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POKER STARTING HANDS
The first step to winning Limit Hold’em is to choose good starting hands to play. The quality of
a starting hand is not static. Some hands may be good or bad in different situations. It depends on
the other players’ actions and your position. This chapter will explain what to look for when
deciding what to do with your starting hand.
1326 different combination of hands, but only 169 different quality of hands
There are 1326 different starting hands. This counts K♣T
♥
and K♠T
♦
as two separate hands.
If we did care about the order that we received the two cards in, then there are 2652 different
combinations of two card starting hands (52 x 51). For the first card, we can get any of 52 different
cards. For the second card, we can get any of the remaining 51 cards. This method would count
8♣7♣ as a different hand than 7♣8♣. However, in Hold’em we do not care about the order that
the cards are dealt to us. Since every combination is represented exactly twice, this means we can
divide 2652 by 2 to get the number of different combination of hands, and that equals 1326.
These 1326 different starting hands can be separated into three main categories. Pairs (9♠9
♥
),
suited hands (A
♦
5
♦
) and unsuited hands (A♣5♠).
Pairs
There are 13 different pairs, ranging from AA down to 22. There are six different possible
combinations for each pair. T
he six different combinations for AA are:
A
♦
A♣
A
♥
A♣
A
♦
A♠
A
♥
A♠
A♣A♠
Since there are 6 different combinations for each pair, and there are 13 different pairs, that means
78 out of the 1326 different hands are pairs or 5.9% of all hands.
Suited Hands
There are 78 different suited hands. Some examples are A
♥
K
♥
, A
♥
5
♥
and Q
♥
J
♥
. How did I get
78 different hands? One way is to look at the number of suited combinations with each card. If
we take the A
♥
first, there can be 12 different suited hands with the A
♥
, ranging from A
♥
K
♥
down to A
♥
2
♥
(there are 13 cards of each suit, but since AA can not be a suited hand, there are
only 12 suited hands with the A
♥
). With the K
♥
, there are also 12 different combinations, but one
of them is already counted for with the A
♥
. This means there are only 11 additional different
A
♥
A
♦
suited cards with the K
♥
. Subsequently, the Q
♥
has 10 different new combinations, and so on
until we get to the 3
♥
, which only has one new combination, 3
♥
2
♥
. Adding them up (12
+11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1), the total number is 78 different hands with each suit. There are
four different suits, so that means there are 312 different suited hands (78 x 4). This reflects 23.5%
of all hands.
Unsuited Hands
There are 78 different hands of each combination of unsuited hands. But instead of 4 different
suits, there are 12 different suit combinations. For example, AK can come in 12 different unsuited
ways:
A
♥
K♠
A
♥
K
♦
A
♦
K♣
A
♦
K♠
A
♦
K
♥
A♣K
♦
A♣K♠
A♣K
♥
A♠K♣
A♠K
♥
A♠K
♦
This means there are 936 different unsuited hands (78 x 12) or 70.6% of all hands.
Overall, there are 78 different combinations of pairs, 312 different combinations of suited hands
and 936 different combinations of unsuited hands. These add up to 1326 total different hands.
Here is a table with the full breakdown.
Different
Quality
Different
Combinations
Total Number
of Hands
Percentage of
all Hands
Pair
13
6 possible
combinations
78
5.9%
Suited Hand
78
4 different suits
312
23.5%
Unsuited Hand
78
12 different suit
combinations
936
70.6%
Total
169
1326
100.0%
In Hold’em, we do not care about the particular suits until after the Flop. For example, before the
Flop, A♣J♣ is the same as A
♦
J
♦
, and 9
♦
8♣ is the same as 9♠8
♥
. It is only after the Flop that
these hands may start to diverge in strength, although sometimes they stay the same if flush factors
are non-existent after the Flop. This means there are only 169 different hands that can be dealt.
You can see this by looking at the above table and add up the “Different Quality” category. When
we look at it in terms of 169 different hands, it is important to keep in mind that the different hands
have varying weights. A pair has 6 different combinations, a suited hand has 4 different
combinations and an unsuited hand has 12 different combinations.
A
♥
K♣
Type of Starting
Hand
Understanding these factors becomes useful if we can narrow our opponent’s hand down to just a
few quality hands. For example, it is possible that a tight pre-Flop player will only raise with six
different hands from the under the gun position: AA, KK, QQ, AKs, AKo and AQs. With all other
hands, it is possible he would either fold or call. Here are the possible combinations these hands
could have.
Possible
Combinations
Percentage of the time the under the
gun player holds this hand
AA
6
15.8%
KK
6
15.8%
QQ
6
15.8%
AKs
4
10.5%
AKo
12
31.6%
AQs
4
10.5%
Total
38
100%
Since this player will only raise under the gun with those hands, it means he will only be raising
under the gun 2.9% of the time (38/1326). If you have played against this player often, it should
come as a surprise to you when he does raise under the gun since he does it so seldom.
If you held JJ, you would know that you are in a dangerous position against this specific player.
Against AA, KK, QQ, your hand of JJ is a major underdog. Against AKs, AKo, and AQs, it is only
a slight favorite. Here is a chart that shows how often you should win if you were all-in before the
Flop.
Hand
Possible
Combinations
Percentage of the time
under the gun holds this
hand
Your winning
percentage with JJ
JJ’s Equity (Third
Column x Fourth
Column)
AA
6
15.8%
19%
3.0%
KK
6
15.8%
19%
3.0%
QQ
6
15.8%
19%
3.0%
AKs
4
10.5%
54%
5.7%
AKo
12
31.6%
57%
18.0%
AQs
4
10.5%
54%
5.7%
Total
38
100%
38.4%
Hand
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