6 Handed Poker Starting Hands Chart

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Oct 14, 2015  By Alton Hardin. I spent a lot of time learning, tweaking and adjusting my 6-max opening raising, calling and 3-betting ranges over the past year trying to identify good, conservative, but strong and aggressive ranges for mainly beginning and struggling 6-max micro stakes poker players. Starting Hand Chart (BSS) Your Cards Actions before you Early Position Middle Position Late Position Blinds High Pairs AA, KK, QQ All players fold Raise One player called Raise. Find out more about the poker hand rankings and the poker hands chart. Created Date.

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Introduction

The following table ranks the top hands in a 6-player game. This table assumes that all players stay in until the end.

Explanation of column headings:
  • Cards: Initial two-card hand.
  • Probability of win: Probability that this hand will win, or tie for the win.
  • Average win: This is how much the player will win on average, including his own bets, if the player does win. This is less than 6 because sometimes the player will have to split the pot.
  • Expected value: This is how many units the player can expect to win (positive) or lose (negative) with this hand. For example if the player had a pair of aces and contibuted $1 to the pot then the player could expect to have a net win of $1.95.
  • Probability: Probability of getting this hand to begin with.
  • Additive probability: Probability of getting this hand or any stronger hand to begin with.
Six handed poker starting hands

Initial Hold'em Hands in Rank Order for 6-Player Game

6 Handed Poker Starting Hands Chart For Kids

CardsProbability of WinAverage WinExpected ValueProbabilityAdditive Probability
Pair of A's49.51%5.961.95080.45%0.45%
Pair of K's43.32%5.951.57750.45%0.90%
Pair of Q's38.3%5.931.27290.45%1.36%
Pair of J's34.05%5.921.01420.45%1.81%
A/K suited32.15%5.80.86410.30%2.11%
Pair of T's30.44%5.890.79440.45%2.56%
A/Q suited30.56%5.760.75890.30%2.87%
K/Q suited29.55%5.760.70150.30%3.17%
A/J suited29.28%5.710.67230.30%3.47%
A/K unsuited28.96%5.770.67040.90%4.37%
K/J suited28.28%5.720.61670.30%4.68%
A/T suited28.27%5.670.60210.30%4.98%
Pair of 9's27.11%5.890.59780.45%5.43%
Q/J suited27.57%5.710.57370.30%5.73%
A/Q unsuited27.21%5.710.5550.90%6.64%
K/T suited27.32%5.680.55060.30%6.94%
Q/T suited26.64%5.670.51010.30%7.24%
K/Q unsuited26.28%5.720.50280.90%8.14%
J/T suited26.33%5.660.49040.30%8.45%
A/J unsuited25.79%5.660.45970.90%9.35%
A/9 suited25.75%5.620.44740.30%9.65%
Pair of 8's24.51%5.880.44160.45%10.11%
K/J unsuited24.88%5.670.40970.90%11.01%
K/9 suited24.73%5.640.39460.30%11.31%
A/8 suited24.98%5.580.39330.30%11.61%
A/T unsuited24.66%5.60.38170.90%12.52%
Q/J unsuited24.26%5.660.37210.90%13.42%
Q/9 suited24.07%5.640.35650.30%13.73%
A/7 suited24.27%5.540.34440.30%14.03%
T/9 suited23.9%5.620.34320.30%14.33%
J/9 suited23.82%5.630.34080.30%14.63%
K/T unsuited23.8%5.610.33560.90%15.54%
A/5 suited24.19%5.50.33090.30%15.84%
