Top Ten Pocket Hands In No Limit Hold’em
by admin on Jun.05, 2008, under Poker
Introduction
So you want to score the big money in No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker, eh? Well, first you need to get some things straight. First off, you need to ask yourself, are you in it to win it or just here for kicks. If you want kicks, do as you please, but for the real players, this is where it’s at.
The Importance of Your Pocket Cards
Most people underestimate how important your pocket cards are. Do you think you’d have a better chance going into the flop with a strong, common hand, or a bad, off-suit hand? You need to train yourself to have patience and play your cards right. If you can’t wait for good cards, why are you playing to begin with? With that said, let’s get to know these hands.
What Are The Hands?
The “Top Ten” hands in No Limit Texas Hold’em Poker without a doubt have to be:
1. A-A
2. K-K
3. Q-Q
4. A-K
5. J-J
6. 10-10
7. 9-9
8. 8-8
9. A-Q
10. 7-7
Why, Why, Why?
Great pocket cards are the key to success. As said above, would you rather go into the flop with a strong, common hand, or a bad, off-suit hand? This is an incredibly obvious answer. You want the strongest hand you can get, so you can win more hands and take home more winnings. The better the starting percentage of winning, the better chance of actually winning you’ll have. If you’d like, you could even raise the blinds and scare away a couple people just to collect a small pot (if you need to get your stack up by a fraction, although I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to go for the gold to begin with.) Having strong cards is half the battle; the other half is knowing how to use them.