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	7 Card Stud Poker Strategy Starting Hands
		Consequently, this hand is still a questionable hand to play, however there are outs to a possible late (back-door) flush, a straight, and high pairs depending on if your cards are still live, and someone isn't holding a pocket pair that is higher than 8.
		However, with a hand like yours which is rainbowed with one dead card being the 8, you are relying strictly on the jack and the king to hit your hand in the next two streets.
		Your hand may look just as scary to the other player because, if they know that their hand is not made yet, they could be betting into what looks like an inside straight possibility at their end.
	www.studstrategy.com /7cardstudstrategyhi.htm (5636 words)

	Howstuffworks "How to Play Omaha Poker: Tips and Guidelines"
		A hand containing an ace that is suited to another card in the hand is a good example of both scooping and redraw hands.
		Hands that have an ace are the most common starting hands because an ace can be used for a high hand and a low hand.
		Starting hand selection is at least as important in Omaha/8 as it is in Hold'em, perhaps even more so.
	entertainment.howstuffworks.com /how-to-play-omaha-poker2.htm (761 words)

	Starting Hands in Hold 'em (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Any hand can win, but the better your starting hand is the more odds you have of winning the hand.
		When considering starting hands you either want a hand that doesn't need much improvement going against a small field or a hand that is a draw to a straight or a flush with a bigger field so that when you do hit your hand you get a bigger pot.
		Patience is needed in hold 'em because waiting for the right starting hand is important in hold 'em.
	web.ics.purdue.edu /~rosscj/poker/startinghands.html (369 words)

	EVALUATION OF STARTING HANDS
		Starting hands like this one are the most likely to produce a multiway hand on the flop, and the multiway hand is what we are really hoping for at Omaha.
		Naturally, the hand of Qª J§ 10ª 9§ is worth more than 8ª 7§ 6ª 5§, but the second hand is also a good hand even though the cards are lower-ranking than in the first hand.
		The former hand needs to buy another ace to stay in contention; the latter hand has two nut flush-draws and some straight-draws to lend additional value to the aces themselves.
	www.pokercoach.us /OMch.htm (1252 words)

	Starting hand (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In poker, the initial set of cards dealt to each player before any volutary betting takes place is called the starting hand.
		For example, in Seven-card stud this is two downcards and one upcard; in Texas hold'em it is two downcards; in Five-card draw it is five cards.
		Optimal starting hand standards can be very sensitive to factors such as the betting structure of a game, position, and the character of the other players, as well as the rules of the game being played.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/st/Starting_hand.html (148 words)

	PokerXL.com - Texas Holdem Starting Hands (Beginners)
		Too many beginners lose at poker because they are so caught up thinking about their hand that they don't consider the possibility that they may be beaten.
		When you are betting before the flop the strength of your hand should be considered, and for beginners sticking to these starting holdem hands would be a good idea.
		You want to see the flop to see just how good your good starting hand is, but with any of these hands if the betting is hard and heavy you might want to step aside and let the others fight it out.
	www.pokerxl.com /HoldemStartingHands.html (752 words)

	Dead Money's Starting Poker Hands: Dissecting Pocket Threes (33)
		Through experience, study, or a combination of both, players eventually realize that they should be playing only the best starting hands and they should raise instead of call when they enter a pot.
		The only hands that you will beat with any real consistency in a showdown are hands that contain a three and another card, hands that contain a 2 and another card, and pocket two's.
		Towards the late/middle stages of a poker tournament, when the big blind starts to approach 5-8% of the average stack size, the strength of crabs starts to ebb.
	www.toppoker.org /poker-hands/starting-hand-analysis-33-dm.html (1755 words)

	Texas hold 'em hands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The player's "playing hand", which will be compared against that of each competing player, is the best 5-card poker hand available from his two hole cards and the five community cards.
		It is typical to abbreviate suited hands in hold 'em by affixing an "s" to the hand, as well as to abbreviate non-suited hands with an "o" (for offsuit).
		Hands without a number are the weakest starting hands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Texas_hold_'em_hands (741 words)

	Dead Money's Starting Hand Analysis: Dissecting Ace-Deuce Suited (A2s)
		Before you start getting excited along with me and donk off all your poker chips making re-raises before the flop with her, let's put in some pre-flop considerations.
		Ace deuce suited, regardless of her elegant appeal, is a speculative hand and has to be regarded as one.
		Playing this hand doesn't require a degree in statistics, but a certain level of math sense could take the hand from a 0 EV (break even) starting hand to a long term winner.
	www.toppoker.org /poker-hands/starting-hand-analysis-a2s-dm.html (1359 words)

