This is why technically the worst hand in Texas Hold’em is actually 3 2 offsuit. If you were to play 7 2 heads-up, or three-handed, and your opponents had two lower cards, such as 5 4 and 6 2, then you’d have an advantage. On the other hand (no pun intended), combinations like a five and a three, or a seven and a deuce, are quite ugly, even if suited, which isn’t a big difference anyway.īut why has the 7 2 officially been ranked the absolute worst? Keep reading… Technically, 7 2 isn’t the worst hand This is why hands like pocket aces, pocket kings, or an ace and a king are considered premium hands.
So generally speaking, the higher your two hole cards, the better your chances of winning the pot. Spades is the highest suit, but it doesn’t affect hand ranking. In most poker variants, including Hold’em, ace is the highest card and deuce is the worst card. In this case, 7 2 is clearly the best hand, although the probability of a tie is fairly high as well. Now, say you’re playing heads-up and you have 7 2 off and your opponent has 4 2 off (rare). This means that when playing at a full table, 7 2 is pretty much the worst hand as you can’t even make a straight using your two hole cards. Although technically 7 2 is not the worst hand in poker, it is the lowest unconnected (gapped) hand.