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Premium Hands

Premium hands refer to the best starting hands in Texas Hold'em that a beginner poker player should stick to playing. These hands have the best chance to win during showdowns and can be played from any position. While the exact list of premium hands differ among experts, this family of starting hands usually consist of AA, KK, QQ, AKs and JJ. 

Sticking to premium hands is a good strategy for beginners as it reduces the chances for making mistakes. The rule in poker is that the less mistakes you make, the more money you make. Furthermore, the biggest mistakes made by any poker player is to go into expensive showdowns with second best hands and its less often you will make this mistake if you started out with premium hands in the first place.

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