More Playable Hold’em Starting Hands

Choosing quality starting hands is a fantastic, winning holdem strategy. It may even be the best strategy you can employ. “Win big and lose little” should be your motto. We suggest playing these hands the closer to the dealer button you are, but understand that poker is a game of situations. There are no absolutes so – do what you gotta do and use your best judgment no matter what.
 
The following list includes some trouble hands. We make no suggestion for how to play them other than think of going in pre-flop for ½ - ¾ of the total pot raise and getting out quick after if you don’t hit anything good.

• High Aces – These Aces include the Ace-Queen (AQ), Ace-Jack (AJ) and Ace-Ten (A10). High Aces look better the closer you sit to the dealer button. These hands can easily become subject to domination, a situation in which the kicker comes into play. For example, Jen holds an AK. You hold an AQ. The flop comes A,6,A. You can’t win unless a Queen comes to give you a full house, which is highly unlikely.
• Big pocket pairs – These pocket pairs range from Sevens (7,7) to Tens (10,10). If on the flop you hit a set, bet it. If not, consider folding, especially if a straight or flush is possible. Learn how to read the board. (That means pay attention to it and think about all the possible – and highly probable - combinations that your opponents are holding.)
• High Kings – King-Queen (KQ), King-Jack (KJ) and King-Ten (K10) are usually okay to play. Try to see the flop for cheap and get out of the hand at the first sign of trouble.
• Blackjack hands – These hands would equal at least seventeen numerically. They’d be good shots to win at a blackjack table. Here’s how you “count ‘em”. Any card under 10 is equal to the number on that card. Example: 2=2. Tens, Jacks, Queens and Kings all equal ten. An Ace is high and equals eleven.

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