| This is a discussion on Big Slick the danger hand within the online poker forums, in the General Poker section; In the 35 years of playing poker I have seen to many people put to much faith in AK . Any two cards can win ... |
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| Big Slick the danger hand In the 35 years of playing poker I have seen to many people put to much faith in AK . Any two cards can win and to put all your money on big slick before the flop is just silly. It is a nice hand when you hit but people get mad if some one calls and then beats big slick they say you are a donkey for calling them . So I say treat big slick with care because you can lose it all . |
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| Yeah i hate when people go all in on the flop with A K when they dont have anything. I would actuaully have something and call, and they will catch an A or K on the river. I dont know why they risk all there chips with A K when its not even that good of a hand. But i guess if thats how they play, then thats how they play. |
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| ak good old ak lol. so many people overplay this hand its ridiculous. i think theres 2 ways of playing it but i only really like 1. 1st is to raise it big but that still sucks if you miss maybe only when theres like 3 limpers. i recomend min raising it or 2 1/2xbigblind. this way you are building the pot without overcommiting to it. make sense? its a good drawing hand but if it misses you have to be able to pitch it. thats my 2 cents on ak |
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| I despise AK, it's one of my least favorite hands. It is a drawing hand, a drawing hand that can only make one possible straight. In preflop all-in situations you're often in bad shape with AK unless the other person has a weaker ace. With AKo you're a 43% dog against something like JJ. But even when there's postflop play you won't hit the flop that often. I usually continuation bet but like with any other hand that hasn't hit, you're facing a tough turn decision if you get called. I think it's key to play this hand against as few opponents as possible. Don't min-raise like somebody else suggested because you'll get too many callers. |
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| I love taking advice on this forum, but what is up with people hating on AK so much. It isn't a bad hand, it is bad players who play it wrong. And enough of people saying they hate when someone goes all-in on the flop with no piece of it. Wouldn't you want someone to call your all-in when you are way ahead? Fear of being sucked out on shouldn't dictate play... As I am typing this I just got AK two hands in a row, and won both. Give me this hand all day long and I will show you nice profits... |
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| My defense of AK from this thread. Another discussion here. Quote:
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| i remeber playing at a friends house AK, i raised big preflop some one called , comes a bad flop 4 both, i bet he raises,4 street came with nothing i bet he calls, comes the river still nothing i check and he does a wooping raise i suspected he didnt have anything and called and winned with a high ace my point is if your playing agressive and get another agressive caller how is AK ment to played? if you start agreesive and have a caller and a bad flop how do u continue keep pushing your stack? |
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| re: Big Slick the danger hand poker Quote:
Typically you'll see a flop, and you'll either hit it or you won't. And the probability of hitting it is what? 32%? Doesn't sound like a race to me. If you play your AK against said QQ, you don't hit the flop, you continuation bet and you get re-raised. You can't exactly call to see the missing two cards to make it a true race. AK is actually my sixth most profitable hand, but I don't enjoy playing it, and I always play it carefully. |
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