![]() Either you have a low pair (66 - TT) or a high pair (JJ - AA). There are no pocket pairs that can be considered middle pairs in Short Deck. Any player with 88, TT, KK, T6, T8 or KT has you crushed. There is no other full house you can beat. Small pairs make small full houses which are very vulnerable and likely to lead you into a situation where you either win a small pot or lose a large one.įor example: holding 66 with a board of 68TTK. Your chances of hitting a set, then going on to make a full house are higher than they are in standard Hold'em so big pocket pairs go up in value. While you will make more big hands, so will your opponents. More premium hands are dealt pre-flop, so the value of a premium hand pre-flop goes down. In Short Deck that seldom happens.Īs might be expected, when the deck is altered so drastically it changes the value of certain starting poker hands. In a full deck game pocket aces stand a decent chance of winning by themselves. But, even with premium hands, it almost always requires that the board cards improve your starting hand in order to win. It is still very important to start with premium hands, because, if you don't hold such a hand other players almost certainly do. ![]() Starting hands take on a bit less significance in Short Deck Hold 'Em. ![]()
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