Do you prefer AK or AA?

Which do you prefer... Chocolate cake 'or' getting kicked in the teeth?

For me it's close. I like chocolate cake but who can resist taking a nice boot to the chops?

I'll choose AA because I'll never get a king)

AA has very rarely treated me very well, so I’d go with AK.

Mario7 said:

Okay... I thought it is funny, but what puzzles me is why so many people prefer AK here. I just do not get it - AA is sooo much better. You people do not play cash games? If you do and take any statistics with reasonable sample size, you can check which cards bring you more profit. Something like this:
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Of course, it is going to be a bit random, it is going to be different for everyone, but with a bigger sample, there is just no way to win more with AK than with AA. Impossible. The bigger the sample, the bigger the gap.

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AKo being over 3X as profitable as suited is wild lol

Have you considered pretending your suited aces are not suited?

AA is obviously the better hand but you'll get it almost 3 times as less often.

Overly sticky players are probably much more likely to get stacked with aces than AK because AK Is A drAwiNg hAnd and folks are probably a lot less attached. PLO has helped me learn to fold the rockets more often. Feels bad but when folks play face up it's easier to do.

I don't think AK vs AA is a fair comparison. I think I would rather ask would someone rather have AK twice or AA once. That makes the question more statistically relevant due to combos available and interesting because any rational player should choose AA every time.

Lodestone said:

AKo being over 3X as profitable as suited is wild lol

Have you considered pretending your suited aces are not suited?

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Oh, well, it is just a sample, and poker is a high-variance game. Perhaps I played AKo much more carefully than AKs? I do not remember. Obviously, suited AK should earn slightly more longterm than AKo. It doesn't change the fact AA are far ahead

is this even a real question ? AA obviously !

I will take aces any day but a suited ak is pretty close