Beginners - Starting Hands and Texas Hold'Em Basics

Click to enlarge - reference is at bottom

INTERMEDIATE PLAYERS, DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME READING THIS PARTICULAR POST.


I've been asked to provide the beginner with an idea of what they keep and what they throw away before the flop. I simply Googled it and found a wikipedia page that will work, so I'm posting it here for reference. Note - if you are only going to play Hellmuth's top ten hole card possibilities, then you need to be raising/reraising pre-flop most of the time and knowing exactly what to do after the flop to get more information. I'll post something on aggressive play, or preferrable play as I like to call it, in a subsequent post. In meantime, I hope this helps my beginners.

If you are a beginner - don't play anything other than these cards and you will fare better. I would suggest learning how to play the top 15 cards well before adding any others.

The reference for the above images is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_hold_'em_starting_hands

Here is an easy to understand video for the first-time player just learning the rules.