Starting Hands - Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Omaha Hi-lo

In order to win effectively during game play, you certainly need to start off with a good starting hand. There are several good starting hands available and some are often known as weird starting hands such as the deuce, arlo, presto and the hammer. Playing with a good starting hand is an effective way of winning bigger pots and your game style will be classed as passive or tight aggressive.

If you have only just started playing poker, it might be worth improving your skills and techniques by reading poker blogs, playing on online sites like http://www.onlinepoker.com/ or playing friendly games against your friends. This will give you a good insight into how the game works which will help build up your confidence before you start playing more seriously.

In order for you to have a better winning edge when playing holdem poker is to start off with a good starting hand. Most people tend to think that a good starting hand is simply a hand that connects, is paired or high but this is not the jest at all. Yes, it is true but there are certain things you would have to know regarding a starting hand. Playing a stating hand with A/A is often considered to be good but it is a hand that seldom develops to a straight or three of a kind. The furthest is can go is making a two pair. These good starting hands can be a recipe to disaster at which most players would tend to play aggressive and become too confident but the end result is that it can easily be toppled by a low straight or even a three of a kind. There, i would avoid play aggressively with such hand and play only with connected and suited cards.

Texas Hold Em Starting Hands

Suited Connectors - J/T, 8/9, Q/J, K/T, 7/9

The best starting Texas Hold Em hands are going to be, AA, KK, QQ, AK, AQ. However, these hands don't come up as often and you would have to play less aggressive than compared with the suited connectors when you hit your hand.

Omaha Starting Hands

Unlike Texas Hold Em, combinations are more likely to appear in your starting hand due to starting out with more cards.

Best Starting Hands
A-A-K-K - Double suited
A-A-J-T - Double suited
A-A-Q-Q - Double suited
A-A-J-J - Double suited
A-A-T-T - Double suited
A-A-9-9 - Double suited

Other good starting hands include: K-K-J-J, K-Q-J-T, K-K-T-T, K-K-A-Q, K-K-A-J, K-K-Q-J, K-K-Q-T, K-K-J-T, Q-Q-J-J.