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Although this goes without saying, you
should never play any starting cards that you don't see in this chart. An
exception to this rule is when you have posted the big blind, so you've
already paid to see the flop.
Expect to fold preflop at least 70% of the time. Playing only strong hands will increase your winnings and limit your losses in the long run. Ignore the wild players who seem to play every hand and get lucky on the flop. These players will lose in the long haul. Texas Holdem, as all poker games, is a game of patience.
No matter how great your hole cards are, if the flop doesn't either a) Improve your hand, and/or b) fail to improve your opponents' hand(s), be prepared to fold. Don't chase.
Below you will find two different Texas Hold'em Hand Groupings. The hands are listed in groups from strongest to weakest. Also within each grouping, the stronger hands are listed first so in Sklansky Group3, 99 is supposedly stronger then AQ.
The first table here is taken from a book called, "Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players" by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth two of the foremost writers on poker theory. These groupings are widely held to be true.
Sklansky Hold'em Hand Groupings:
Group1: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AKs
Group2: TT, AQs, AJs, KQs, AK
Group3: 99, JTs, QJs, KJs, ATs, AQ
Group4: T9s, KQ, 88, QTs, 98s, J9s, AJ, KTs
Group5: 77, 87s, Q9s, T8s, KJ, QJ, JT, 76s, 97s, Axs, 65s
Group6: 66, AT, 55, 86s, KT, QT, 54s, K9s, J8s, 75s
Group7: 44, J9, 64s, T9, 53s, 33, 98, 43s, 22, Kxs, T7s, Q8s
Group8: 87, A9, Q9, 76, 42s, 32s, 96s, 85s, J8, J7s, 65, 54, 74s, K9, T8, 43
The second table here has been floating around and it was part of someones research project their senior year. They did a number of tests that proved that the Sklansky table was good, but needed improvement.
Modified Hold'em Hand Groupings:
Group 1: AA KKQQ JJ AKs
Group 2: TT AQs AJs KQs AK
Group 3: 99 KTs QJs KJs ATs AQ
Group 4: A8s KQ 88 QTs A9s AT AJ JTs
Group 5: 77 Q9s KJ QJ JT A7s A6s A5s A4s A3s A2s J9s T9s K9s KT QT
Group 6: 66 J8s 98s T8s 55 J9 43s 75s T9 33 98 64s 22 K8s K7s K6s K5s K4s K3s K2s Q8s 44 87s 97s
Group 7: 87 53s A9 Q9 76s 42s 32s 96s 85s J8 J7s 65 54 74s K9 T8 76 65s 54s 86s
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