony
Gratitude
Greyhound#16
JTs
Morgan#17
99
Wayne Gretzky
German Virgin
Popeye's
Phil Hellmuth#18
AQo
Big Chick
Little slick#19
A9s
Rounders Hand
Driving the Truck#20
KQo
Mixed Marriage
Othello#21
88
Snowmen
Little Oldsmobile
Two Fat Ladies
Catnuts#22
K9s
Canine
Pair of Dogs
Turner & Hooch
Pedigree
Fido
Sawmill#23
T9s
Count Down#24
A8s
Dead Mans Hand#25
Q9s
Quinine#26
J9s
Jeanine#27
AJo
Ace Jack-off#28
A5s
High Five#29
77
Buggy Tops
Saturn
Sunset Strip
Hockey Sticks
Mullets
Walking Sticks#30
A7s
Red Baron#31
KJo
Kojak
King John
Jack-King-off
Harry Potter#32
A4s
Sharp Tops
Amen
Tranny's#33
A3s
Ash Tray
Baskin Robbins#34
A6s
Mile High#35
QJo
Maverick
Fred & Ethel#36
66
Route 66
Kicks#37
K8s
The Feast
Kokomo#38
T8s
Tetris
Tenaciously#39
A2s
Hunting Season
Arizona
Acey-Deucy#40
98s
Oldsmobile#41
J8s
Jeffrey Dalmer#42
ATo
Bookends#43
Q8s
Kuwait#44
K7s
King Salmon
Kevin#45
KTo
Katie
Woodcutter#46
55
Presto
Double Nickels
Speed Limit
Sammy#47
JTo
Morgan#48
87s
RPM
Tahoe#49
QTo
Quint
Greyhound#50
44
Robert Varkonyi
Quint
Magnum
Colt 44
Sail Boats
Diana Dors#51
33
Crabs
City Parks#52
22
Quackers
Pocket Swans
Ducks
Barely Legal
The Strippers#53
K6s
The Concubine#54
97s
Grapefruit#55
K5s
King of Nickels#56
76s
America
Union Oil#57
T7s
The Bowling Hand
Split#58
K4s
Fork#59
K3s
King Crab
Sizzler
Commander Crab#60
K2s
White Men Can't Jump#61
Q7s
Computer Hand#62
86s
Eubie
Maxwell Smart#63
65s
Ken Warren#64
J7s
Dice Hand#65
54s
Colt#66
Q6s#67
75s
Heinz 57 Sauce#68
96s
Overtime
Soixante Neuf#69
Q5s
Granny Mae (if spades)#70
64s
Revolution
The Rabbit#71
Q4s#72
Q3s
Bitch with Crabs
Gay Waiter#73
T9o
Countdown#74
T6s
Driver's License#75
Q2s
Windsor Waiter#76
A9o
Jesus
Chris Ferguson#77
53s#78
85s
Finky Dink#79
J6s
Jack Sikma#80
J9o
Emergency
9-11#81
K9o
Sawmill#82
J5s
Jackson Five
Motown#83
Q9o
Quinine#84
43s
Waltz Time#85
74s
Barn Owl#86
J4s
Done Hand
Jermaine
Flat Tire#87
J3s
J-Lo
Bird Table#88
95s
Dolly Parton
Hard Working#89
J2s
The Jew#90
63s
JFK
Three Dozen#91
A8o
Dead Man's Hand#92
52s
Two Bits
Quarter#93
T5s
Dimestore
Woolworth
Five and Dime#94
84s
Big Brother
George Orwell#95
T4s
Roger That
Over and Out
Convoy
The Good Buddy#96
T3s#97
42s
The Answer
Lumberjack#98
T2s
Texas Dolly
Terminator II#99
98o
Oldsmobile#100
T8o
Tetris#101
A5o
High Five#102
A7o
Red Baron#103
73s
Dutch Waiter
Swedish Busboy#104
A4o
Crashing Airlines#105
32s
Hooter Hand
Jordan#106
94s
San Fransisco#107
93s
Jack Benny#108
J8o
Jeffery Dalmer#109
A3o
Baskin Robbins
Ash Tray#110
62s#111
92s
Twiggy#112
K8o
The Feast
Dr Spoon
Kokomo#113
A6o
Mile High#114
87o
Tahoe#115
Q8o
Kuwait#116
83s
Raquel Welch#117
A2o
Arizona
Big Balls
Hunting Season#118
82s
Fat Lady and a Duck#119
97o
Grapefruit#120
72s
Beer Hand#121
76o
Union Oil#122
K7o
King Salmon#123
65o
Ken Warren#124
T7o
Split#125
K6o
The Concubine#126
86o
Maxwell Smart#127
54o
Colt 45
Jesse James
Jane Russell#128
K5o
Rotten Cowboy#129
J7o
Dice#130
75o
Filipino Slick
Heinz#131
Q7o
Computer Hand#132
K4o
Fork#133
K3o
Commander Crab
King Crab#134
96o
Percy#135
K2o
Big Fritz#136
64o
The Question#137
Q6o#138
53o
Bully Johnson#139
85o
The Scag#140
T6o
Sweet Sixteen#141
Q5o#142
43o
Waltz Time#143
Q4o#144
Q3o
Gay Waiter#145
74o
Cambodian Slick#146
Q2o
The Vesty#147
J6o
Jack Sikma#148
63o
JFK
Blocky#149
J5o
Jackson Five#150
95o
Dolly Parton#151
52o
Quarter#152
J4o
Kid Grenade#153
J3o
Fortran#154
42o
The Answer#155
J2o
Bennifer#156
84o
Big Brother#157
T5o
Nickels and Dimes#158
T4o
CB Hand
Roger That#159
32o
Big Gulp
Hooter Hand
Mississippi Slick
Can of Corn#160
T3o#161
73o
Rusty Trombone#162
T2o
Texas Dolly#163
62o
Bed & Breakfast#164
94o
Joe Montana Banana#165
93o
Jack Benny#166
92o
Montana Banana
Twiggy#167
83o
Suzanna Banana
Sven
Raquel Welch#168
82o
Sixty Nine#169
72o
Death
The Big Man Hand
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