diff --git a/pyfpdb/Card.py b/pyfpdb/Card.py
index 8639fd35..22eab979 100755
--- a/pyfpdb/Card.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Card.py
@@ -39,23 +39,36 @@ def calcStartCards(hand, player):
 
 def twoStartCards(value1, suit1, value2, suit2):
     """ Function to convert 2 value,suit pairs into a Holdem style starting hand e.g. AQo
-        Hand is stored as an int 13 * x + y where (x+2) represents rank of 1st card and
+        Incoming values should be ints 2-14 (2,3,...K,A), suits are 'd'/'h'/'c'/'s'
+        Hand is stored as an int 13 * x + y + 1 where (x+2) represents rank of 1st card and
         (y+2) represents rank of second card (2=2 .. 14=Ace)
-        If x > y then pair is suited, if x < y then unsuited"""
-    if value1 < 2 or value2 < 2:
+        If x > y then pair is suited, if x < y then unsuited
+        Examples:
+           0  Unknown / Illegal cards
+           1  22
+           2  32o
+           3  42o
+              ...
+          14  32s
+          15  33
+          16  42o
+              ...
+         170  AA
+    """
+    if value1 is None or value1 < 2 or value1 > 14 or value2 is None or value2 < 2 or value2 > 14:
         ret = 0
-    if value1 == value2: # pairs
-        ret = (13 * (value2-2) + (value2-2) )
+    elif value1 == value2: # pairs
+        ret = (13 * (value2-2) + (value2-2) ) + 1
     elif suit1 == suit2:
         if value1 > value2:
-            ret = 13 * (value1-2) + (value2-2)
+            ret = 13 * (value1-2) + (value2-2) + 1
         else:
-            ret = 13 * (value2-2) + (value1-2)
+            ret = 13 * (value2-2) + (value1-2) + 1
     else:
         if value1 > value2:
-            ret = 13 * (value2-2) + (value1-2)
+            ret = 13 * (value2-2) + (value1-2) + 1
         else:
-            ret = 13 * (value1-2) + (value2-2)
+            ret = 13 * (value1-2) + (value2-2) + 1
             
 #    print "twoStartCards(", value1, suit1, value2, suit2, ")=", ret
     return ret
@@ -66,8 +79,8 @@ def twoStartCardString(card):
     ret = 'xx'
     if card > 0:
         s = ('2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', 'T', 'J', 'Q', 'K', 'A')
-        x = card / 13
-        y = card - 13 * x
+        x = (card-1) / 13
+        y = (card-1) - 13 * x
         if x == y:  ret = s[x] + s[y]
         elif x > y: ret = s[x] + s[y] + 's'
         else:       ret = s[y] + s[x] + 'o'
diff --git a/pyfpdb/GuiPlayerStats.py b/pyfpdb/GuiPlayerStats.py
index d65b9ab6..889988c5 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/GuiPlayerStats.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/GuiPlayerStats.py
@@ -516,8 +516,8 @@ class GuiPlayerStats (threading.Thread):
         if holecards:  # re-use level variables for hole card query
             query = query.replace("<hgameTypeId>", "hp.startcards")
             query = query.replace("<orderbyhgameTypeId>"
-                                 , ",case when floor(hp.startcards/13) >= mod(hp.startcards,13) then hp.startcards + 0.1 "
-                                   +    " else 13*mod(hp.startcards,13) + floor(hp.startcards/13) "
+                                 , ",case when floor((hp.startcards-1)/13) >= mod((hp.startcards-1),13) then hp.startcards + 0.1 "
+                                   +    " else 13*mod((hp.startcards-1),13) + floor((hp.startcards-1)/13) + 1 "
                                    +    " end desc ")
         else:
             query = query.replace("<orderbyhgameTypeId>", "")