Top 10 Starting Hands in Texas Hold'em

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The following list the 10 best starting hands in Texas Hold'em. Variations of this list exist but the differences are minor.

The top 5 hands are also known as premium hands and some very tight players play only these premium hands. This extra level of tightness is more common in No-Limit games where the blinds are much smaller when compared to the size of the bets, making it profitable to hold out for better starting hands.

#1. Pocket Aces

#2. Pocket Kings

#3. Pocket Queens

#4. Ace-King (suited)

#5. Pocket Jacks

#6. Ace-Queen (suited)

#7. King-Queen (suited)

#8. Ace-King (offsuit)

#9. Ace-Jack (suited)

#10. Pocket Tens