	Texas Holdem Poker Strategy, Hand analysis library. Improve your game
		Although King-Jack is quite a strong hand when you look at odds tables in Heads-up poker or at starting hand requirements tables (please stop using those when you get more experienced!) you will see that King-Jack is not too bad at all.
		Hands like 7-2, 2-3 (straightpossibilities?), 10-2 you will fold at once if you are not in the Big Blind and can see the Flop checking.
		The fact that this hand finishes second at the showdown is the reason that many players regards King-jack as one of the weakest hands to have in Texas Holdem Poker.
	www.holdemhandanalysis.com /hand/potlimit/kjs.html (676 words)

	PokerStat Omaha Player Starting Cards help screen
		The player starting cards displays for a particular starting card combination, how much you have won/lost when playing those hands, and other statistics for that starting card combination.
		The average amount the user wins or loses every time they do not fold preflop with this starting hand combination (Win/Loss), the average amount won when the amount collected is more than the amount bet (Win), and the average amount lost when the amount collected is less than the amount bet (Loss).
		This option lets you use only hands where the player showed down cards in a showdown in calculating starting card statistics, or only hands where the user was dealt cards in the hand history in calculating starting card statistics.
	www.thsoftware.com /pokerstat/help/playerstartingcards-o.htm (893 words)

	Training Wheels of Fortune - Starting Hand Charts
		While the training wheel kids started off great, zipping around on their big bikes while the other kids were crashing into hedges, soon the freewheeling kids passed the training wheels kids, by far too.
		A rank amateur can look at a starting hand chart once and get some ideas about hands, but a chart itself is meaningless for one look.
		Starting hand charts lead to people thinking totally wrong in terms of how to play poker.
	www.playwinningpoker.com /articles/00/21.html (631 words)

	Starting hand selection for SB/BB - Online Poker Forums
		So I often use my middle position starting hands as a raising guide, mixing in a few other types of hands (suited connectors, small pairs) that are nice calling hands here.
		The blinds are great for the check-raise especially when you hit a great to monster hand and there are many others after you to act.
		You are too tight and folding them away and not defending them enough or just the opposite and are playing to many hands that dig you in a hole quickly by playing out of position.
	www.cardschat.com /showthread.php?t=70557 (757 words)

	A New Guide to the Starting Hands in Texas Hold'em Poker
		If you wish to vary your starting hand selection based on your playing position, which is fundamental to the playing strategies advocated by noted poker authors, then you'll be using the overall ranking of each hand as a basis for doing so anyway.
		The mean absolute deviation (MAD) in the rank of a hand among all starting hands is a measure of sensitivity by the hand to playing conditions.
		This is because with suited starting hands the rank of the kicker is usually more important than the connected-ness of their values, although with T9s both factors may combine.
	www-2.cs.cmu.edu /People/mummert/poker (5738 words)

	Irish Poker Promotions.com - Omaha Starting Hands
		Though Omaha is closely related to Texas Hold’em the way you select your starting hands differs greatly.
		To be playable a starting hand in Omaha needs to give you possibilities.
		The simplified general rule is "Play starting hands when ALL four cards are 8 or higher and connected to each other in some way." Remember the more possibilities all four starting cards provide, the more playable the hand.
	www.irishpokerpromotions.com /tutorials/omaha/starthand.htm (396 words)

	Starting Hand Poker Charts
		If you think you have the best hand, raising is preferable to calling.
		a raise, more hands can be played from early position.
		bluffs since your starting hands won't be significantly better than your opponents.
	www.acequeenpoker.com /startinghandchart2.html (430 words)

	Foothills Antique Tractor and Engine Club - TECH TIPS - startingby hand
		Hand starting two cylinder John Deere tractors was accomplished by turning or “rolling” the flywheel.
		In this case, a special crank pin is inserted in the hub of the flywheel to start the tractor.
		Some of these larger engines could be started hand, but a common practice was to use what my cousin calls “downhill batteries” (not a safety specialists preferred starting method).
	web.utk.edu /~tprather/FoothillsTractorClub/TechTips/startbyhand.html (750 words)

	Poker Articles: Players' Pages Article By Steve Ruddock - The Starting Hand Myth
		That said I would like to add that I feel many players are misled in their starting hand requirements and don't take all factors into account when making their decisions but base them solely on charts..
		The bigger the pots the less hands you will need to win to show a profit, the cheaper it is to play a hand the tighter you should play since you will need to win less to offset your blind and ante losses.
		I hope this column has given you some new ideas on how to adjust your starting hands depending on the form of poker you are playing and how to determine under what game conditions they should be altered.
	www.pokerpages.com /articles/players/steve-ruddock09.htm (1059 words)

	Rolf Slotboom: Ace Speaks: Starting Hand Selection & Stack Size (part I)
		Having said that, the hand does have some strength, and if you manage to flop a third king then you are usually in a very powerful position - especially when you are in a multiway pot and / or are up against relatively weak opposition.
		If your opponent is a good player, and has the hand reading abilities to put you on the hand that you actually have (top set), then he may be able to either make you fold the best hand by semi-bluffing you off your hand.
		Knowing in advance the characteristics of a hand with regards to the size of your stack and the potential problems later in the hand, knowing this in advance is absolutely crucial in order to play big-bet poker in a successful manner.
	www.pokerpages.com /articles/archives/slotboom60.htm (2102 words)

