Trashy – Hands like Q5o, J6o, 52o and 84o are among the weakest starting hands in Texas Hold’em and should never be played as a raise first in. The majority of Texas Hold’em starting hands are in this category, so it’s important to get into the habit of only selecting appropriate hands to play from each position. Texas Holdem Starting Hands. When I started trying to learn how to be a better Texas holdem player I searched high and low for a list of which starting hands I could play. I looked on the Internet and bought book after book looking for an answer. This was in the early 2000’s so most of the drivel posted online was poor at best, and there wasn.
- List Of Best Texas Holdem Starting Hands
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questions or suggestions don't hesitate to send a mail -click here | 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 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
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| #6
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
The Hammer |
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Starting Hand Selection:Chen Formula : Sklansky Starting Hand Groups
List Of Best Texas Holdem Starting Hands
The Sklansky & Malmuth starting hands table.
| Group | Hands |
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| 1 | AA, AKs, KK, QQ, JJ |
| 2 | AK, AQs, AJs, KQs, TT |
| 3 | AQ, ATs, KJs, QJs, JTs, 99 |
| 4 | AJ, KQ, KTs, QTs, J9s, T9s, 98s, 88 |
| 5 | A9s - A2s, KJ, QJ, JT, Q9s, T8s, 97s, 87s, 77, 76s, 66 |
| 6 | AT, KT, QT, J8s, 86s, 75s, 65s, 55, 54s |
| 7 | K9s - K2s, J9, T9, 98, 64s, 53s, 44, 43s, 33, 22 |
| 8 | A9, K9, Q9, J8, J7s, T8, 96s, 87, 85s, 76, 74s, 65, 54, 42s, 32s |
| 9 | All other hands not required above. |
This table comes from the book Hold 'em Poker for Advanced Players by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth.
This is a strategy book for limit Hold'em, but the starting hand groups do have some practical use in no limit Hold'em.
What is the Sklansky and Malmuth starting hands table?
The table is a general ranking of hands in Texas Hold'em.
The Sklansky and Malmuth starting hands table groups together certain hands in Texas Hold'em based on their strength. Starting with the strongest set of hands that you can be dealt in group 1, the hands get progressively weaker working down the table until the virtually unplayable hands in group 9.
The rough idea is that a hand in one group has roughly the same value and can be played the same way preflop as any other hand in that group.
How to use the starting hands table.
In their book, Sklansky and Malmuth provide some in-depth guidelines for starting hand strategy in limit Texas Hold'em using this table. Unfortunately, I'm not going to work out any guidelines for you for the NL Hold'em game using this table because:
- It would be quite a tricky job.
- It would be difficult to remember and implement.
- Like any starting hand strategy, it would have its flaws.
- You should avoid using strict guidelines and set rules as much as possible during play.
So really there is not a lot to take away from this table from a purely strategic perspective. Nonetheless it's interesting to see how specific starting hands compare to one another based on their preflop value.
If you're really after a starting hand strategy guideline, try the Chen Formula.
Sklansky and Malmuth hand rankings evaluation.
Although it's a very popular hand group rankings table, it's not going to do you too much good to learn the whole thing off by heart. In my opinion, the real value of this table is being able to see how different starting hands can be grouped together and ranked based on their value before the flop.
For other useful charts and tables, see the odds charts page from the Texas Hold'em tools section.
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