Newbie advice please...

[Ston]

Hi,

I'm a complete novice and just getting into poker.

Hope someone can shed some light for me on one of Dan Harringtons example in one of his books...


Your hand:

He explains some more of the hand, who folds etc, but its this bit I am having trouble with.

Either I am getting confused with the terminology or am just plain stupid

He says that "there are just nine pairs higher than your hand (this bit I get ) and six ways of drawing each pair, for a total of 54 possible hands."

Its the last bit I don't understand, where does he get the 6 ways of drawing the pair? I make it 3 ways.

Its probably very simple and I am missing something obviouse.

Rgds,
Ston

[gatso]

for example, a pair of tens can come out

 
 
 
 
 
 

6 ways

[ifm]

   and

You won't go far wrong with Harrington in the long run