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#1 August 7th, 2019, 12:12 AM

AK unsuited. I've lost just about every race pushing this. Is it just me?

#2 August 7th, 2019, 12:15 AM

hi there

No It happens to a lot of players
But depending on the gane, yes you can go all in
I prefer to watch the flop
It gives a better understanding
Rgds

#3 August 7th, 2019, 3:25 AM

To me the answer is simple. AK is an excellent starting hand, emphasis on starting. It's a really good starting hand, but it's still just Ace high. So when you look down at AK and go all-in pre-flop, you're basically risking your stack with Ace high with a strong kicker.

#4 August 7th, 2019, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by IntenseHeat

To me the answer is simple. AK is an excellent starting hand, emphasis on starting. It's a really good starting hand, but it's still just Ace high. So when you look down at AK and go all-in pre-flop, you're basically risking your stack with Ace high with a strong kicker.

well the Thing is you have a 29% Chance to hit an A or K and if you hit on a flop that is not too wet, you are a BIG favourite against most Hands if played correctly preflop.
that is why AK is so strong
and if you don't hit the flop, you can still improve on the turn and river

Originally Posted by swoopdonk

AK unsuited. I've lost just about every race pushing this. Is it just me?

with 'every race' you mean every bad beat you remember?
you are ahead against any non pocket pair and flipping against 22-QQ.
KK and AA are the only Hands you are behind, so what are you afraid of?

If you have HM or PT just Look into the stats and tell us how often you won with AKo. If you have played more than 20k Hands, I'm Pretty sure it's more than 50% Good starting hands I hate to go all in with.

Good starting hands I hate to go all in with.

#5 August 7th, 2019, 1:13 PM

If you get your chips in +EV situations then nothing else matters. Complaining that you lost the flips is being results oriented. It does not help your game any and will only cause you to turn +EV spots into -EV spots.

#6 August 7th, 2019, 7:37 PM

I also hate this hand, the most unlucky hand

#7 August 8th, 2019, 12:16 PM

AK and all in only if i have a small bank. AK is good hand to start and raise, but not for all in, where every can call to your bet.

#8 August 8th, 2019, 1:03 PM

I love AK but it does break my heart many times and at times many times in a row. Against a pair it is actually a dog in a all in confrontation. When it hits a Ace of King you will win the pot most likely and that the real positive of it all. If you are playing it for an all in I cant blame you when the stacks are short but when stacks are very deep it is not advisable to play it that way and in my opinion would be a loosing proposition.

#9 August 8th, 2019, 2:47 PM

I think that all-in on preflop with AKo is only desirable with a short stack. With the middle and full stack - play aggressively and focus on the flop.

#10 August 8th, 2019, 3:10 PM

And 10 is the most unloved starting hand .. flew so many times thanks to the kicker. now I just fold this hand and consider it to be hopeless. for me it is better to go to the bank with A5. Good starting hands I hate to go all in with.

#11 August 8th, 2019, 5:11 PM

AK isn't even a pair....I just always remember that when I get it preflop.

#12 August 8th, 2019, 6:39 PM

AKs is a very strong hand to play pre-flop aggressively with, but if you are short on chips it is a big risk to go all-in as you will most often come face to face with pairs.

#13 August 8th, 2019, 6:42 PM

Originally Posted by swoopdonk

AK unsuited. I've lost just about every race pushing this. Is it just me?

negative, with me happened to be deleted five in a row, with AK AK KK KK AA after that ......... I stopped ...
Good starting hands I hate to go all in with.

#14 August 8th, 2019, 7:02 PM

I hate going all in anything but aces or kings. Everything else i try and see the flop. unless your heads up.

#15 August 8th, 2019, 7:11 PM

JJ.

Lost two big showdowns with it. Ran into KK and then lost to some jerk who called off almost his whole stack with A5.

Coulda made it far if I won one of the two.

