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Here’s a handy little chart that beginners will definitely find very useful when starting out at playing Hold’em.  One of the questions that beginners seem to have when playing (and losing by the bucket-load) is “Which are the best starting hands“, or “Is this a playable hand?“.  Such confusion is not unwarranted, far from it….With so many possible combinations, and different starting positions, it’s normal that amateurs get confused.  The result of this confusion is that they end up playing more hands than they should, seeing one flop too many resulting in bigger and bigger losses.  This is where our chart will prove to be a bankroll preserver, by helping to tighten up one’s game, and playing only the correct hands from the correct positions.

Starting Hands of Poker

The Starting Hand Chart (SHC) will assist you to cut down the amount of trashy-hands you are playing. With the tight table image you will get from following this chart, other players on the table will respect your moves and you will find it easier to bluff and steal binds every now and then.

When working with the chart, think of it as a basic guideline for:

1. Newcomers,
2. Players who want to switch to NL Holdem
3. Players who are used to losing funds and need to reshape their game.

After you get comfortable with the SHC, feel free to venture out with your bluffing attempts, but don’t be too bold, and remember to ‘play close to home‘.  When playing, it is also extremely important to change gears and give your opponents different perceptions of your play in order to prevent them from getting a read on you.  So beware!! By following this chart alone, day in day out, others can know when and how to act if you are in the hand.  Moving away from the Starting Hand Chart (SHC) is crucial once you understand its mechanics and the reasoning behind it.

But as I mentioned before, if you are new to poker or are tired of losing money, and you’re constantly beating yourself up about it and thinking to yourself that you “Just don’t get it“, in that case, sticking to the chart is your greatest chance for long-term success. Given that most players have a problem of correctly selecting the hands they want to play and usually get involved in way too many hands, the idea behind this chart is mainly to make players tighten up their game.

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