Ladies - QQ
Sitting in third spot, the Texas Hold'em starting hand QQ, also known as 'Ladies' (a Lady being a singular queen) is only beaten pre flop by AA and KK. Queens isn't the easiest hand to play. Whilst it's such a strong hand pre flop, it's easily crushed once community cards are dealt.
The reason that so many player hate playing them is that they are so often overturned in particular by AA, KK, KQ, KJ and in particular AK (big slick) - all of which are very playable hands. In fact, putting ladies up against AK only makes the queens a 56% favorite to win the hand. Add in another player and the percentage drops to under a 50% win rate.
A very nice starting hand, but be prepared to fold if there are over cards and you are faced with aggressive opposition.
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