#16 August 8th, 2019, 7:31 PM

There is still a lot of luck involved in this game. A few days ago I was winning everytime I was dealt J5 so I kept playing it and made it to a final table with 4 wins with J5. So if ace king is having an unlucky streak for you mix it up a bit...That my take on it. Luck is sometimes a huge factor

#17 August 8th, 2019, 7:48 PM

Originally Posted by SubZero111

There is still a lot of luck involved in this game. A few days ago I was winning everytime I was dealt J5 so I kept playing it and made it to a final table with 4 wins with J5. So if ace king is having an unlucky streak for you mix it up a bit...That my take on it. Luck is sometimes a huge factor

my cards yesterday was q,7. watch the cards

#18 August 8th, 2019, 7:51 PM

thats where i just wait for a good hand and limp in or just callthen i push it on the river

the problem with alot of players
when tourns start alot of players go all in figuring they got a sweet hand
but they go in example with a 3s/9d
you got a kd/qd
but somehow they get the better hands and end up with quads or straight
it peaves me off lots

#19 August 11th, 2019, 5:56 PM

AK very good starting high late in a MTT when blinds are high. You are dominating all the short stack that will be going all in with Ax and coin flip with a pair that isn’t KK or AA

#20 August 11th, 2019, 6:47 PM

Agree with you my friend, AK off is so sick. I only have one position to go all in with AK off. And when I go all mostly all of the times I will be loosing to any card.

#21 August 12th, 2019, 7:36 PM

In most cases, I try to play hands like AK and only if I have less than 20bb then in my understanding it is all-in !!!

#22 August 12th, 2019, 7:41 PM

It depends on urs opponents... but usually I only 3bet with thos cards... after the flop I decide what do...

#23 August 12th, 2019, 7:41 PM

AA is the nuts!

#24 August 12th, 2019, 7:42 PM

well the hand I hate to go all in with is the old AA. How many times have I been beaten with those cards. Everything from trips down to somebody hooking another 2 n 7 when they go all in with the worst possible cards

#25 August 12th, 2019, 7:43 PM

AKo nice hand vs 1 villain IP, if u push that hand every time it's ur leak because u very often should be beat against QQ

#26 August 12th, 2019, 7:46 PM

Hi
This thread like many others generalize a hand like AK.
Any hand cannot be played the same every time.

There are a lot of factors that go into playing any hand.

It's important to analyse that first.

Do you go all in with AK when you are on the button and so far there is only SB and BB to call? The rest having folded.

Obviously you will consider your position, your opponent and your chip count against theirs.

So next time don't just go all in with any AK.
That's my opinion.

#27 November 17th, 2019, 5:20 AM

When We had AK.

It's within 5 people including itself.
It has much chip most in it.

→→→→→→→→　ALL IN!!!!!

#28 November 17th, 2019, 5:38 AM

No matter what you�ll always even put to the percentages in the end. If you know it�s a race then you can consider folding depending on the ICM or the stack depth. Short stacked you�re just going to have to accept your fate and take the variance

#29 November 19th, 2019, 8:27 PM

i dont like to go allin with AK but more with JJ

#30 November 19th, 2019, 9:21 PM

Originally Posted by theRaven68

i dont like to go allin with AK but more with JJ

this so much! ak and jj are my absolute bustout hands deep in tournaments. somehow its impossible to avoid those situations to get it in, especially when the blinds are already high. also when you are carddead all the time and then FINALLY get jj or ak, you really going to fold? me not...

#31 November 20th, 2019, 10:24 AM

just had yesterday same bad experience, moved all-in, didn't have much left there..
ace hit the flop, but other player won with two pairs. Would never move all in before preflop, unless it's a move out of desperation.

#32 November 20th, 2019, 1:28 PM

It is clear that poker can be profitable because it is a game in which a player is measured against another player. The best will win in the long run.and thinking in the ranks of the hands when playing, we can make the mathematical expectation of each hand is positive in great traits. By doing this, you can practically guarantee the profits for life on the basis of the ability and a solid game knowing withstand rough patches and managing our emotions.
However, you are never too old to learn and you will need to continue to seek additional information and new strategies, because the rivals also improve and grow in his career of poker players, so you must also compete by improving day-to-day. Don't be negative, your hands that you think you will lose as you say AK play it simple and does not fences all-in that little by little grab confidence in them.!!!