Pair of 7's22.35%5.870.31160.45%16.29%
Q/T unsuited23.2%5.610.30060.90%17.19%
A/4 suited23.63%5.50.30020.30%17.5%
A/6 suited23.5%5.510.29540.30%17.8%
J/T unsuited23.03%5.60.28950.90%18.7%
K/8 suited22.97%5.580.2830.30%19%
A/3 suited23.05%5.510.27050.30%19.31%
Q/8 suited22.24%5.590.24360.30%19.61%
K/7 suited22.37%5.550.24060.30%19.91%
A/2 suited22.39%5.520.23570.30%20.21%
T/8 suited22.12%5.580.23450.30%20.51%
J/8 suited22.01%5.590.22980.30%20.81%
9/8 suited21.72%5.60.21650.30%21.12%
A/9 unsuited21.93%5.530.21360.90%22.02%
Pair of 6's20.59%5.850.20540.45%22.47%
K/6 suited21.75%5.520.19960.30%22.78%
K/5 suited21.29%5.490.16920.30%23.08%
K/9 unsuited20.98%5.560.16590.90%23.98%
A/8 unsuited21.07%5.470.15330.90%24.89%
Q/7 suited20.65%5.540.14340.30%25.19%
K/4 suited20.75%5.50.14060.30%25.49%
8/7 suited20.39%5.570.13670.30%25.79%
Q/9 unsuited20.41%5.550.13340.90%26.7%
T/7 suited20.46%5.540.13330.30%27%
T/9 unsuited20.44%5.540.13220.90%27.9%
9/7 suited20.30%5.570.12990.30%28.21%
J/7 suited20.38%5.540.12930.30%28.51%
J/9 unsuited20.28%5.550.12480.90%29.41%
K/3 suited20.25%5.510.11540.30%29.71%
Pair of 5's19.05%5.840.11180.45%30.17%
Q/6 suited20.19%5.50.11090.30%30.47%
A/7 unsuited20.25%5.420.09810.90%31.37%
K/2 suited19.76%5.520.09090.30%31.67%
A/5 unsuited20.15%5.370.0830.90%32.58%
Q/5 suited19.72%5.480.08060.30%32.88%
7/6 suited19.31%5.560.07360.30%33.18%
8/6 suited19.11%5.540.0590.30%33.48%
Q/4 suited19.22%5.490.05470.30%33.79%
A/4 unsuited19.51%5.370.04840.90%34.69%
A/6 unsuited19.43%5.380.04580.90%35.6%
K/8 unsuited19.04%5.480.0430.90%36.5%
T/6 suited18.95%5.490.04070.30%36.8%
9/6 suited18.82%5.530.04020.30%37.1%
J/6 suited18.92%5.490.0380.30%37.41%
Pair of 4's17.76%5.840.03690.45%37.86%
Q/3 suited18.69%5.50.02810.30%38.16%
6/5 suited18.45%5.550.02330.30%38.46%
A/3 unsuited18.87%5.380.01480.90%39.37%
T/8 unsuited18.5%5.480.01380.90%40.27%
J/5 suited18.56%5.460.01310.30%40.57%
Q/8 unsuited18.43%5.480.01040.90%41.48%
Q/2 suited18.25%5.520.00630.30%41.78%
J/8 unsuited18.31%5.480.0040.90%42.68%
7/5 suited18.1%5.530.00070.30%42.99%
9/8 unsuited18.14%5.5-0.00130.90%43.89%
K/7 unsuited18.38%5.42-0.00360.90%44.8%
5/4 suited17.82%5.54-0.01250.30%45.1%
J/4 suited18.03%5.47-0.01390.30%45.4%
A/2 unsuited18.15%5.38-0.02350.90%46.3%
8/5 suited17.73%5.5-0.02440.30%46.61%
Pair of 3's16.69%5.85-0.02450.45%47.06%
J/3 suited17.57%5.48-0.03650.30%47.36%
T/5 suited17.62%5.44-0.0410.30%47.66%
9/5 suited17.41%5.48-0.04580.30%47.96%
K/6 unsuited17.72%5.38-0.0470.90%48.87%
6/4 suited17.17%5.54-0.04840.30%49.17%
J/2 suited17.11%5.5-0.05890.30%49.47%
T/4 suited17.19%5.44-0.06430.30%49.77%
Pair of 2's15.87%5.85-0.07080.45%50.23%
7/4 suited16.66%5.52-0.08090.30%50.53%
5/3 suited16.59%5.54-0.0810.30%50.83%
K/5 unsuited17.18%5.34-0.08290.90%51.73%
8/7 unsuited16.76%5.47-0.08410.90%52.64%
T/3 suited16.72%5.46-0.08710.30%52.94%
9/7 unsuited16.61%5.45-0.09530.90%53.85%
T/7 unsuited16.71%5.41-0.09620.90%54.75%
Q/7 unsuited16.7%5.4-0.0980.90%55.66%
J/7 unsuited16.51%5.41-0.10730.90%56.56%
8/4 suited16.25%5.49-0.10850.30%56.86%
