| You have a 31% chance of winning a 10 seater hand of hold’em if you get dealt pocket Rockets… The biggest mistake a player can make with pocket aces is to underestimate their status as the nut hand. They are the highest pre-flop hand that can be dealt and barring a pair being dealt in the flop, a player should bet high, re-raise on the turn and trust the strength of their hand. Raise. |
You have a 26.02% chance of winning a hand of Texas hold’em against 9 other players if you are dealt a pair of Kings, also referred to as Cowboys… Always an inspiring starting hand that was memorably folded pre-flop by Phil Hellmuth in the 2001 World Series of Poker to Reagan Silber. Silber went all- in with a $ 15 000 raise; alarm bells went off for an incredibly intuitive Hellmuth who folded as Silber threw down pocket aces. | |
| Pockets Queens will give you a 22.03% chance of winning a hand in 10 seater Texas hold’em… I think of them as the dark horse pair, pocket cowgirls are a stronger hand than many assume; a good hand to adopt an aggressive approach with, bluff, raise and bet high. Who could forget Jamie Gold’s $12 million bluff at the WSOP 2006 when his pocket pair of queens ate a blindsided Paul Wasicka’s pair of tens. |
Suited Aces and Kings in a 10 seater round of Texas hold’em offers you a 20.19% chance of taking the pot… Known as ‘Big Slick” and “Walking back to Houston”, so called because of the assumption of Houston based poker players to bet high with this hand only to find themselves broken up against pockets aces, their long walk back to Houston would not be made in celebration. Raise if you’re holding this hand. | |
| A pocket pair of Jacks in a 10 seater game of Texas hold’em will see you sitting with a 19.09% chance of winning the hand… “Fishhooks”, a reference to their shape; are statistically the 5th strongest hand in hold’em, so raise if you draw them. They are the lowest valued face-card drawing a line from which a “high pair” can be dealt. Only 20% of hands are better than pocket Jacks which is why a high pair is referred to as “Jacks or better”. |
Suited Aces over Queens gives you an 18.66% chance of winning the hand in 10 seater Texas hold’em… ‘Little slick’ or ‘big chick” falls into the broad category of ‘good-but-not-great’ poker hands, hands that are strong but distinctly second best. Conventional wisdom advocates not betting the farm on this hand, don’t call early position raises, watch your back after the flop and, if you feel like bluffing, play aggressively from the blinds. | |
| A pocket royal marriage, suited Kings and Queens, gives you a handsome 18.08% chance of taking the pot in a hand of Hold’em against 9 other players… A hand to raise with, especially in online poker with 9 other players waiting for the pot odds on the flop. Chances are that a few of the other players around the table will be sitting with face cards; the trick is to raise pre-flop and scare off the chancers this will thin the hand out and give you better odds on your face cards; if you don’t have position, play it safe and call. |
Suited Aces and Jacks in the hole give you a 17.47% probability of winning the pot in a hand of 10 seater Texas hold’em… ”Blackjack”, play this hand slow and be well aware of the gap between the two cards. A player should raise pre-flop and re-raise if necessary and hope for a free card on the flop, re-raising should keep the other players guessing. | |
| Suited Kings and Jacks (a hand commonly referred to as Kojak), as your hole cards, hold a 17.05% chance to take down the pot in a 10 player hand of Texas hold’em… Position comes strongly into play with this hand. You need to be just off the blinds to take down the pot with a suited King John. This is a hand that needs to be factored in as part of a pre-flop strategy for possible pocket hands. You need to make a plan and stick to it. |
A pocket pair of tens, TNT, holds a 16.83% chance at the pot over the other players in a round of 10 seater Texas hold’em… A pair of dimes, famous for being in the middle of the middle of the road hand; high enough to top most pocket pairs but equally vulnerable to as many! You have to know a bit about the other players when holding this hand and play accordingly. | |
| Ace King off-suit has a 16.67% chance of holding up in 10 player Texas hold’em… Position is important when playing this hand, once the flop is dealt you want to be as close to the end of the betting order as possible, it will greatly improve your chances of winning if you can see how the other players are betting. This hand is good for shallow pots but should be folded in the face of large pot and big raises. |
Suited pocket Aces and Tens, known as a Johnny Moss, give the player a 16.63% chance of taking the pot in 10 seater Texas hold’em… Johnny Moss was the Grand Old Man of Poker, winning the WSOP 8 times and competing in every tournament from 1970-1995. His patience and manner saw him being inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame in 1979 as well as having the hold’em starting hand named after him. | |
