What's your least favourite strong hand?

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AK over rated "Strong hand" I have had better luck with a pair of two🤣
 
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Totally get that—QQ can feel cursed sometimes. Mine’s AK offsuit. Looks pretty, but so many times you miss the flop and end up in tough spots vs aggression. It's powerful, but tricky without position or reads.
 
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I love and hate her at the same time QQ :D
 
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Perhaps the most unloved hand is JJ, very often I don't know what to do with it at all.
 
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AKo for more flush possibilities
 
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the day my aq was called by aj and i was knocked out of a tournament is still etched in my memory.....like wth....
Far and away the premium hand I dread playing is :as4: :qs4: It's called the 'Parking Lot' hand for good reasons.
 
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not sure if there is any really bad paint combo....kq seems to be a leak hand for me....maybe i overbet it too often
 
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ITs gotta be Jiggidies or pocket Kings cause you want them to win more than %68 of the time
 
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AA in bb. worst hand for me JJ I never win with this hand.
 
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From a mathematical point of view, two aces is the best hand.
 
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KK is cursed... at least in my case- it's tough to remember the last big pot won with this 'top hand', while so many big pots lost and/or MTTs busted against hands I dominate, at least preflop... I still continue to play the hand the right way- aggressive, but I'm not as happy when I'm dealt Kings as when I've started playing the game quite a few years back lol
 
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I like QTs because it has so much potential—flush draws, straight draws, two pairs. It plays really well postflop.
 
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My least favorite hand is 7 and 2, which is considered the worst hand you can have pre-flop.
 
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Jacks and AQ even if they are suited..
 
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Without a doubt, JJ, I lose more often than I win with this hand. I only feel comfortable with them when I hit another J on the board.
 
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i bust with KK allin pre flop regularly. hands i am ahead of seem to get me more than they should (JJ , AK off, QJ suited ) as well as AA of course .
 
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Recently I noticed that I win more often with KK than with AA
 
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For me, the two hands I always struggle with are J-J and A-Q.
No matter how I play them, it feels like trouble is always around the corner. 😅
With J-J, there's almost always a higher card on the flop, and you end up guessing.
And A-Q… well, half the time it feels like a trap hand — strong, but not strong enough
 
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AQ I don't like to play especially when there is any raise before me I already get a flea behind my ear
 
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