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Online poker rules of strategy become much more complicated and difficult with medium rank pocket hands that can be good drawing poker hands, depending on the position of a Texas holdem player. Ace-ten and king-jack would fit the description of potentially decent drawing poker hands but much of that depends on position because from an early position you don’t want to put yourself out on a limb without first getting a read on the potential hands of your opponents.

Playing Texas Holdem connector cards in online poker can be a little bit tricky but they are even tougher to play if they have a gap. In Texas Holdem, gapped connector hands can range from one, two, or three gaps in rank such as Queen-Ten, Queen-9, or Queen-8. Suited gap connectors are better to play but even those are dangerous. Any gap in a connector makes the hand much less valuable. How do you play such hands in online poker and should you be playing them at all?