You should follow the same method with QQ. You can achieve this by betting aggressively and raising. Pre-flop it would be called a monster and you should try, with such hands, to get as much money into the pot as possible. The higher your pocket pair, the lower the probability that you’ll lose to another pocket pair (in the case of AA, of course, this issue doesn’t even exist).ĪA and KK are the best starting hands that you can get. The strength of a pair is dependent on how big the cards are. to a three-of-a-kind or even a full house, you could win a large pot with it. Should a high pair improve to an even stronger hand, e.g. The fewer opponents you have on the flop, the more you’ll be the one holding the best hand. With a high pair you would often be holding the best hand on the flop, when playing against fewer opponents, even if your hand doesn’t improve any further.įor extra opponent that you have, the more improbable it becomes that you’re holding the best possible hand with your high pair. This is valid practically under all playing conditions (as well as against fewer or more opponents, in a passive as well as aggressive games). The strongest starting hands that you can get dealt in Texas Hold’em are the high pocket pairs.
