Some interesting responses on this topic so far. I guess my question to the people who doubt the value of AK...what is a better hand to you other then the obvious ones of AA or KK?
I've been using pocker tracker to track my results for awhile now and i'll give you the results of my AK suited versus unsuited.
This is out of a total of 18,029
hands (i've only been playing 2 months and change) so judge for yourself how representative it is.
AA - Had 79 times...and won 83.54% of the time
AK suited - Had 53 times...and won 73.58% of the time
AK off suit - Had 140 times...and won 55% of the time
I was really surprised by the difference in suited versus offsuit too. Some of the posters are right here about it being a drawing hand..it is that. But it is also alot easier to walk away from AK or any suit then a hand then pocket AA or KK is. What I see alot in online games are people who just aren't willing to give it up and thats when they lose big.