Starting Hands

Early Position
Raise these: AA, KK, QQ, JJ
Call these AKs, AQs, KQs, AJs

Middle Position
Raise these: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AKs,
Call these : AQs, KQs, AJs, KJs, TT, QJs, AKo,ATs, QJs, KTs, QTs, JTs, 99, AQ, KQ, K9s T9s, A8s, Q9s, J9s, AJ, A7s, KJ, A6s, QJ, K8s, 98s,AT, A9,K7s, KT, JT, QT

Late Position
Raise these: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AKs,AQs, KQs, AJs, KJs, TT
Call these : QJs, AKo,ATs, QJs, KTs, QTs, JTs, 99, AQ, KQ, , K9s T9s, A8s, Q9s, J9s, AJ, A7s, KJ, A4s, A3 A6s, QJ, K8s, T8s, , 98s, J8s, AT, A9, A8, Q8s, K7s, KT, JT, 87s, QT,88.77,66,55

A word about position.
Position is one of the most important aspects of Texas Hold Em. Yet, most people do not even consider it when deciding whether to play a hand, or not. Knowing your position, and it's stregth or weakness, should affect which hands you play. Weak early position means you should play only the strongest of hands. Strong late position means you can play and win with many more hands. This knowledge alone will make you a better player.

Texas Hold Em sounds very simple, however, it takes a lot of time at the table to pick up the nuances of the game. This site was created to help the average player improve their game. We'll help you with which starting hands to play, and how to bet. We'll show you how position impacts your starting hand selection, how to calculate pot odds, and wheter to call, raise, or fold. We'll help you determine your poker strategy. One that you will use to make more money. We'll even identify trap hands, which look good, but usually cost you big money. So... shuffle up and deal!