Pocket Dueces

I believe unless its already a short handed table i just throw dueces away .....way too many hands can beat it pre and post flop and if you truly plan on making the final table you must always be aware of how many bets you are wasting ....if you waste a bet in low pairs or mid level connectors say 20 times in a 3 hour tounry and its crunch time you have lost maybe anouther circuit of betting by wasting blinds .....never ever throw in a dumb bet

If you sincerily plan on making it deep in a tournament, somewhere in the middle you have to go on a chip building spree. To do this requires gamble and some luck. In feilds of 500 to 2000 or more people (WSOP events) anyone who has one a bracelet will tell you that you have to gamble during the middle and in some cases portions of the late levels on draws and other marginal hands, and be lucky to the point of making some of them stick. Playing pocket 2's can be considered a legitimate way to do this.

Can they be beaten by a ton of hands? Of course, noone is saying they're a monster, but if you can get lucky and flop a set, you will in most cases have the best hand with two more streets to go which give you even more chances at 4 of a kind or deuces full. Its a hand that can win you money if you are confident enough in your reads and your play to call, bet out, or semi-bluff with them.

Dueces never loses.

10 handed your basically going to toss your pocket pairs even queens, almost always with a full table someone will have that ace or the king especially early on you have to watch out because about 6 people will call a huge raise and those queens or jacks will get you in huge trouble, and like previous people said alot of guys will call with pocket pairs till the last card the 9 10 suited is a stronger hand then the jack jack in my opinion in a 6-10 handed game 5 and less the jack jack is more important as for 2s you just call the bb like everyone said and hope for the best dont call the raise, basically do any pocket pair like that except aces or kings. I've seen so many people go out on queens and jacks it isnt even funny well it is but still. Kind of wonder what there thinking when the flop comes like ace 4 queen and they have those pocket jacks.