[nxtyear]

what makes 88 reliable for trips :?

[BadAndy]

8 Is the most common card on the flop

[darock]

Once again, I must say that this is the greatest hand in poker:



This time I did make them suited because I found out that they ARE better when they are suited, but are great nonetheless. Okay, so it doesn't look like a high percentage hand but believe me it is. And id doesn't just work for me, it does work for people I play against it. Maybe 3/7 times having this hand will flop you 2 pairs and then half of those times you'll hit a full boat.

But the greatest experience I've seen with this hand was yesterday playing with a bunch of friends. I went all in with A-K and I was short stack, my buddy was like, "I'm gonna take this one right outta your books!!" and flips over J-9 exactly of those suits above. I was thrilled to see the flop even though it showed me my doom:



That's right, he flopped a STRAIGHT FLUSH!! I was doomed (to $5, big whoop), but I knew that it was my hand that won and I have yet to lose with it and now know it's unbeatable awesome power. J-9 is the greatest hand in poker!!

[Catcherblck]

MY fave poker hand is doesnt' matter if it is suited or not! if they are the better! I find myself winnin' alot of pots with this hand! cracked one time floped a set! he went all in I said okay!

[royalflush525]

My fav is 8 9suited i know that probly sounds dumb but them two cards hav been more lucky for me than any thing I mean drawing sts flushes and even 2 or 3 full houses it really makes the other player peeoffed but what can i say Itworks for me, I just wish I could get a little better at betting, sometimes i don't have the gut and I wouldve won. hey practice makes perfect, so i should be there soon. LOL LOVE, LIVE, LAUGH AND PLAY POKER

[GrimJack]

I love to play this hand. Its the worst hand in poker.

You can't play it all the time, but if you know you can get in cheap, and have a big stack, not just from the blinds, but in the middle of the field, and you play it right, when it hits it can really pay off big.

This is especially true if you are playing against seasoned players who know that they are strong with a big PP or AK,Q,J when 772, or 72x, or 227 flops and an A comes on the turn. No one will ever put you on this hand, and you stand to make a BIG score. Enough to pay back all the times you played the hand and lost.

I have gone from ITM to the final table in a few tourneys on the money I've won from this play. But you have to know when this hand will and will not payoff against the opponents you are playing in the hand in order for it to work.

[ktb1017]

I enjoy playing jack-ten suited. Gives you a chance at the flush, and if you hit a straight with it, there is a good chance that it will be the nuts. Not a hand I will push all-in with, but do enjoy playing it when the table lets me in cheap.

ktb1017

[mvpo0geo]

Idk why but Q8 suited is a must play hand for me.....its not a connector or anything. I just like playing it, and consistantly do even with raises LOL. I just can't help myself with it sometimes.

[esavaan]

just love that hand!

[FoxyCoxy]

I like my chances with pocket nines