| A suited Maverick (Queens and Jacks), as your pocket cards, holds a 16.58% chance at the pot in 10 seater Texas hold’em… Maverick, so called because of the television series of the same name. where the title character was said to be “livin’ on jacks and queens”. Aggression can be more important than position when holding this hand. To avoid limping in later betting rounds, put in a sizeable pre-flop raise and hope for a hit. Online poker is characterized by players hoping for miracles on the river, this tendency to stay in the game a few rounds too long will be your money maker. |
Suited Kings and Tens in a hand of 10 player Texas hold’em offers a 16.14% probability of winning the pot in a hand of 10 seater Texas Hold’Em The advice is to limp with this hand. Call rather than raise to stay in the game because this is a hand than can be played late. This hand is also considered similar in value to JTs; with KTs being the preferred hand in larger pots and JTs looking more attractive in smaller pots | |
| Suited Queens and Tens as your hole cards in a hand of 10 seater Texas hold’em offers a 15.84% chance at the pot… Another hand that demands you watch the play around you. If too many players limp into the pot, it becomes very likely that they have similar late-breaking hands and the wise decision is to fold. This hand is also known as the Varkonyi, after Robert Varkonyi, the WSOP 2002 champion who won with a full house with this hand. |
Suited Jacks and Tens give the player a 15.78% chance at the pot in a hand of Texas hold’em against 9 other players… A drawing hand that can be quite valuable to an experienced player. Novices should leave this hand alone. It is a suited connector meaning that a lot about playing this hand relies on the flop making a flush or straight. | |
| A pair of 9s as your hole cards offers you a 15.29% chance at taking the pot in a 10 seater hand of Texas hold’em… This hand is also known as a ‘Wayne Getzky’ ass 99 was his winning jersey number. |
Being dealt an off suit Little Slick (Aces and Queens) holds a 14.87% chance in 10 seater Texas hold’em… Be wary of this hand, it relies heavily on a lucky flop, if you have to call more than 3 bets then it’s better to muck it, someone is holding something far more substantial than you. The problem with this draw, compared to a straight up pair, is that is isn’t a pair, the odds say your pair won’t come up and you’ll get taken by a pair of pocket deuces. | |
| Suited Aces and Nines in the hole gives the player a 14.60% chance to take the pot in 10 seater Texas hold’em… You should raise pre-flop with this hand and re-raise after the flop if you get a free card. Even though this hand has many possibilities in a 10 way game of hold’em it’s important to remember between the gap between the cards. If the flop isn’t lucky the game must turn to saving your stack. |
A mixed marriage (King/Queen off suit) gives you a 14.60% chance at taking the pot in a 10 seater hand of Texas hold’em… Royalty, this is a hand to call with, in other words, you want to see the flop with these cards. The standard rule applies; don’t call more than 2 bets with this hand but don’t play too tight either or you won’t be making any money. | |
| Snowmen (pair of 8’s) give the holder a 14.16% chance at the pot in a 10 seater hand of Texas hold’em … Snowmen (because of the shape) are the same basic classification as any pair outside the high cards. You need to wait for the flop; buy into it as cheaply as you can and hope for the best. This hand has a fair number of nicknames; Octopussy, Little Oldsmobile, Infinities and Double Infinity. |
A suited dog (K9) gives you a 14.15% chance at the pot in 10 seater Texas hold’em… Even in the unlikely event of making a full house, this is not a very strong hand simply because any hand made with these cards can be beaten by another hand. As is customary in the case of a hand like this the game will come down to your opponents. | |
| Suited Tens and Nines give the player a 14.07% chance at the pot in a 10 seater hand of Texas hold’em… Ideally played from a late position in the game, the value of this hand is in the possibility it opens for a flush but exercise caution because there are 4 higher possible flushes from the same up cards. |
Suited Aces and Eights, the dead man’s hand, was Wild Bill’s hand when he was shot. It gives you a 13.89% chance over 9 other players at taking the pot … Pros advise folding this hand 90% of the time. A late position entry with a small, passive table might be viable but on a 10 seater table, you’ll likely be left with, at most, a high pair and a weak kicker. | |
| Pocket Queens and Nines suited clock a fair 13.82%. This is the chance this hand offers toward you going all the way to the money in 10 seater Texas holdem… Quinine should only be played late and from the blinds; this hand should fold quickly if there’s a raise but generally discarded except in the most desperate situations. There’s no covering a weak kicker. |
Suited Jacks and Nines pre-flop give you a 13.80% chance of winning the pot in 10 seater Texas hold’em…
This hand suited is marginally preferable to the off suit option but it still suffers from being too soft. The chances of someone else at the table holding a better combination with the same flop is high. The worst situation would be being pulled all in with this marginal hand in a no-limit game. Restrict using this hand to late play in small, limit- stakes games. | |
