Hand Selection
Basic Strategies
- Game Selection
- Position
- Hand Selection
- Understanding the Game
- Poker Actions
- Poker Tells
- Bluffing
Hand Selection is as important as Game Selection, and will have a major impact on whether you are a winner in the long run. The hands mentioned here are just a rough guide to hand selections.
Playing more hands than this list suggests is perfectly fine if a player is comfortable with the action of the game. And, of course, the gentleman always abides by the following: variety is the spice of life. Note: suited cards are stronger than unsuited cards as they also have the possibility of making a flush.
Early position
(AA)
(KK)
(QQ)
(JJ)
(TT)
(99)
(AK)
(AQ)
Middle position
(88)
(77)
(66)
(AJ)
(KQ)
(QJ)
(JT)
In the blinds
In an un-raised pot: The same hands as Middle and Late Position.
In a raised pot: The same hands as Early Position.
Late position
(66)
(55)
(AT)
(KJ)
(T9)
(98)
+ ANY (AX suited) (ANY: lower cards)
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