As with all gambling, there is no locked down formula you can learn to guarantee you a win at every hand. On a couple of occasions recently I’ve had A/Q cracked by mid level pairs and I had rockets (pair of aces) cracked by trip 3s (triple 3s). This forces them to get sucked dry by the blinds while waiting and pictures do not guarantee you success. Generally a lot of folks I’ve seen will not play anything but pictures. Picture cards are counted as jack, queen, and king, and depending on who you’re talking to, it may or may not include the ace. For those who choose to read on, let me just note, this one’s for the novices, so you pros out there already know this, but you may want to pass it on to another beginner. What those words mean depends on where those picture cards are. In poker, as in life, a picture is indeed worth a thousand words.