| Holding a pocket Ace and Jack off suit offers a 13.45% chance of taking the pot in 10 seater Texas hold’em … Off-suit blackjack is a raising hand both to thin out the contenders and get a feel for the strength of the other players’ hands. Intense action ahead of you suggests a stronger hand than yours in play and should be followed by folding while one or 2 players limping in are a sure sign to raise. Be wary of the kicker if there’s another ace on the board. |
A suited Ace and Five is the 28th strongest set of pocket cards in 10 seater Texas hold’em. The chance of you winning the pot with this hand is 13.43%... The toss up is with a card combination like this is that when is pays off on the board, it pays off in a big way (with straights or flushes or trips) and you want to be there for it. Wait until after the flop to make your move on the pot because of the possibility of a miss you want as little money as possible in the pot pre-flop. | |
| Candy canes (7’s) offer a 13.43% chance winning the pot in 10 seater Texas hold’em… Raise with your pair and if you’ve been playing for a while and you think you have a good bead on your opponents playing styles; re-raise. Sometimes a raise on the flop from another player is made solely to see the turn card, hoping to build his hand. Nicknames for this hand include hockey sticks and walking sticks. |
Suited Aces and Sevens n the hole allow a 13.18% chance of winning a hand of 10 player Texas hold’em… A hand like this is folded 95% of the time but if it’s not too expensive, you should try and see the flop, remember the golden rule: if you don’t have a made hand then more than 3 calls and you should fold. This hand needs to be assessed relative to the board; does the kicker rank higher than the other 2 cards? Pair the ace and you’re left with a low kicker but pair the 7 and all you have is a low pair. Bet if this is checked to you, otherwise fold it. | |
| An off suit Kojak (KJ) offers a 13.18% chance at the pot in a 10 player hand of Texas hold’em… This hand is susceptible to losing to a higher kicker if the king is paired on the board. This hand works better on bigger tables where the spread of cards is wider but if the pot had been raised it’s advisable to fold this hand, especially in early position. |
Suited Aces and Fours in the hole weigh in with a 13.17% chance of getting you to the pot in a hand of 10 seater Texas hold’em … While this hand has a good shot at a straight, the weakness in this hand is the kicker. This open-endedness of this hand makes it better suited to larger tables where the pot will make it worthwhile and you can push to see more of the communal cards. | |
| Friday the Thirteenth (A3), suited, as your hole cards mean a 13.07% chance of you hitting the pot in a hand of 10 seater Texas hold’em … Nicknamed “Baskin-Robbins”, a play on the 31 flavours; this hand follows the general rules of holding an ace and a low kicker. Try and hold out for the flop if you don’t get raised and if you get a free card, you should aggressively push through and raise. |
Suited Aces and Sixes have a fair 12.97% chance of taking you to the podium in a hand of 10 seater Texas hold’em … Sweet Sixteen; not only does this hand have a low kicker but the gap between the 2 cards is significant. Don’t be wooed by the Rocket in your pocket; sure, if your stack is that generous then wait to see the flop but if it doesn’t put a smile on your face then don’t waste more money waiting for the turn. | |
| An off suit Maverick (QJ) is the 35th strongest hand you can be dealt off the mark in 10 seater Texas hold’em… you stand a 12.89% chance of winning with this hand… This hand should definitely be played if it is suited but with some planning and position you could play Maverick off-suit on a big table. You need to be aware of uniform flops either by suit or numbers; it could see your pair taken down by a straight. Remember that on a table of 10 players odds are that at least one of them has a very good hand and if doubt your pair rather fold. |
Suited Kings and Eights hold a 12.77% chance of being the winning hand in 10 seater Texas hold’em… A difficult hand that needs a large table because it will miss the flop often and needs to be lucrative when it hits. The combination of the gap between the cards and the 8 as a low kicker makes this an easily forgettable hand. | |
| Tens and Eights suited are the 38th strongest hand in 10 player Texas hold’em, giving the holder a 12.73% chance of winning the pot… This is a hand for the pros, it is only really playable from the blinds in an unraised pot and even then it’s played as a desperate push to get a look at the flop. The single plus of this hand is the fact that it is a one-gap suited connector. Play tight with this hand if you’re inexperienced and fold in favour of something more generous. |
Drinking age (A2 – “21”) suited in the pocket stands a 12.69% chance of being the hand that takes the pot in 10 player Texas hold’em… Acey-Deucey is only played because of the possibility of the nut flush. An aggressive player would call the big blind and get out by the turn if the cards are looking healthy. More conservative play would recommend folding in the face of such a low kicker or prepare to bluff. | |
