Poker Starting Hands
In Hold'em, there are 1326 possible combinations that are possible for you to get dealt. This may seem like a lot but when you consider the 52 cards in the pack and KH 7S being one initial hand, it is not really that many. If you listed every possible combination you would find that there are 1326 different possible hands that you could start with but we are not going to go down to that level!
Considering that you have all these combinations, when you consider that so many hands (2 card combinations) are the same- for instance KH 7S is the same as KD 7H, there are actually 169 different hands to start with which are unique. In Hold'em you will get your 2 starting cards which will be one of the 169 possible starting combinations and you will have to decide whether to call, raise or fold your cards. It is important to have a game plan in your head as to which cards you intend to play in certain situations.
We have set out the win rate of each hand when randomly played against any other hand. This guide is intended to give you an indication of how each hand compares in terms of strength against any other card combination.
1. |
A-A pair |
86.1% |
2. |
KK pair |
74.6% |
3. |
AKs |
68.6% |
4. |
QQ pair |
68.5% |
5. |
AKu |
67.0% |
6. |
AQs |
64.9% |
7. |
JJ pair |
64.4% |
8. |
10-10 pair |
60.8% |
9. |
AQu |
60.5% |
10. |
AJs |
58.6% |
11. |
99 pair |
55.4% |
12. |
KQs |
54.6% |
13. |
88 pair |
51.8% |
14. |
A-10s |
50.7% |
15. |
AJu |
48.9% |
16. |
KJs |
45.3% |
17. |
QJs |
44.2% |
18. |
A8s |
41.5% |
19. |
K-10s |
40.9% |
20. |
A-9s |
40.5% |
21. |
J-10s |
40.0% |
22. |
Q-10s |
39.4% |
23. |
KQu |
39.2% |
24. |
10-9s |
38.3% |
25. |
A-10u |
34.4% |
26. |
A-7s |
33.9% |
27. |
A-4s |
30.6% |
28. |
A-5s |
29.7% |
29. |
A-6s |
29.6% |
30. |
77 pair |
28.6% |
31. |
J9s |
27.9% |
32. |
66 pair |
26.2% |
33. |
A3s |
21.3% |
34. |
55 pair |
20.7% |
35. |
KJu |
20.5% |
36. |
A2s |
20.0% |
37. |
K9s |
20.0% |
38. |
Q9s |
19.1% |
39. |
A9u |
17.4% |
40. |
QJu |
16.8% |
41. |
A7u |
10.2% |
42. |
A8u |
10.0% |
43. |
A6u |
9.9% |
44. |
98s |
9.8% |
45. |
J8s |
9.8% |
46. |
A4u |
9.6% |
47. |
K8s |
9.5% |
48. |
10-8s |
9.5% |
49. |
A5u |
9.4% |
50. |
J-10u |
9.4% |
51. |
Q-10u |
9.3% |
52. |
K-10u |
9.1% |
53. |
Q9u |
8.8% |
54. |
A2u |
8.8% |
55. |
10-9u |
8.8% |
56. |
K7s |
8.6% |
57. |
A3u |
8.5% |
58. |
K6s |
8.4% |
59. |
J9u |
8.4% |
60. |
10-7s |
8.4% |
61. |
44 pair |
8.3% |
62. |
K9u |
8.2% |
63. |
87s |
8.0% |
64. |
76s |
7.2% |
65. |
97s |
5.8% |
66. |
33 pair |
4.5% |
67. |
Q5s |
4.4% |
68. |
K5s |
4.3% |
69. |
Q8s |
4.2% |
70. |
65s |
4.2% |
71. |
J8u |
4.1% |
72. |
22 pair |
4.0% |
73. |
K3s |
4.0% |
74. |
10-6s |
3.9% |
75. |
K4s |
3.9% |
76. |
10-8u |
3.9% |
77. |
85s |
3.9% |
78. |
74s |
3.9% |
79. |
95s |
3.8% |
80. |
Q7s |
3.8% |
81. |
J7s |
3.8% |
82. |
J3s |
3.8% |
83. |
98u |
3.8% |
84. |
87u |
3.8% |
85. |
53s |
3.7% |
86. |
86s |
3.6% |
87. |
75s |
3.6% |
88. |
64s |
3.6% |
89. |
K2s |
3.6% |
90. |
54s |
3.6% |
91. |
Q8u |
3.5% |
92. |
Q6s |
3.5% |
93. |
J5s |
3.5% |
94. |
K8u |
3.4% |
95. |
97u |
3.4% |
96. |
J4s |
3.3% |
97. |
84s |
3.3% |
98. |
10-5s |
3.2% |
99. |
96s |
3.2% |
100. |
K6u |
3.1% |
101. |
Q2s |
3.1% |
102. |
J6s |
3.1% |
103. |
Q3s |
3.0% |
104. |
Q4s |
3.0% |
105. |
K7u |
2.8% |
106. |
63s |
2.4% |
107. |
73s |
2.1% |
108. |
K2u |
1.6% |
109. |
Q4u |
1.6% |
110. |
43s |
1.6% |
111. |
K4u |
1.5% |
112. |
K3u |
1.5% |
113. |
Q6u |
1.5% |
114. |
Q7u |
1.4% |
115. |
Q5u |
1.4% |
116. |
J2s |
1.4% |
117. |
K5u |
1.3% |
118. |
10-4s |
1.3% |
119. |
10-3s |
1.3% |
120. |
32s |
0.7% |
121. |
94s |
0.7% |
122. |
76u |
0.7% |
123. |
52s |
0.6% |
124. |
10-2s |
0.5% |
125. |
42s |
0.5|% |
126. |
J6u |
0.5% |
127. |
J4u |
0.5% |
128. |
J2u |
0.5% |
129. |
96u |
0.5% |
130. |
85u |
0.5% |
131. |
Q3u |
0.4% |
132. |
J7u |
0.4% |
133. |
10-7u |
0.4% |
134. |
10-5u |
0.4% |
135. |
10-3u |
0.4% |
136. |
92u |
0.4% |
137. |
84u |
0.4% |
138. |
74u |
0.4% |
139. |
72u |
0.4% |
140. |
J5u |
0.4% |
141. |
J3u |
0.4% |
142. |
10-4u |
0.4% |
143. |
92s |
0.4% |
144. |
95u |
0.4% |
145. |
93u |
0.4% |
146. |
83s |
0.4% |
147. |
83u |
0.4% |
148. |
73u |
0.4% |
149. |
54u |
0.4% |
150. |
42u |
0.4% |
151. |
Q2u |
0.3% |
152. |
10-6u |
0.3% |
153. |
93s |
0.3% |
154. |
94u |
0.3% |
155. |
86u |
0.3% |
156. |
82u |
0.3% |
157. |
72s |
0.3% |
158. |
75u |
0.3% |
159. |
62s |
0.3% |
160. |
52u |
0.3% |
161. |
43u |
0.3% |
162. |
10-2u |
0.3% |
163. |
82s |
0.3% |
164. |
65u |
0.3% |
165. |
53u |
0.3% |
166. |
32u |
0.3% |
167. |
64u |
0.2% |
168. |
63u |
0.2% |
169. |
62u |
0.2% |
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