what is the best hand for an all in?

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Too many variables to answer that without more details. Yes AA, probably, and most premium pairs and AK probably too. But it depends on where we are in the game, position, preflop or post, etc. etc. to really have any definitive answer on a must play all in pair.
 
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for me the best hand that exists is KK, impossible to lose even with two AA
 
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Pre flop the best card to go all in is AA of course, specially against only one player.
 
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AA in holdem, double suited big pairs (AAKK the best one) for omaha game. But you better don't play those hands aggresively often in omaha:)
 
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a good pair of Aces is not bad when it comes to betting everything, after some good KKs it is also good
 
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Preflop of course AA. But it is not so simple and not a life insurance that you will win.
My personal favorite cash game party was when both me and the villain had AA, he went all in preflop and villain won with a runner-runner flush (he had only 3 colors after flop). Bye-bye 10$...
 
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I think that most of players think the same. It's AA.
 
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A2A3 double suited assuming we are talking about omaha hi-lo preflop action
 
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The one that beats villain holding
 
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For me, I don't go all-in preflop without any need for it (low stacks). I usually bid 3-5 BB with a premium hand.

Even with AA or AK you can loose, if the flop is too wet. So it's a gamble with a high loss potential.
 
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Every once in a while, we will experience a player,on ourleft, who raises on every hand. When I encounter these types of villians, I wait until I get a decent set of whole cards (Texas Holdem) and, then I go all in. Otherwise, there are many secenarios where one would go all in. Poker is a very complicated game.

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Best hand in Poker is any 2 cards
It’s more of how you play the player and not how you play the cards.

All premium hands are good starting hands, but if the players opposite is nuts they call you with any 2 cards and can get your premium hand into trouble.

So personally I don’t go all in with even AA, and watch how the player opposite is playing.
 
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Pre-Flop of course AA I would say :D.
Otherwise, of course, it all depends on the board and depending on how many opponents are in the pot.
As fast as you can win a lot of chips with AA, it can also cost you all of them. So in most cases I would make sure that I play them aggressively pre-flop to clear out garbage hands and minimize the risk that I could potentially be outplayed post-flop.
 
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from all positions, preflop AA :) . But lastly folks with 44, 55, 45s tend to block and get away with it :D
 
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The hand that gets the win.
You may ask which one is that, well that's you who decide this. We all have to make our own decisions.

Premium hands yes mathematically is proven they outcome reg ones, but do not underestimate the power of 7-2 ;)
 
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yep the answer is very simply AA :D
 
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Well, I think that the best is AA...but.... I have very good experiences with KK. And I try not very often to go ALL-IN. Most if my chip account is very small and I have good pocket cards.
 
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all in with AK , QK, AQ is winning ,
 
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