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How
to play Texas
Holdem
poker
In Texas Holdem, there are exactly 169 distinct possible
starting hands, out of 1,326 separate
possible combinations of two hole cards on a
standard 52-card deck. It is estimated that
about half or less of these possible
starting hands are unplayable. It is
important to note this fact while playing
because learning and understanding
intelligent starting hands that are most
playable in Texas Holdem is the key to
winning the game.
Pocket Pair Starting
Hands:
One class of starting hands in Texas Holdem is Pocket Pairs
which are of 3 types – JJ, AA and 77. JJ
is to indicate starting hands made up of 2
jacks and are called Pocket Jacks. AA,
on the other hand, is used to represent
starting hands that have 2 aces, called
Pocket Aces. If there are two sevens in the
starting hand, then it’s called Pocket
Sevens, denoted by 77.
Suited and Unsuited
hands:
Suited Hands and Unsuited Hands are starting hands that are
not classified under Pocket Pairs. Example
of a Suited Hand:
8♠ 7♠
- This
is called an 8-7 suited
starting hand because it is made of an 8 and
a 7 belonging to the same suit. 8-7 suited
is denoted as 87s,
where the "s" stands for
"suited".
Example of Unsuited Starting Hand:
Q♣ 9♦ - This is called a
queen-nine offsuit because the Queen and the
9 belong to distinct suits. It is denoted by
Q9,
with the absence of the “s” indicating
that it’s an unsuited hand.
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