	Low Limit Holdem - Starting Hands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Also on this particular hand the dealer has been showing strength (even though it turns out to be unjustified until the river) so it is reasonable to expect the possibility of a raise behind you (which happened) and then everyone (including you) makes the mistake of calling the raise.
		The number one complaint is that our starting hand recommendations are far too loose and we've received several challenges for us to play person X heads up using these suggestions.
		Most of the hands are designed to flop a monster and if they do not (it's repeated before and after here but we'll say it one more time) you need to be able to lay them down on the flop.
	www.lowlimitholdem.com /main/StartingHands.htm (2696 words)

	Omaha starting hands - Poker Pros Vs Earth
		Avoid hands with junk in the middle, and even be careful with strong high hands like AQAK double suited.
		The A2,A3, double suited is the hand of hands in Omaha 8 or better.
		In Omaha Hi I could see raising more often with a nice hand preflop since there isnt as much of a threat of people staying to draw to a low and high at the same time.
	www.pokerprosvsearth.com /forums/showthread.php?p=361 (541 words)

	Top Starting Hands - MasteringHoldem.com
		Generally speaking, the later you are in position, the weaker the hand you can play, while you need premium hands to play in early position.
		If you are at a table full of conservative players, you may want a very strong hand to tangle in a big pot.
		On the other hand, I have seen tables at well known fishy sites like PacificPoker.com, where hands in the "playable" list are actually much better than what most of the other players are starting with!
	www.masteringholdem.com /strategy/starting-hands.aspx (209 words)

	Poker Hands - Poker Hand Rankings List - Texas Holdem Hands
		All poker hands, even if you are playing a game like Seven Card Stud, consist only of the best five cards available.
		After all betting rounds are complete all players remaining in the hand showdown their cards (or discard them if they see a better hand has them beat).
		In both cases hands are compared in terms of the number they create, from highest card to lowest -- 87653 defeats 95432.
	www.playwinningpoker.com /poker/hands (733 words)

	FL08 starting hand EV ?... - Part Time Poker Forums
		It took me around 10k hands to fully understand why the early nuts isn't all it's cracked up to be and why redraws are so so important.
		for example a hand of akj ten single suited is a more playable hand from the posistion he is in.
		My instinct was to 3bet my better hands pf, but all that does is drive out other players and let the idiots inferior hand become more playable heads up.
	www.parttimepoker.com /parttimeboard/showthread.php?t=2446 (1127 words)

	Sklansky's starting hand groups - how do I learn them?
		Again, the point is that the expected value of a hand depens on your position, and the EV even change preflop, depending on what opponents do.
		You may be confused by the way I am using the term "hand groups." It is not my intent to memorize which group Q9s, etc. is in (although that may be a byproduct of what I am doing).
		I am referring to the hand groups solely because those are the hands considered playable at a limit table by many experts.
	www.lowlimitholdem.com /smf/index.php/topic,1501.0.html (2337 words)

	Surrendering the Pot with a Good Starting Hand \| Poker Strategy
		If he calls, he is evidently concerned that I have a hand like KK or AA and cannot beat that.
		In a nutshell, if your opponent is likely to put you on the hand that you have, but raises you, it seems pretty obvious that a big laydown may be necessary.
		I was called by two players, one of which was very timid: he checked a lot of strong hands instead of betting.
	www.pokernews.com /strategy/starting-hand.htm (1058 words)

	Texas Hold'em Starting Hand Strategy
		In this important new book the McCauley brothers show the results of their systematic and extremely thorough analysis of Hold'em starting hands.
		This analysis is presented in the form of tables of playing recommendations for all Hold'em starting hands, in a multitude of playing circumstances (loose game, tight game, aggressive game, passive game), as well as charts of the same information for compact and quick reference.
		The McCauleys' Starting Hand Strategy is a Texas Hold'em education.
	www.seat-ten.com (299 words)

	PokerPartys Poker Forums - The average best starting hand in holdem
		starting hand in a nine-handed holdem game is? Or more importantly, what
		would be a worse hand than K3, althought 66 is more than a 2-1 favorite.
		His question wasnt what hand is a favorite to win the pot but what is the
	www.pokerpartys.com /forums/showthread.php?t=861 (822 words)

	SoundPoker.com - Strength of Starting Hands in Texas Holdem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Advertise with Us Whether you're going to your first poker night or just started playing online poker, it's crucial to understand the strength of your hand, and what pocket cards are stronger.
		Below is a list of the top starting poker hands for Texas Holdem in order of strength.
		Any combination of cards from here on in is typically not a great starting hand for Texas holdem, especially if you're playing tight.
	www.soundpoker.com /basics/startinghands.asp (169 words)

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