"Poker is hard. This is an oft-used phrase, and it's sure to have crossed the mind of every poker player at least once in their life.
The real truth behind this phrase is as obvious as watching beginners lose one pot after another with the five most problematic hands in poker. Some hands are simply easier to play than others.
The following hands usually cause problems for beginners and intermediate players. The big difference is that professionals are able to fold these hands much more quickly than beginners, investing less money and consequently losing much less in the long run.
Hand number 5: AJ (ace and jack)
For all those who are learning and/or are at an intermediate level of poker, let's be clear about one thing: AJ is not a premium hand.
In fact, it's not even a good hand. We know that it's a real temptation and that an ace accompanied by a jack looks like a real destructive hand, but this is not an absolute truth.
Unless you're heads-up (where the game is more aggressive), you should treat an AJ the same way you would an AT, and not play it as if it were an AK.
Hand number 4: KT (Kings and tens)
Among all the other candidate hands, KT can easily win the title of "the losing hand". If you're dealt this hand, there are a significant number of boards that will give you second nuts, or boards that could cause you bad beats and lose you the pot.
If you don't hit a straight on the flop, you're in trouble. Hitting a top pair of kings will certainly put you up against an opponent with a better kicker (like J or Q). Hitting a pair of tens will rarely be a strong play, and will still leave you worried about a straight.
Hitting two pair will put you at risk against a straight, and you could also find yourself in a two pair vs set situation very often, as people could easily have a pair of tens (TT) or a pair of kings (KK) in their hands.
Hand number 3: KJ (Kings and Jack)
Just like KT, but a little less dangerous. Despite the lower risk, if we think comparatively we'll certainly value this hand more highly than it really deserves.
Again, if you hit two pairs, you'll have to be careful with sets, and you'll also have to worry about a kicker who might be bigger than you.
This hand is more profitable inside the deck (out of play) than in play and overvalued. Think about it.
Hand number 2: JJ (Pair of jacks)
The second hand in the ranking of overvalued hands in poker. A pair of jacks is among the top 5 hands in poker and is really very strong if you compare it to a random range of hands.
If you raise with it pre-flop, the only hands that will pay you off will either be beating you, or it will be a coin flip (50% chance of winning/loss), of course, in this account we exclude pairs smaller than JJ.
Played correctly, this can be a very profitable hand. If overvalued (as amateurs tend to do), it will cost you a large percentage of your bankroll. No matter how strong your hand is pre-flop, after the flop you'll only have a pair (unless you hit a set or the board folds).
Hand number 1: AQ (Ace and Queen)
The AQ is the hand that causes the most problems for beginners and amateurs. There are countless times when people lose huge pots with this hand.
Despite being very strong, this hand can end up costing you a lot because you don't believe that your opponent can have an AK, and because it's only one card that would beat you in this case, you won't believe your opponent's K the vast majority of the time.
Play poker carefully and win
These five hands obviously don't cover every bad situation a beginner will encounter on the felt, but they certainly cause a lot of problems. Let's be clear that this article doesn't say to avoid these hands, but to play consciously.
For a beginner, there's a golden rule that you should never forget: "If you think you're beaten on a hand, you probably are".
Article translated and adapted from: Top 5 beginner trouble hands by: Sean Lind
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great article... congratulations!
Thanks Gabriel! 🙂
Great article, congratulations too!
Thank you for the compliment 🙂
For me, the least profitable hand for beginners is AK.
You play with a pre-flop premium that, if I'm not mistaken, about 60% of the time post-flop won't hit anything. Not knowing how to c-bet, or the guy who bets until the river because he's committed to the pot, and the guy who waits for the A until the river...
I liked the golden phrase, because every time I called thinking I might be losing, I was. kkkkk
Really good article
these hands are really problematic, this week I lost a turbo sng because I overvalued a JJ. However, it's hard not to play these hands depending on how the table is going.
Good article!
and just for a change that JJ hand is good for losing, or there's a lack of luck the cuckold had an AA so I got screwed kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
I'm tired of losing money with these hands hehehe
I've been playing for 7 years and I've really lost out to AJ, AT and JJ several times, it's important to be very careful at this time, because depending on the game, if it's turbo you'll lose, because it's much more aggressive and if you give calls you can leave the table quickly. congratulations on the article.
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Russians and Brazilians always call with this kind of hands as if they had AA or KK fame earned sorry but it's true
Very good post exorciser!!!
Oops, thanks Neto Viana!
Abs.
Very good post!
I've had a lot of bad breaks with these hands kkkk.... and I've also won with them, the key is to analyze each case to make the right decision.
KJ, KT, AJ and AT are problematic, but you can throw them away without heartache. AQ and JJ you can flirt with, but they're hands you have to know how to let go of quickly (and it's hard to let go when you're just starting out...).
I agree, Carlos! Well observed.