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The Poker Professionals Association

Research Chapter

01

PRO POINT SYSTEM

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The Pro Point System is the foundation of the Poker-Pro Game strategy and it is essential that you have a thorough understanding of the point system before beginning subsequent research chapters. We recommend that you memorize all point values and practise them with sample card hands until the point values become automatic for you.

The Poker-Pro Point system was developed by Poker-Pro for our members in order to quickly and accurately evaluate Poker hands. More importantly, to our knowledge it is the only system which automatically adjusts for the number of players in the game. This is particularly important for games with less than a full table (Shorthanded Games), one of the most profitable, but least understood Poker situations.

While most Poker players intrinsically understand that each card has a relative numerical value, an Ace is worth more than a King for example and that suited cards are worth more than unsuited cards, until the development of the Poker Pro Point System, there was no scientific way to evaluate exactly how much each card or combination of cards were worth or when to play them.

Most professional players today recognize that in order to maintain a decent living standard as a pro, it is important to continually refine playing skills and take advantage of every mathematical advantage available. With this in mind we are pleased to present The Poker Pro Point System.

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POKER PRO POINT SYSTEM

With the point system we assign each card a specific relative value or points. As expected, the Ace receives the highest value; however, you will note that cards rankings from 8 down receive no value, unless paired, connected or suited.

For learning purposes, we are using Texas Hold'em Poker game primarily because it is currently the leading money game both for tournaments and live play and it the easiest to use to demonstrate the point system, as only two cards are dealt each player initially. Naturally we will cover the use of the Point System in other primary poker games in later research chapters.

Individual Card Point Values:

  • A= 6 points
  • K= 5 points
  • Q= 4 points
  • J = 3 points
  • 10=2 points
  • 9 = 1 points
  • 8 = 0 points
  • 7 = 0 points
  • 6 = 0 points
  • 5 = 0 points
  • 4 = 0 points
  • 3 = 0 points
  • 2 = 0 points

Pairs receive an extra value of 8 points.

Suited cards receive an extra value of 3 points.

Connected cards receive an extra value of 2 points.

Suited cards are written with a small "s" as: KJ's

Connected cards refers to directly adjacent cards such as: KQ or AK or KQ or QJ, not KJ or AQ.

Examples of values of first two cards dealt in Texas Hold'em:

  • AA=20 points (6 points for each ace plus 8 points for a pair)
  • KK=18 points (5 points for each king plus 8 points for a pair)
  • QQ=16 points (4 points for each queen plus 8 points for a pair)
  • AK's=16 points (6 points for the ace, 5 points for the king plus 3 points for being suited and 2 points for being connected)
  • JJ=14 points (3 points for each jack plus 8 points for a pair)
  • KQ's=14 points (5 points for the king, 4 points for the queen plus 3 points for being suited and 2 points for being connected)
  • AK=13 points (6 points for the ace, 5 points for the king plus 2 points for being connected)
  • AQ's=13 points (6 points for the ace, 4 points for the queen plus 3 points for being suited)
  • T,T=12 points (2 points for each ten plus 8 points for a pair)
  • AJ's=12 points (6 points for the ace, 3 points for the jack plus 3 points for being suited)
  • AT's=11 points (6 points for the ace, 2 points for the ten plus 3 points for being suited)
  • KJ's=11 points (5 points for the king, 3 points for the jack plus 3 points for being suited)
  • KQ=11 points (5 points for the king, 4 points for the queen plus 2 points for being connected)
  • 9,9=10 points (1 point for each 9 plus 8 points for a pair)
  • AQ=10 points (6 points for the ace, 4 points for the queen)

It is interesting to note the value difference of 3 points between AQ's and AQ. This demonstrates the importance of suiting and is helpful in evaluating the correct value of a AQ starting hand. Suited it is definitely playable while unsuited it can be a marginal hand often played for more than it's worth.

 

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