What hand gives you more confidence when it comes to an all in? If you could choose between AK off suit and 22 ... After having been on both sides many but many times, I have seen statistics and the odds laugh in my face several times. What is your choice between these two and why?

If I know the cards before we go all-in: 22 because it is a favorite against AK.

If we do it "blind" like in a normal tournament AK because you are only dominated by KK and AA.

One of Amarillo Slim's Hustles was to ask you to choose between 44, AKo and JTs and then he picked another hand all-in.

44 beats AK. AK beats JTs. And JTs beats 44. So he could pick a winner after you what ever you chose

AK since you would most likely face an under pair or a smaller ace hand.

Yes, 22 is a favorite against AK but is it a favorite against an opponents calling range? I think too many times I would get called by a higher pair and even with AK, AQ its a race.

It would be interesting to run the Simulations but as for confidence, have to go with AK.

I mean if you were putting me heads up against someone and I got to pick if I got the 22 or the AK, I am picking the 22.

If you want me to call an unknown hand with either one, I am picking the AK.

I would pick AK because it dominates other Aces. It only loses to AA and KK (which are also blocked by our hand), and its basicaly fliping against any pocket pair (little underdog actually).

On the other hand, 22 doesn't dominate any hand, and its dominated by any other pocket pair, and its flipping against any other hand (except 2X).

Even though 22 might have better equity than AK if 2 players go all in with these hands, I think we need to see how each one performs against an opponents range.

In poker, transivity does not always happen.

Most players, and high-stakes professionals always choose AK, although any pocket pair has a better chance of winning. Strange, why so ?
An interesting question: do you know that the opponent has an AK on his hands and he puts all-in, which hand is more likely that you will call, with 22, with 99, or QQ ?

In the game, an important role is played by luck and luck. AK I will often bring down in the bank, and 22 rarely reverse. At this point, you play at intuition, your position at the table and depth of the stack

I ll rather take AK if it is all in case

If you mean on random hand ak but i would only in desperate or heads up type scenario if you mean akvs22 ....22....I'd rather start any competition already winning. It's up to them to make pr not always easy.

Originally Posted by Alex70793

Most players, and high-stakes professionals always choose AK, although any pocket pair has a better chance of winning. Strange, why so ?
An interesting question: do you know that the opponent has an AK on his hands and he puts all-in, which hand is more likely that you will call, with 22, with 99, or QQ ?

I say this all the time whats the difference between 22 and QQ if you put them on ak?.....0

22 no point in all-in. max call. such a clumsy hand... even the fumes on the Board are easy to kill. АК much preferable

They are equal hands, I feel better with AK more potential.

The probability that the pocket pair 22 on the flop will become a set is 12% . The probability that either of the two pocket cards will collect a pair on the flop is 32% . Therefore, younger couples are not always profitable to play. AK gives me more confidence for a long distance, so I will continue to play my poker.

This is a flip.

50% chance to win

For me, without a doubt AK is a better hand than 22. Obviously, with AK you have a better chance of getting a good combination on the flop.

I'd probably go with AK. If either pairs, you've beaten the deuces. Also, there's draw potential.

Hi.
I prefer AK. Obviously, this is a stronger hand than 22. Although, it is all relative and depends on the skills and experience of the player.
Good luck.

AK always without hesitation

Of course it's AK. The probability of deposition 2 is very small. Out of 10 cases in 9 you will lose with 22 vs AK, on the Board will fall 2 or 22, еhat's 1% out of 10.%. The only time you can win an AK is if you don't get an A or a K. This is approximately 2.5% out of 10%. Yes, it still depends on what opponent you play.

It is clear that if we know ahead of time then ... 22 will have an advantage of winning an all-in against AK ... however if I had to choose where I don't know which hand the opponent leads ... I would play an all- in with AK ... and I wouldn't do it with 22

AK, for sure!

With AK, most of the time, you'll be in:
50/50 against smaller pairs like QQ-22
70/30 against smaller aces AQ-A2
65/35 against -2 random cards like QJo, T9s, 86s etc.
30/70 against KK

With a 22, most of the time you will be in:
50/50 in a coinflip (at best)
20/80 against pairs like AA-33

my choice would be AK because there are two overcards against the worst pair in the game

A K wins in every situation (pre-flop) if you're playing the outs game.
But, A K loses value (in my mind) for every hand (prior to the current) within 4 hands or so- that had an Ace on the board.

I think that seeing the Ace on the board on the the past 3 of 4 hand would make pocket Duce look Much stronger.

