Don't Hold 'Em Worst Starting Poker Hands
In hold 'em poker, a players hole cards largely determine a player's odds of winning. A player's hole cards are a player's starting cards. The rest of the cards that will constitute one's hands are shared or community cards in hold 'em poker. A player, in a sense, get to share the community cards only if the player places a bet.
If you are showing any of the worst starting hands, don't even blink. Fold--- this will save you a lot of chips. If you don't fold on worst starting hands, you will be foolishly throwing chips away.
When can hole cards be considered as worst starting hands? When is it considered appropriate to fold in hold 'em poker?
When you have a 2 and a 7, fold. They won't give you a straight. To make a straight, you need only three consecutive-numbered cards in between. If 2 and 7 share the same suit, it might give you a flush, but a very beatable flush. If you a get a pair on both of them, they won't give you a strong hand either.
For the same reason as above, fold on a 2 and an 8 as well.
With a 3-7 and 3-8 combination, there's only obvious difference than the first two worst starting hands: 3 is higher than a 2. In terms of winning, these cards give you a very slim probability to none.
For a 2 and a 6, you need 3 through 6 cards on the board to give you a straight. Even if you get lucky enough to have a straight, it's the second lowest straight. If you have a suited 2 and 6, your flush won't make a pretty strong case against other possible flushes either. In a nine-handed game, you hand will be competing against eight other possibilities.
2 and 9, 3 and 9, 4 and 9, and 5 and 9 won't give any strong chance either. You may get pair on the 9, but two 9s would easily lose to a pair of 10s or a pair of face cards in hold 'em poker.
2 and 10 may have given Doyle Bronson two WSOP bracelets. Unless you're a Doyle Bronson, don't even try.
3 and 6, 4 and 7, 4 and 8, and 5 and 8 will all make low-valued hands if they are suited. If the cards don't share the same suit, they will make terrible losses in a hold 'em poker table.
A face card with a low-valued card and an Ace with a low-valued card will hardly win you the pot as well. Again, if you are in a nine-handed game, you are working against eight other odds.
In summary, the worst starting hands are two low-valued unsuited cards that make no promise of creating a straight. If they would create a straight, they are readily beatable straights. Again, if you have any of the listed worst starting hands above, fold 'em two hole cards. In hold 'em poker, your hole cards can already say a great deal about your winning odds in hold 'em poker. Your winning odds when you have the above worst starting hands are smaller than the period at the end of this sentence. Waste no chips to see the flop. Fold--- that's the sensible thing to do.