The top 10% of starting hands

[GottImHimmel]

LoveThee, You are being rather immature. The % odds are soley based on SHOWDOWN value between 2 players. That's it. It can help advanced players figure out the relative equity of a given hand.

[bmeelneg]

I doubt many beginner hold em books list this chart since it is useful for nothing.

Based on odds? Come on, odds to hit royal flush? To beat any two? To be dominant? If so, I can assure you the chart is pointless.
J10>A2
and
22>K9

I can tell you are gonna be a fun one ... who said anything about a royal flush or JT being a better hand then A2?

[tp3rd]

those starting hands dont mean shit online to be honest. You bet on those odds and you'll never win a tourney.

[GottImHimmel]

@Tp3rd- Obviously one needs to learn a lot more about the game than this to be a consistent winner, But it does give an Idea of what Hands have the best showdown value, and what hands you might see a tight player's range consist of.

[tp3rd]

@Tp3rd- Obviously one needs to learn a lot more about the game than this to be a consistent winner, But it does give an Idea of what Hands have the best showdown value, and what hands you might see a tight player's range consist of.

I agree totally.....
At a casino or home live game I'll bet on those hands hard all night.....online You gotta play them with caution cause statistically they dont seem to hold up as well vs live play

[GottImHimmel]

Right, And I might have to elaborate on that, It has to do with the faster hand right and how often your playing against multiple players. Obviously a hand like 9-9 is on the bottom side of the 5%, and is crushed by a pair 5 ranks above it, but those 5 ranks paired have only 30 combinations, out of a total of 1255 a single opponent has, and that plays back into position being so critical paired with the gap concept, so of course 9-9 will be a heavy favorite from Late Pos, but only a moderate favorite from Early Pos, and especially after you see an opening raiser, once you apply the gap concept. So that 30/1225 combos of higher pairs has to be multiplied by the number of players acting behind you.

[IamStuUnger]

Whats Gap Concept is that basically where you are in position to others and blinds at the table would like you to elaborate more if you could

[GottImHimmel]

Gap Concept- It takes a better hand to call a raise pre-flop than to open with.

[Sparkie]

Position, stack size, stack sizes of opps, blinds/antes, turbo or not, cost per round, donk or not lol

[IamStuUnger]

Oh ok I see what your saying with gap concept thanks for elaborating more on it I understand it now