Third, even if you have two-pair, one of them will often be counterfeited.
In other words, an opponent probably has a stronger pair. With a low pair, there’s a good chance that your paired card will have overcards. If the board has two pairs and your cards pair with one of them, you have a low pair and a bad kicker either way. Why? Let’s count the ways.įirst, you can’t use both cards in a straight (they’re too far apart,) making it easy for an opponent’s straight to dominate it. If asked to rank hands in poker from best to worst, most players would immediately identify the worst offender: 2-7. The characteristic of a truly junk hand is that the cards offer very little value because they are unsuited and they’re too far apart in sequence to have any valuable drawing potential.
Let’s get the bad part over with and focus on the worst hands you can be dealt when you’re playing poker.
