Our analysis of the Texas Holdem poker hands has now lead us to consider the smaller pairs. These pairs are often great for doubling-up your custom poker chip stack towards the end of a tournament when there are only a few poker players left. But they can also get you and your customized chip stack into serious trouble.

If you are playing sixes, fives, fours etc., the trouble is that there will always be overcards to your pair on the flop which jeopardises your gambling. If you are lucky enough to avoid any overcards, the cards will be so bunched together that it is bound to have made someone trips or a straight. You do not want to be risking custom poker chips in such a situation. From early position, avoid raising custom poker chips. From late position, you should avoid calling an early position raiser unless there are several callers (in which case you are getting good value for your custom poker chip bet). If you call and the pot gets raised (and perhaps re-raised) you really should fold unless you really believe in the poker gods! Again, if the raise or re-raise of custom poker chips get called by many players, although it is likely that you don’t have the best poker hand pre-flop, there is a massive amount of custom poker chips in the pot and so in relation to the number of custom poker chips you have put in, you are getting good value for money.

Is it ever a good idea to raise custom poker chips with these sorts of poker hands? The answer is yes in limited circumstances. If you sit in a very late position at the poker table (on the button or acting just before the button), if no other poker player has raised or called, it will be a good idea to raise custom poker chips. Of course if no other poker player has even limped in before you, this increases the chance that a poker player sitting in the blinds has a monster of a hand and is ready to rinse your custom poker chip stack. But if you can try to create a heads-up situation, you are a slight favourite to two overcards. Alternatively, your raise might allow you to take the pot down there and then if the blinds decide not to get involved. Take the custom poker chips and move onto the next hand.