Poker Sklansky Groups

David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth in an excellent book about poker "Hold'em Poker For Advanced Players" (we strongly recommend this book) assigned each starting hand to a group. They proposed that before flop all hands in the group could normally be played similarly.

This poker application enables you to learn the Sklansky groups in a fast and easy manner using tests that make it easier for you to memorize the starting hands and the groups they belong to. This kind of knowledge immediately will make you poker play significantly better. Want to be a good poker player? You can not skip this.

This poker application also allows you to perform a fast lookup what group a particular hand belongs to.

Stronger starting hands are identified by a lower number. Hands without a number are the weakest starting hands.

As a general rule, books on Texas hold'em poker present hand strengths starting with the assumption of a nine or ten person at the poker table. When there are fewer players the value of the given starting hand increases.

The table below illustrates the overview of the Sklansky groups and possible poker hands:

1 - AA, AKs, KK, QQ, JJ

2 - AK, AQs, AJs, KQs, TT

3 - AQ, ATs, KJs, QJs, JTs, 99

4 - AJ, KQ, KTs, QTs, J9s, T9s, 98s, 88

5 - A9s - A2s, KJ, QJ, JT, Q9s, T8s, 97s, 87s, 77, 76s, 66

6 - AT, KT, QT, J8s, 86s, 75s, 65s, 55, 54s

7 - K9s - K2s, J9, T9, 98, 64s, 53s, 44, 43s, 33, 22

8 - A9, K9, Q9, J8, J7s, T8, 96s, 87, 85s, 76, 74s, 65, 54, 42s, 32s

9 - All other hands not included above.