#33 November 20th, 2019, 2:14 PM

I hate going all in with KK. Theres always an ace that beats me.

#34 November 20th, 2019, 2:24 PM

Originally Posted by swoopdonk

AK unsuited. I've lost just about every race pushing this. Is it just me?

You should see AK suited for what it is, a drawing hand (a really good one though)

Lets day you're at a table with players who call a lot and you see lot of multiway pots. Someone at the table can easily hit a pair instead of you when its multiway (or better like a straight etc)

Don't shove unless you're short stacked in a tournament.

And if it isn't multiway, the people calling you have a high likelihood of calling with a pocket pair. And even pocket 2's are just about 50/50 with AK. So maybe they don't call often, but when they do (with a pocket pair), they have good equity against you. Which might seem to you like you always lose with AK. But really it's 50/50.

#35 November 21st, 2019, 6:15 AM

Good hand to all in. In gipperturbo love playing tournaments all in with her. And on the bubble when the big stack. Aj conventional tournaments prefer to dump in response to all in the opponent who often Ak.

#36 February 11th, 2020, 8:40 AM

Originally Posted by swoopdonk

AK unsuited. I've lost just about every race pushing this. Is it just me?

No, it it happens to all of us. But i also win with those cards. So it just depend on the game

#37 February 11th, 2020, 1:02 PM

AK is a good hand for All in. As always it depends on the tournament and the table structure. From your reputation. Many players play it aggressively. Some go all in.

#38 February 11th, 2020, 4:38 PM

AK is good hand to start.I do not like the A10

#39 April 1st, 2020, 8:13 PM

you dont HAVE to shove AKo, you can raise normally, or even call a raise and see a flop. I wouldnt even mind a limp if the table dynamic allows it, even though its usually not recommended.

#40 April 1st, 2020, 8:48 PM

it's not just you and it has happened to me in the first hand to give me AKs and to land me
and I'm starting to wonder what hands at the beginning of this tinir to pay them al in

#41 April 1st, 2020, 8:58 PM

I think it�ll depend on the tournament if it�s low stake may be worth a head-up but if there are more than two opponents then become riskier and its up to you see if your bankroll it�s ok to risky, but i prefer just rais or call, or then muck if needs to go all-in

#42 April 1st, 2020, 9:05 PM

AK is fine as for me. I hate to go all-in with 22-99 or A6-A9 but sometimes it's needed with a short stack.

#43 April 1st, 2020, 9:06 PM

AK QQ JJ (QQ JJ) is a joke. I played the tournament yesterday and 3 consecutive hands fell AK QQ JJ and I lost all three to weak hands. Now I'm afraid to go all in with these hands.Guys, how to get rid of fears all-in with good hands? Good starting hands I hate to go all in with.

#44 April 1st, 2020, 10:04 PM

Originally Posted by swoopdonk

AK unsuited. I've lost just about every race pushing this. Is it just me?

in fact in any flip coin AKs vs any pair has an average 50% chance of winning. I mean then it is worth betting all the chips pre-flop 1/2? so better to play even or odd for money Good starting hands I hate to go all in with.

... But don't worry it must be in a bad phase ...

#45 April 2nd, 2020, 12:36 AM

Depends on Position , number of callers and chip counts

#46 April 2nd, 2020, 12:44 AM

I very much doubt that you have lost all of them, surely they hurt you more than when you lose with other hands because you take it like a monster hand.
having that move in hand does not guarantee that you win pushed all the chips

#47 April 27th, 2020, 11:25 AM

I often lost on poker cards on a big pair KK..JJ ..QQ those who caught me were asking for all in before the flop and I think these pairs are good cards..but mostly you lose with them.

#48 April 27th, 2020, 11:37 AM

"AK" or "KQ" is pretty good hand to start.I dont like the A9

#49 April 27th, 2020, 11:43 AM

Me personally suggest you to put half stack in the play before play and if you make a pair in flop then try to rush in and put whole stack in.

#50 April 27th, 2020, 11:51 AM

there are no rules, it depends on the situation,how strong the tournament is and at what stage.

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