There are literally millions of combinations of poker hands when talking about online poker strategy, but in Hold'em, there are only 169 different start hands. This number is the assumption that the king and queen of hearts has the same value as the king and queen of diamonds. If diamonds three in the flop, so is the king, queen of diamonds worth more than the king, queen of hearts, but you can not predict the future, so thats why these two hands are equal before the flop.
The importance of starting hands
These 169 start happening fit only into five categories: couple, sequence cards, pocket cards, cards in sequence and in the same color or hole cards of the same color. These five categories are the only thing you have to worry about. If you do not have a couple is your card safely in sequence or hole cards, it can either be in the same color or not. As an example of the short sequence is: KQ 8-7 and 4-3. A non-sequential cards can contain one-, two-, three-, or more cards taken "together" it can include hands: K-J, 9-6, or 9-3.
