Online Poker Danger Hands

Sometimes some of the best looking hands in poker are often the most dangerous. “Big Slick” of course immediately comes to mind as the Ace King hand has blown up more bankrolls than any 2-7 hand could ever dream of and when Big Slick shows up in a suit that’s often when trouble really begins.

Beyond Big Slick in his finely tailored suit another dangerous hand are pocket jacks. Pocket jacks are not a highly valuable hand in and of themselves and yet they are just attractive enough to lead to all kinds of potential trouble. Both veteran and new players have the tendency to overvalue pocket jacks. While a pre flop raise is not totally out of line with pocket jacks it is important, again, to take the true value of the hand into consideration along with position and chip counts when warranted. Remember, a pair of jacks is nothing compared to aces, kings, or even queens.

Ace-queen can be a tricky hand as well as it is, again, just good enough to get yourself into a lot of trouble with. Position is always important in online poker and an ace-queen hand early is potentially very dangerous while perhaps not as much from late position. In this modern new era of aggressive play too many players have lost everything in the mistake of overvaluing this hand.

A jack-10 suit is almost as much trouble as Big Slick in a suit. This is a classic case of a hand in which players will “bet the come” expecting to get the final cards on the flop to make for a perfect hand that rarely comes to fruition.