Texas Hold'em Starting Hands

When do you Hold'em, when do you fold'em?

The first thing to learn is judging the winning potential of your pocket cards correctly. There are exactly 1326 equally probable starting hand combinations in Texas Hold'em, but as all suits are ranked equal there are only 169 possible unique starting hands.

 

Legenda

Playable from any position

Playable from mid and late position only

Playable from late position only

You should never play these...

 

Not Suited Cards

A-A	A-K	K-Q	Q-J	J-10	10-9	9-8	8-7	7-6	6-5	5-4	4-3	3-2
K-K	A-Q	K-J	Q-10	J-9	10-8	9-7	8-6	7-5	6-4	5-3	4-2
Q-Q	A-J	K-10	Q-9	J-8	10-7	9-6	8-5	7-4	6-3	5-2
J-J	A-10	K-9	Q-8	J-7	10-6	9-5	8-4	7-3	6-2
10-10	A-9	K-8	Q-7	J-6	10-5	9-4	8-3	7-2
9-9	A-8	K-7	Q-6	J-5	10-4	9-3	8-2
8-8	A-7	K-6	Q-5	J-4	10-3	9-2
7-7	A-6	K-5	Q-4	J-3	10-2
6-6	A-5	K-4	Q-3	J-2
5-5	A-4	K-3	Q-2
4-4	A-3	K-2
3-3	A-2
2-2

 

Suited Cards

A-K	K-Q	Q-J	J-10	10-9	9-8	8-7	7-6	6-5	5-4	4-3	3-2
A-Q	K-J	Q-10	J-9	10-8	9-7	8-6	7-5	6-4	5-3	4-2
A-J	K-10	Q-9	J-8	10-7	9-6	8-5	7-4	6-3	5-2
A-10	K-9	Q-8	J-7	10-6	9-5	8-4	7-3	6-2
A-9	K-8	Q-7	J-6	10-5	9-4	8-3	7-2
A-8	K-7	Q-6	J-5	10-4	9-3	8-2
A-7	K-6	Q-5	J-4	10-3	9-2
A-6	K-5	Q-4	J-3	10-2
A-5	K-4	Q-3	J-2
A-4	K-3	Q-2
A-3	K-2
A-2