Texas Holdem Starting Hands

These are the best to worst starting hands, rated in tiers. The higher tiers are the best hands, the kind you'd want to bet heavily with pre-flop as they have the best chances of winning the pot. I'm going to use abbreviations to describe the hands. For example, A-To would be Ace-Ten off-suit. Whereas Q-8s would be Queen-Eight suited. Note: These are rankings of the best hands prior to the flop. Even if you're holding pocket Aces, a flop of two four's can lose it for you if an opponent happens to have one or two fours in his or her hand.
Tier 1: A-A, K-K, Q-Q, A-Ks, A-Ko
Tier 2: J-J, A-Qs, T-T, A-Qo, A-Js, K-Qs
Tier 3: 9-9, A-Ts, 8-8, A-Jo, K-Qo
Tier 4: K-Js, Q-Js, J-Ts, K-Ts, Q-Ts
Tier 5: All pairs 7-7 and below, all suited Aces (example: A-Xs), T-9s, 9-8s, T-8s, 8-7s, 7-6s, 9-7s, 6-5s
Tier 6: A-9s, A-8s, A-7s, any two cards ten or higher, A-9o, A-8o
Tier 7: All the rest; play these hands very rarely