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Hand Ranking in Texas holdem
The first step to playing Texas holdem is to understand hand rankings. Players must know the strength of their hands in order to determine whether they have won or lost. The following list should help you with ranking texas holdem hands, and starts from weak to strong.

Last Wednesday night, the crowd at Sidepockets clearly showed that this region can, and is, coming back. We had thirty players in the first session with seven of those being new players. To those who play in other regions this might not sound like much, but it is to us.
What I found most enjoyable was […]

  Early Position: Limp with AA/KK/suited connectors, Raise AK/QQ, Limp with 88/77/66/55/44/33/22, Flat call a bettor in position, limp/call with suited connectors (hope to be against AA/KK)

You know I couldn’t resist!
What can I say other than Draven is right on the money as usual (very nice hand sir). Many things I want to hit on here, so I will do my best to keep it organized.