kidkvno1
Sarah's Pet
Bronze Level
I am with Zorba....Tough choice but as coolnout says below, Made Hand I too choose the ladies (Biatches)
Please enlighten us all what are the obvious reasons.
QQ has won me more then AK. :joyman:
I am with Zorba....Tough choice but as coolnout says below, Made Hand I too choose the ladies (Biatches)
Please enlighten us all what are the obvious reasons.
Please enlighten us all what are the obvious reasons.
I find it comical that this thread is still being discussed. In it's raw math, QQ will be an approximate 56-43 favorite to win the hand heads up preflop all in. However, the true strength of this hand lies in one's ability to utilize bet sizing, position, and reads to induce folds or calls. Play the man, not the cards. Breaking out from a beginner player to intermediate is understanding that poker is relative, not absolute.
Im fairly sure this is the obv answer: QQ
AK is way way way way better than QQ in tournaments. People always push with any ace. Any person thats plays tournaments long enough knows the value of AK, and how you will have most hands dominate. AA, KK, AK are top 3 hands in tournament poker. Ace-rag often beats the pocket queens in my experience.
However in a cash game AA, KK, QQ is my ranking. People dont push with A rag in cash games .
First I will talk about all-in situations. Is AK or QQ better to go AI preflop?
Depends a bit on your opponents range... Against someone very tight AK, especially suited is marginally better (because AK has more equity against AA, KK-range than QQ). Almost always QQ though. There's not a huge difference though, unless your opponent's range is close to ATC, then QQ is a lot better. In any practical situation the odds are always so good that it doesn't matter which one you have. There are no situations where you could make a decision to call an all in based on whether you have QQ or AK. The EV difference is so small that it doesn't affect your long term winrate.
One could argue that because you have one A and one K the chances of your opponent holding AA or KK are reduced, which might give you slighly more FE because your opponent's 3/4-bet is a bluff a bit more often.
However, I believe the slighly increased FE is negated by the fact that sometimes people call with 88 just because they think you have AK - and when you have QQ instead you crush them instead of flipping. So they might fold a bit more often when you have AK - but when they call light you have more equity with QQ.
Post-flop play: An overpair is a more disguised hand than TPTK. So I prefer QQ. Also AK can't make a set, which is a very strong hand. QQ can.
[ ] doyle brunson is correct
i just hope ur misquoting himDoyle Brunson says AK is a better hand than AA and KK. If AK is better than AA and KK than definitely is better than QQ.
The reasons are (according to Doyle Brunson):
1. You'll win more money when you make a hand with it.
2. You'll lose less money when you miss a hand with it.
i just hope ur misquoting him