Playing AKs and AK

[Josue]

I would play this hands raising from any position as i would do with the premium pairs,re-raise with them and call a 3-bet but fold to a 4-bet,exept in the case that the.player was light 4-betting or 3-betting in that case i will shove all in.

 

[SBEP]

A lot of people think AK is a very strong hand, but really its not, its only good once your learn your opponent tendencies and then i would say AK is a very strong hand against him/her, u could easily lose to a A2 suited with thats hand, if some1 b4 me raises and i happened to hold AK i just flat with it, see the flop and go from there, if no1raises b4 me ill raise but if i get a reraise back ill either flat or fold depending on the opponent, so dont make the same mistake as 98% of the players out there thinking AK is a god of a hand, it aint

 

[ph_il]

A lot of people think AK is a very strong hand, but really its not, its only good once your learn your opponent tendencies and then i would say AK is a very strong hand against him/her, u could easily lose to a A2 suited with thats hand, if some1 b4 me raises and i happened to hold AK i just flat with it, see the flop and go from there, if no1raises b4 me ill raise but if i get a reraise back ill either flat or fold depending on the opponent, so dont make the same mistake as 98% of the players out there thinking AK is a god of a hand, it aint

AK, especially a AKs is a very strong hand. AKs is in the top 5 hands, 4th just below QQ. AKo is probably in the top 10 of hands. Where exactly depends on who you ask.

Your argument that you can lose with A2s is a pretty weak one as A2s can potentially beat any hand, but it doesn't mean it's a better hand. A2s is a huge underdog vs AK and only winning about 30% of the time. Winning 3/10 times doesn't make A2s a better or more profitable hand.

AK is a very strong hand and should be played as such preflop for value. Flatting a raise is very weak unless you're against a very bad opponent and you can earn more value post flop. In most cases, you should be getting as much money as you can preflop.

I could bore you with a bunch of numbers and stats, but i won't. Just know that by playing AK passively, you're giving up tons of value with the hand.

 

[MMarshall89]

AK, especially a AKs is a very strong hand. AKs is in the top 5 hands, 4th just below QQ. AKo is probably in the top 10 of hands. Where exactly depends on who you ask.

Your argument that you can lose with A2s is a pretty weak one as A2s can potentially beat any hand, but it doesn't mean it's a better hand. A2s is a huge underdog vs AK and only winning about 30% of the time. Winning 3/10 times doesn't make A2s a better or more profitable hand.

AK is a very strong hand and should be played as such preflop for value. Flatting a raise is very weak unless you're against a very bad opponent and you can earn more value post flop. In most cases, you should be getting as much money as you can preflop.

I could bore you with a bunch of numbers and stats, but i won't. Just know that by playing AK passively, you're giving up tons of value with the hand.

Agreed, AKs or AKo is only drawing dead to one hand, Aces...

Pre Flop, I find this hand pretty comfortable calling an all in from someone short stacked, AKs or AKo dominates any other Ace hand ex, AQ, AJ, A10, and so one, they're relaying on maybe 3 outs maybe less depending on who folded what...

Being late in position under a big 3 or 4 bet, flat is the play and pray you hit the flop good enough to push and hope they didn't out flop you...

It's a good guessing hand, if you're certain your playing against someone with a wide range of hands then it's value pre flop does go up.

 

[Sadalmelik]

AK in any version is just a monstrous good card for any type of play, and no matter of whom i am playing against i never hesitate to go all in with it.

AK, especially a AKs is a very strong hand. AKs is in the top 5 hands, 4th just below QQ. AKo is probably in the top 10 of hands. Where exactly depends on who you ask.

Your argument that you can lose with A2s is a pretty weak one as A2s can potentially beat any hand, but it doesn't mean it's a better hand. A2s is a huge underdog vs AK and only winning about 30% of the time. Winning 3/10 times doesn't make A2s a better or more profitable hand.

AK is a very strong hand and should be played as such preflop for value. Flatting a raise is very weak unless you're against a very bad opponent and you can earn more value post flop. In most cases, you should be getting as much money as you can preflop.

I could bore you with a bunch of numbers and stats, but i won't. Just know that by playing AK passively, you're giving up tons of value with the hand.

 

[sar1767]

A K

With AK and AQ i do bet and rise every on preflop

 

[VGShaa]

I fully agree with ohshootmybad. You should play AK and particularly suited AK aggressively and in any case not slowplay. Depending on the players at the table, the stage of the tournament, the blinds and stack size will depend your raising and sometimes shoving.

