What are your favorite starting hands?

My least favorite hand is easily Q9s. Small flushes get you in trouble, and a single pair is almost never good. The worst part, though, is when you run into AQ and stack off to the nut straight.

8 9 - Suited
10 J - Suited
9 9
10 10
4 4
6 6
AA

AA & KK

I must agree getting attached to hand because of it's type is a mistake. Evaluate the situation and play based off your cards, your opponents. That said when I was starting out I loved Q6.

wc2hell said:

T J s its a killer hand

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Very dynamic draw hand.

I really like but sometimes my opponent have and it's really hard to win with this hand

I heard that before Sklansky ran the numbers it was thought that TJs was THE strongest starting hand in Holdem.
78s is the hand I've had the most straight flushes with.

I'm not sure about my first hand maybe, QT suited but I usually hate my first few hands cuz I find in a lot of tournaments unless big stakes a lot of people go all in right away To get a bank roll. Now anytime during a game I Love J9. Absolutely love those card. They are a easy fold but I hit so well with big hands.

JJ i think there are my lucky hand!: Jd4: : Jd4:

QT suited

max_cool20 said:

JJ i think there are my lucky hand!: Jd4: : Jd4:

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I'm glad someone is lucky with JJ. That is my LEAST favorite hand. I actually fold JJ pre flop fairly often.

Anyone can say that this is definitely the AA, but they are my favorite 77 I never fail

MrPink514 said:

I'm glad someone is lucky with JJ. That is my LEAST favorite hand. I actually fold JJ pre flop fairly often.

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It's funny how so many people hate JJ, while it is a fairly good hand, better than 22-TT for sure already. Do you also fold TT pre flop as much as you fold JJ or? Playing TT more than JJ wouldn't really make sense to me.

Kings for sure. I mean there is few hands i love to see in pocket. But KK is mine favourite! After KK for me AA is 2nd. 3rd place is 7-6 suited. Cheers!

starting hands

AA and KK my favourites. I do All-in when I get these hands

Besides the obv. starthands,I really like 99.
That hand just wins more than it should

my favorite hand is 10-10

AA (Obviously), but I also don't mind THE HUNNIES!

AK suited, diamonds OR 10-10

those two hands look the nicest, but i'd still prefer the AA/KK

starting hands

AA KK sometimes QQ
I DONT BELIEVE QQ because almost all time when I do all in with QQ I lose

The premium ones! AA, KK, QQ

Robert Krawczak said:

I really like but sometimes my opponent have and it's really hard to win with this hand

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Yeah, it's pretty hard to win with that hand unimproved.

Xray said:

I like connectors, especially 23s ))

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I once doubled up in a tourney with that hand on the money bubble (one of those crazy freerolls on Hero Poker that paid top 3 regardless of the size of the field - usually was anywhere from 150-300 players). I ended up winning that tournament too (first prize was $100 if I'm not mistaken).

trezvennick said:

I don't know why, but my favourite hand is 97s, may be it's because I won many chips with this hand or may be like It visually...

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I wonder how much you'd like it if somebody 3 bets you either all-in or big.

Nikitka said:

My favorites hand JJ!

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The Lon McEachern Memorial Hand.

vinest said:

best cards are those with whom you have dragged the final table kicked an opponent and took 1st place

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See my signature tagline at the bottom of this message.....Pretty much answers the question for me.

AA , 107s

Of course AA and KK. I also tend to like AJs if flop hits a J or hits a flush draw. Small PPs are also fun because they hit well disguised sets.

My opponents really seem to like J5o. I've lost to J5o on the river so many times it's gross. They also seem to love Ax and 104o.

J7 suited and AA pre-flop FTW!