The Poker Mag

The best poker hands can be described in several ways, and will of course be different in differing forms of poker too.

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If you are looking for a best starting hand in a game such as Omaha, you will be looking at hands like (A,A,K,K) double suited, or similar kinds of hands. As soon as we look at Omaha hi/lo, the best starting hands involve cards such as (A,A,2,3) double suited. The Omaha high best hand, is still strong as a starting poker hand in the hi/lo format, but the different rules for splitting the pot, change the best hand possible hand. It becomes more important in this instance to include cards which give the best shot at picking up both halves of the pot.

In poker games such as Seven Card Stud, starting hands such as high pairs that are concealed, or even trips in your first three cards are strong starting points. Texas Holdem starting hands which are strongest include, (A,A) (K,K) (A,K). These hands have a high chance of dominating opposing poker hands preflop, and whilst this does not mean you are a certainty to win, it drastically increases your chances. The best poker hands can be viewed in a different way however, because as players, we can count our best ever hands as a brilliant fold or bluff we made, rather than simply making a Royal Flush or being dealt a great starting hand.

In short, the best poker hands would be more accurately viewed as those hands when we played to the best of our poker abilities, either earning extra chips, or losing the minimum in the process. Even if you do lose a hand which you played exceptionally well, you should still be fairly happy, because other factors such as misfortune, are always beyond our control.