Poker Strategies
After receiving pocket cards, you are immediately faced with a choice: play your cards and either raise or call the blinds, or fold.
Practice Matters
Following are the ten best-rated two-card hands held by a player
Following are the ten best-rated two-card hands held by a player with his first two dealt cards and the odds against such an occurrence. Player's Hand Odds 1. A pair of aces 220 to 1 2. A pair of kings 220 to 1 3. Ace and king of the same suit 331 to 1 4. A pair of queens 220 to 1 5. Ace and king of different suits 110 to 1 6. Ace and queen of the same suit 331to 1 7. Ace and queen of different suits 110 to 1 8. King and queen of the same suit 331 to 1 9. King and queen of different suits 110 to 1 10. A pair of jacks 220 to 1
The total number of two-card hands before the flop is 1,326, and the
The total number of two-card hands before the flop is 1,326, and the odds against a player holding any pair in the hole are 16 to I. The odds against a player holding any two cards suited in the hole are 3.24 to 1.