favorite hand: better what the rest have.
most hated: anything with pocket ace or aces involved. it seems no matter when or where i play.. if i have "one of the best pocket hands available in poker", the other players will have better hands!
so nowdays if i have an ace/aces i only just check if the bets stay small. anyone betting high and im out. out of all hundreds of hands (live or online) where i have had aces in the pocket i think i have only won once or twice.. and by getting a flush with ace high, or pair to another card than the ace. with pocket ace pair.. never won anything. never gotten ace high straight.. never gotten 3 aces or more and won.. (most times someone else got a fullhouse.. that i have never gotten with 3 aces and two others.. only with 2 aces and 3 others and someone else beat me with higher 3 of kind full house. so i HATE having an ace. hahah.
i do like jacks and queens. won many good games (when others have good hands too) with pocket jacks and then getting a third later on or fullhouse.
but trying to avoid holdem.. i get addicted to gambling way too easily (spend too much on blackjack and roulette in past) so i rather not play anymore, not even free games. i only go to online poker houses once a month or less and play for few hours and thats it.
and couple times a year with my friends if we get together somewhere and someone brings a set of chips and cards.. they always seem to be suprised me beeing in the top 2 or 3 everytime we play.. as they play almost every week and some of them go to local tournaments etc.. so me beeing "fresh meat" and doing ok confuses them. my problem is that i get tired of playing at somepoint, and i just kinda loose interest in the game.. often when its just head to head setup.. and i play goofy just to get out of the table hahah. i like playing against everyone not just the last one. dont have the "killer instinct" or i try to make sure i wont let it control me anymore.
ps. only hand i know i have never EVER had in poker, any poker, live, online or slotmachine is: Royal Straight Flush, Ace High with Hearts.