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Texas hold ‘em terminology and strategy

Posted by Nicolae on July 9th, 2008 under Poker, Texas hold 'em
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Starting hand terminology and notation
There are (52 × 51)/2 = 1,326 distinct possible combinations of two hole cards from a standard 52-card deck. However, since suits are only relevant for flushes, many of these hands are indistinguishable from the point of view of pre-flop strategy. In fact, considering suits to be equivalent [...]