 

[erlanditas]

AK suited never fold 4bet you are playing bad then, they usually 4bets with hands 1010 JJ QQ or AQ AJ, so dont fold the AK suited or AK too you have so many outs to beat them. And sometimes to beat AA KK

 

[Running Nose II]

Two of my favourite hands, but, and it is a big but, they are not invincible.There is no set way of playing them, a lot depends upon, your position, the strength of the opposition, and whether or not the pot has been raised.

 

[johnny tigre]

These are great hands but one must not get carried away with it (i always do, and i pay dearly each time i play it wrongly).

 

[GuiWah]

Normally I raise 3x,3,5x. You need get notes from your opponents, and must do an easy fold if necessary.

 

[theRaven68]

A lot of people considers AK as very strong hand, but true is that is very tricky one and often it remains as undeveloped possibility

 

[Nate fields]

I would play this hands raising from any position as i would do with the premium pairs,re-raise with them and call a 3-bet but fold to a 4-bet,exept in the case that the.player was light 4-betting or 3-betting in that case i will shove all in.

Also is a nice hand but it's not worth shoving reflow unless you have 15 or less bb

 

[edc1]

its a great hand to be dealt-its also a great hand to bust out on -when you hit the flop it can be awsome -when u miss the flop it can be very costly if you havent learned to fold it yet-its a great drawing hand for sure

 

[coachlary69]

AK is a very strong hand, but it's also just a drawing hand, so I'm looking to play AK against as few opponents as possible, meaning I want to play AK heads up, in position if at all possible, and hope I hit the flop. Once the flop hits if it's a wet board I'm looking to get away from the hand, but on a dry board I'm going to continue to play.

 

[wanted2090]

I fully agree with you! Raise preflop (big) to get less people to play. Sea bet if you don't hit the flop and careful on river and turn if you do not hit anything

 

[kissmyss]

I personally think AK is overrated. They should be played aggressively hoping to see a flop with the least amount of opponents as possible. At the same time, you have to remember all you have is nut high card top kicker. A pair of deuces beats you, so if you miss the flop you have tread carefully.

 

[Samuel Lee]

I don't usually re-raise with it. It depends on my opponent, on what i know about him. In some cases I re-raise, but not every time, sometimes i just flat.
It's a strong hand but not too strong, if I don't connect with the flop it could be useless especially at low level because people are playing big pairs with low kicker quite often and if you don't hit you can eventually call if pot odds are by your side, but still it should be played very careful.

I consider it a pretty hard hand.

 

[psyho26]

A very controversial hand, in my opinion, especially in multi-way pots, it is considered a hand monster.This is partly true, but only in a heads-up. With a large number of opponents in the Bank, you have to be very carefu

 

[Nik990]

All in ))) hahaha

 

[KERAPUTIH]

AK suited never fold 4bet you are playing bad then, they usually 4bets with hands 1010 JJ QQ or AQ AJ, so dont fold the AK suited or AK too you have so many outs to beat them. And sometimes to beat AA KK

I'm totally agree with you sir,

AK suited in my opinion is the best hand when multi-way all in or multi way call. AKs had more chance to hit straigh or flush than pocket premium,

just never fold 4bet even in short stacks ,

 

[KHALIL23412]

Playing AK`S & AK

I love to play this Hands... But the last time i played AA in a Bountybuilder 2,20$ there was a Person who Raised preflop in the Smallblind i 3Bet him from the Hijack and he Shoves ok so i call him he shows 4 , 7 suited ....Flop 474 (LOL) turn is a Brick and River another 7 '-.- what can i do better next time?any advices? Or is it just a Bad Beat? Because i get in Good ....thats all what i can do Right?

Best reagards

Khalil23412

 

[fred_antunes]

Never fold with AK suited!!!

 

[ninoverm]

I love to play this Hands... But the last time i played AA in a Bountybuilder 2,20$ there was a Person who Raised preflop in the Smallblind i 3Bet him from the Hijack and he Shoves ok so i call him he shows 4 , 7 suited ....Flop 474 (LOL) turn is a Brick and River another 7 '-.- what can i do better next time?any advices? Or is it just a Bad Beat? Because i get in Good ....thats all what i can do Right?

Best reagards

Khalil23412

I don't exactly know why you posted this here, but you played correctly. Obviously.

 

[jeongwee]

its all base on what kind of a player you are against.
for example :
if my opponent are with pretty low percentage of fold to preflop 3bet + fold to flop cbet in 3bet(prefloop) pot.
if my opponent are with pretty low precentage of opening raise from early position and their 4bet after raising percentage are high.
i wont 3bet them with ak aks on preflop.