Rank Of Starting Hands In Texas Holdemem.Rank Of Starting Hands In Texas Holdem Tournaments.There is some disagreement amongst poker players as to which starting hands are the best, but few would dispute the value of the first of our three main groups, Aces and Kings.

Let’s start by talking about the best starting hands, which are often referred to as ‘premium hands’. So we get rid of all of those redundant hands and say that in Texas hold'em there are 169 “non-equivalent” starting hands, breaking them down as follows: 13 pocket pairs 78 non-paired suited hands.