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How To Play These Poker Hands Suited Aces You are going to end up without a flush about 95% of the time with these cards, but with Ace thru Ten you have a 50% shot at flopping and ace,king,straight, a straight draw, or a flush. Ace King Suited - Ace Queen Suited - Ace Jack Suited - Ace Ten Suited - Ace Nine Thru Ace Deuce - Texas Holdem Tips Pocket Pairs From time to time you are going to be dealt pocket pairs. Play them, but play them carefully. Pocket Aces are the best pre-flop hand. After the flop things can be very different. Pocket kings are almost as good as the Aces but you have the Ace over card to worry about on the flop, the turn, and the river. Be careful. Pocket Queens and Jacks have even more over cards to worry about. That is what you do and limp in if you can. Pocket Aces - Pocket Kings - Pocket Queens - Pocket Jacks - Pocket Tens - Pocket Nines Through Pocket Deuces Black Jack Hands When you are just starting out playing Texas Holdem play only what I call the Black Jack hands. Those are the cards that add up to 20 or 21. Aces are eleven and face cards are ten. Playing this tight is not going to make you a lot of money. While it will not make you a fortune it will reduce your losses while you learn to play the game. Poker is a game almost magic in it's subtly. You have tons of stuff to learn and do not want to pay a high price for the lessons. Ace King - Ace Queen - Ace Jack - Ace Ten - King Queen, King Jack, King Ten, Queen Jack, Queen Ten, and Jack Ten all have about the same value