T/2 suited16.27%5.48-0.10890.30%57.16%
K/4 unsuited16.59%5.34-0.1140.90%58.07%
4/3 suited15.9%5.56-0.11620.30%58.37%
9/4 suited16.05%5.46-0.12370.30%58.67%
6/3 suited15.77%5.54-0.1270.30%58.97%
Q/6 unsuited16.17%5.35-0.1350.90%59.88%
K/3 unsuited16.03%5.35-0.1420.90%60.78%
9/3 suited15.67%5.47-0.1430.30%61.09%
7/6 unsuited15.62%5.43-0.15120.90%61.99%
5/2 suited15.19%5.53-0.15930.30%62.29%
7/3 suited15.25%5.51-0.16050.30%62.59%
9/2 suited15.22%5.49-0.16440.30%62.9%
Q/5 unsuited15.66%5.31-0.16850.90%63.8%
K/2 unsuited15.49%5.36-0.16950.90%64.71%
8/6 unsuited15.35%5.41-0.16980.90%65.61%
8/3 suited14.94%5.47-0.18320.30%65.91%
4/2 suited14.68%5.56-0.18360.30%66.21%
9/6 unsuited15%5.38-0.1930.90%67.12%
T/6 unsuited15.06%5.33-0.19720.90%68.02%
Q/4 unsuited15.08%5.31-0.19870.90%68.93%
8/2 suited14.58%5.49-0.20.30%69.23%
6/5 unsuited14.71%5.41-0.20450.90%70.14%
J/6 unsuited14.94%5.32-0.20530.90%71.04%
6/2 suited14.37%5.53-0.20560.30%71.34%
3/2 suited14.02%5.58-0.21710.30%71.64%
Q/3 unsuited14.52%5.33-0.22670.90%72.55%
7/5 unsuited14.34%5.38-0.22890.90%73.45%
7/2 suited13.97%5.49-0.23310.30%73.76%
J/5 unsuited14.53%5.27-0.23390.90%74.66%
5/4 unsuited14.05%5.39-0.24180.90%75.57%
Q/2 unsuited14%5.34-0.25230.90%76.47%
8/5 unsuited13.87%5.34-0.25950.90%77.38%
J/4 unsuited13.96%5.28-0.26320.90%78.28%
6/4 unsuited13.34%5.39-0.28140.90%79.19%
9/5 unsuited13.48%5.3-0.28590.90%80.09%
T/5 unsuited13.63%5.24-0.28590.90%81%
J/3 unsuited13.42%5.29-0.28980.90%81.9%
T/4 unsuited13.16%5.23-0.31130.90%82.81%
J/2 unsuited12.92%5.3-0.31470.90%83.71%
5/3 unsuited12.71%5.38-0.31670.90%84.62%
7/4 unsuited12.78%5.34-0.31750.90%85.52%
T/3 unsuited12.62%5.25-0.33770.90%86.43%
8/4 unsuited12.29%5.29-0.350.90%87.33%
4/3 unsuited11.99%5.39-0.35370.90%88.24%
T/2 unsuited12.12%5.26-0.36230.90%89.14%
6/3 unsuited11.82%5.35-0.36720.90%90.05%
9/4 unsuited12.01%5.24-0.3710.90%90.95%
9/3 unsuited11.58%5.25-0.39270.90%91.86%
5/2 unsuited11.23%5.34-0.39980.90%92.76%
7/3 unsuited11.24%5.3-0.40460.90%93.67%
9/2 unsuited11.08%5.26-0.4170.90%94.57%
4/2 unsuited10.67%5.37-0.42670.90%95.48%
8/3 unsuited10.86%5.23-0.43140.90%96.38%
6/2 unsuited10.32%5.31-0.45190.90%97.29%
8/2 unsuited10.45%5.24-0.45220.90%98.19%
3/2 unsuited9.98%5.39-0.4620.90%99.1%
7/2 unsuited9.87%5.24-0.48330.90%100%
Total18.14%5.510100%0%

Top 20% of Hands in 6-Player Game

  • Pair of sevens or higher.
  • Suited A/7 or higher.
  • Suited A/5.
  • Any two suited cards both 9 or higher.
  • Unsuited A/T or higher.
  • Unsuited K/T or higher.
  • Unsuited Q/J.

Holdem Starting Hands Chart

Methodology

This table is the result of a random simulation and assumes all players stay in until the end of the hand.

The following table shows my power rating for each initial 2-card hand in a 6-player game. The numbers are on a 0 to 40 scale. Use the top table if you have a pair, the middle table if your cards are suited, and the bottom table if your cards are unsuited. Except for a pair,look up your high card along the left and your low card along the top.

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