Texas Holdem: A Full House

Full House

Full House Draw

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"Even a tilted donkey can play a monster hand well."

Evaluating a Full House

When you have a fullhouse in a game of holdem you are in the monster hand category, unless you are using two board pairs to fill out 'your boat.'

Because full houses are evaluated by the value of the three of a kind first, the strongest fullhouses have the best three of kinds.

These fullhouses are rated from strongest to weakest:

1)

Your Cards			The Board:

This is an extremely strong boat. The only way it can be beat is by the unlikely event of a pocket pair of tens making quads.

2)

Your Cards			The Board:

This is also extremely powerful. Only pocket aces or pocket tens can beat it.

3)

Your Cards			The Board:

This is a very strong boat too, but not nearly as strong as Example 1). This boat can be beat by or or . Still, you should never live in fear of someone holding those cards.

4)

Your Cards			The Board:

This is a good boat, but anyone holding a king will split the pot with you.

5)

Your Cards			The Board:

This is a weak boat-- any king has you beat.

Playing a Full House

Unless you have case 5) , raise. Check-Raise. Do whatever you think will build the biggest pot.

Your focus is no longer on the cards to come or if you are beat, but how you can get people to pay you off.

Although we generally dislike slow-playing in low-limit holdem, it is an option with this hand... if you feel that a bet will cut down the field too much at the flop, check and hope somebody catches something at the turn.

drawing to a fullhouse