A-A (two aces) are clearly the best starting hand and there are never an option to fold with it, which may be the case for other hands in 'Category 1'. The categories below are only based on the objective strength of the starting hands therefore, it's not sure that a specific play should be applied on all starting hands in the same category. This gives an oversight and that method are going to be used here also. Dividing different hands into categories could be helpful for the ranking. Which starting hands a player should play is something that has been discussed in many books about poker.

There are 1 326 different starting hands in Texas hold'em, but if you leave out the different color constellations there are totally 169.