| Oldsmobile (98) suited is the 40th strongest opening hand in a round of 10 seater Texas hold’em - you stand a 12.63% chance of winning with this hand… A suited connector, that is valuable in the more complex strategy of professional poker players because of the straight/flush option it provides. This hand could pay off big but if there isn’t a nibble after the flop then even the most aggressive player would fold. This will rarely be the best possible hand around the table. |
Suited Jacks and Eights give you a 12.47% chance of winning a hand of 10 player Texas hold’em… The famous pocket hand that took Max “The Italian Pirate” Pescatori to his first gold bracelet over Anthony Reategui at the WSOP in 2006. The flop came down 10-7-6, putting Reategui all in with a top pair of tens then a blank on the turn followed by that golden 9 on the river. So this hand is lucky for some, Pescatori took home $682,389. | |
| Johnny Moss (Ace Ten) unsuited stands a 12.43% chance taking you to the pot in a hand of 10 seater Texas hold’em … Also known as “Corners”, this is a decent hand to call with but it needs support from the flop, making it a good late position hand that’s promising pre-flop, and an ace pair is always good, but fold it if the table is not working for you. |
Kuwait (Q8) suited runs an even 12.42% chance of getting you to the pot in a single hand of 10 player Texas hold’em… In 10 player poker the chance of someone else holding another queen to challenge a possible pair on the board is quite high and the chances of them holding a better kicker are higher still. Though you might strike it lucky a few times, it’s not a good long term strategy to put your faith in a pair of queens. | |
| King Seven suited is the 44th best starting hand with a 12.23% chance of winning the pot in 10 player Texas Hold’Em… The Columbia River is not a good combo if you are short stacked on a small table up against experienced, aggressive players. If none of these is the case then you could do worse than K7. This is a good hand to see the flop with, the 7 is a weak kicker though so unless you’re sure or if you get the set, it’s a good idea to fold. |
King and Ten off suit has a 12.23% chance of taking the pot in a hand of 10 player Texas Holdem… A pair of cards that should not be taken on face value. They are good for a straight but there is often higher straight or at least a draw to a higher straight floating around the table. You need to bet aggressively if you’re going to run with this hand it will pay off in the long run with a bigger pot and fewer contenders. | |
| Draw the pocket speed limit (5’s) and come in with a 12.15% chance of taking the pot in a 10 seater hand of Texas hold’em… Named after the national speed limit in the US through the ‘70s and ‘80s. Also known as nickels, it’s traditional to shout “presto” if you win with a pair of fives. Being a low pair you should bet cautiously, especially on a big table; if the table has higher cards on the flop and a if you’re fielding calls early in the game, you should bow out. |
Jack Ten off suit in your pocket has a 12.13% chance of taking the pot in 10 seater Texas hold’em… The incorrectly called Cloutier, a play on the name T.J. Cloutier, is a fringe hand that is good enough to play in certain situations. You’re looking for a straight with this hand in a deep pot with cards going all the way to the river. Unfortunately it might get too expensive to get to that point so no one will frown if you fold before the flop. These hands can be very costly if you don’t make your set. | |
| A suited pocket Eight and Seven have a 12.02% chance of winning the pot in 10 seater Texas hold’em… The suited option of this combination is definitely the better one but still falls in to the category of a “trap hand” – a highly risky hand that is made on the draw but then loses to a better hand anyway. This is usually a massive loss that destroys your stack. So play for that straight but be ready to bail if the game gets too rich or if the flop is not your friend. |
Off suit Q-tip (QT) is the 49th strongest pocket draw cards you can be dealt in 10 player Texas hold’em with a 11.99% chance of winning the pot… Another hand that relies heavily on a good draw but beware of running card combinations and don’t fall for prolonged betting and raising, this hand simply does not have the legs for it. | |
| 11.94% chance of winning the pot is what sailboats (4’s) will give you as hole cards in 10 seater Texas hold’em … Being a low pair; anything that would count in your favour in the flop would probably serve one of the other players even better. Only play this hand in late position and very conservatively, the objective being simply to get a look at the flop. Fold immediately if it’s not good or if you’re called more than once. |
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Even in the unlikely event of making a full house, this is not a very strong hand simply because any hand made with these cards can be beaten by another hand. As is customary in the case of a hand like this the game will come down to your opponents.
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