The Worst Poker Hand
What do you consider to be the worst hand in poker? Don’t tell me it's the 7,2o because that's not where I'm trying to get to. Sure the 7,2o is the worst possible starting hand from a mathematical perspective, no one can argue with that, but is it really the hand you lose the most money on? That's right, for every poker player, the worst possible poker hand is not the one that carries the most abysmal mathematical odds, but rather the one on which he drops the most money.If you look at things like that, the 7,2o is not such a bad starting hand at all. The decision you're faced with on your 7,2o is quite probably the easiest one in poker. Most people muck that hand without a second thought. Sometimes you do get a free ride with it in the BB when everyone else at your table decides to either fold or to limp along, in which case you either fold it just as easily past the flop, or you hit something like trips or two pair and you go on to trap an opponent with top pair. In that case, it makes you money. This is the very reason why most reasonably good online players actually make money on the 7,2o in the long run, or break even on it.
The truly worst poker hand has to be searched for somewhere else.
The worst hand has to be one that makes you shove a lot of money into the pot and then gets you stuck on a nightmarish decision past the flop. Think about the J,J. It's pretty good hand, and in just about any late stage of a poker tournament it begs for an all-in. This is exactly why it's such a good candidate to became the worst hand. Think about the following scenario: you shove some money into the middle preflop and you see a flop of A,8,Q land. One of your opponents places a bet. What do you do? The K,Q is a similarly vulnerable starting hand which is behind any pocket pair to start with, and which will give you the sweats when you see an A hit the board.
The thing about the worst poker hand is that only you can determine which one it is for you. Depending on your style of play, it can be any one of the above or another hand. The worst poker hand for you is the one that gives you the most trouble when it comes to playing it. The mathematically abysmal hands are not likely to get you into trouble. The true culprit is likely to be a relatively good starting hand, which has a knack at getting you into marginal decisions on a large variety of possible flops.
Any two unpaired big cards carry great potential for such trouble. Take the K,10 or the Q,10 for instance. If you pair your low card, you're not exactly in a favorable spot. If you happen to pair your big card, you're seemingly better off but the possibility of kicker trouble will cast a dark cloud over your decision-making. The bottom line: only you can determine which the worst hand is for you. Know your style of play and pay attention to the way you play your hands.
Remember: the hands most likely to hurt you are the ones that will leave you with a difficult decision to make it past the flop.
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posted by Kurt at 10:26 AM
1 Comments:
My least favorite hand to see used to be Queen Ten. Didn't matter if it was suited or unsuited that was the hand I went broke with the most. Currently though my least favorite hand is Ace Jack. If you pair your ace on the flop you're typically behind to something like Ace King or Ace Queen if you raised the pot and wound up with a caller. Or you pair your Jack and find yourself up against Trip Jacks, Queens, Kings, or Aces. I actually re-defined Ace Jack as a drawing hand to minimize my losses with it.
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