My theory could be total hogwash though. But as always with a question like this. There just not enough info to make an informed decision. At face value though A K wins

I always like AK. Although I did not calculate which is better.

Definitely I’ll choose a pair, this is a ready-made hand, hoping for luck is somehow not a hunt

Even if you have bigger chances with 22,most of the time a damn A or K would hit the board and you would lose,at least that's how it's always been in my experience.

I would say that this is a coin game in this case
but AK’s hand is more confident for me in such a situation
6 outs against 4

22

I choose an AK without a doubt, it is a very low pair 22 too low

a pair of deuces is not a good hand to go all-in !!! with a high degree of probability, if your opponent goes all-in, then he has in his hands clearly a pair older than two and this is 20 <80 or 50/50 practically against any two cards !!! With AK, you will no longer have 20 <80 since this is approximately 50/50 against any pair, up to kings !!!

I think I prefer AK . If the hand becomes multi player I feel it too easy for somebody to beat 22 . If you can be sure you are heads up then I think it doesn't matter .

For me AK is much better than 22 because AK has 50% to win against such strong hands as QQ JJ TT and 31% against KK.

iprefer AK because a lot of people call whit an A but with low kicker.

I think it just depends on where I am stack wise versus my opponent. If I have them covered then I feel more comfortable with AK because of the security of having potential over cards to a dealt pair or if they paired the board. Villain's stack would have to be much smaller than mine in order to justify a preflop call with deuces. Sure, deuces would be a favorite vs. AKo by a few percentage points but they're pretty even versus AKs and dominated by any other pair. Gambling a majority of my stack on coin toss preflop seems like a pretty senseless gamble with deuces. If I'm short stacked then I'm just as comfortable with either.

I would give up on all-in with small pocket pairs. I would prefer to go all-in with a pocket card AK.

Originally Posted by Liedust

What hand gives you more confidence when it comes to an all in? If you could choose between AK off suit and 22 ... After having been on both sides many but many times, I have seen statistics and the odds laugh in my face several times. What is your choice between these two and why?

I personally hate going all-in unless I'm highly confident of the outcome. If I was forced (due to being close to blinding out) I would go all in on either of these 2 hands. I went all-in once in "live tourney" with 66 and beat AK suited (which won me the tourney) so, I know a pair can easily take these kinds of hands (in real or online). So yeah, basically either/or for me and of course then I would cross my fingers.

AK the other is a very low one, I think he has a better chance of winning AK

Ak not only will A or K win it but if board double pairs 2s are dead. Anything that hits the board is bigger then a 2. The only way im pushing 22 is if the blinds will put me in next hand. You can only hope to hit a set otherwise they are dead, throw that trash away!!

22 is favorite but I prefer to go with AK all in. If the opponent has 22 we have a coin flip and often we dominate ourselves against AQ and AJ.

But if I go all-in with 22 and my opponent calls with 33+, we only have a 20% chance of winning. With a coinflip, however, it is 48%.

I prefer all-in with AK of the same color because it's a hand that offers you a better chance of touching your flop if I have a good stack. I never call all-in with 22 because it is a hand too weak.

I preffer AK, but you can easly lose against 22 (mayble a littble bit tilting tho xD)

I prefer AK.
When you go all in with pocket 2, probably you have the worst hand because all pairs dominate you and other hands has a coin flip so until when you have the best hand your oponent has a godd chance to win.

Definitely AK. You need to consider the range of hands calling your all-in. They consist of pocket pairs and big broadway cards. AK dominates all of the broadway hands except QJ and it's a flip against all pairs up to QQ. It's only way behind AA/KK. On the other hand, 22 is flipping or way behind every calling hand.

It is clear that in the tournament, AKs look preferable to pair 22. It all depends on the size of the player stacks and what is the situation at the table. In the cash game of fast poker, AK often loses 22 and therefore no-one with all-in AK goes preflop all-in.))

I would prefer an AK card. Pair 22 loses a lot. When I get card 22 I don’t raise or allin.

22 because making a pair in holdem is hard. I don't go folding pairs.

If cards were on their back, I'd want 22 every time, but if we're talking in a real game scenario, AK.

I prefer AKs because in many flops connect very well, and have many chances to win on the turn or river.

If your shoving all in AK also has increased fold equity with blockers that it benefits from. Id rather be calling off with AK rather than 22 personally as well as other have said 22 is always the under pair so AK benefits from crusing hands like AQ AJ and having better equity vs under pairs.