The Best Starting Hands
Texas Holdem
 
| A - A |
 
| K - K |
 
| Q - Q |
| A - K (suited) |
 
| A - Q (suited) |
 
| J - J |
|
| K - Q (suited) |
 
| A - J (suited) |
|
| K - J (suited) |
| A - k (offsuited) |
Seven-Card Stud
  
| Three of a kind |
|
| A - A |
|
| K - K |
|
| Q - Q |
|
| J - J |
| three cards in a row of the same suite |
 
| every middle pair |
 
| every lower pair |
 
| three cards of the same suite |
| three consecutive cards |
Omaha
|
| A - A - K - K |
| A - A - J - T |
|
| A - A - Q - Q |
|
| A - A - J - J |
|
| A - A - T - T |
| A - A - 9 - 9 |
| A - A - x - x (two pair) |
|
| J - T - 9 - 8 |
|
| K - K - Q - Q |
|
| K - K - J - J |
Omaha Hi/Lo
| A - A - 2 - 3 |
| A - A - 2 - 4 |
|
| A - A - 3 - 4 |
| A - A - 3 - 5 |
| A - 2 - 3 - 4 |
| A - 2 - 3 - 5 |
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| A - 2 - K - K |
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| A - 2 - Q - Q |
| A - 3 - 4 - 5 |
|
| A - A - 4 -5 |
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| A - 2 - Q - K |
|
| A - 3 - K - K |
