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Every list of texas hold em beginning hands has Huge Slick suited (Aks in poker shorthand) near the top. It’s a very powerful starting hand, and one that shows a profit over time if played well. Except, it truly is not a produced hand by itself, and cannot be treated like one.
Let’s look at a few of the chances involving Ace-Kings prior to the flop.
Against any pair, even a lowly pair of 2s, Massive Slick at finest a coin flip. At times it can be a slight underdog because if you do not produce a hand with the board cards, Ace high will lose to a pair.
Versus hands like Ace-Queen or King-Queen where you could have the higher of the cards in the opposing hand "covered", Ace-Kings is roughly a 7 to 3 favorite. That’s about as fine as it gets pre-flop with this hand. It’s as good as taking Ace-Kings up towards 72 offsuit.
Versus a far better hand, say Jack-Ten suited, your odds are roughly 6 to four in your favor. Better than a coin flip, but perhaps not as significantly of a favorite as you’d think.
When the flop lands, the value of your hand will possibly be created clear. In case you land the leading pair about the board, you could have a major advantage with a best pair/top kicker situation. You may often win wagers put in by gamblers using the same pair, but a lesser kicker.
You will also beat excellent beginning hands like Qq, and Jack-Jack if they will not flop their 3-of-a-kind. Not to mention that when you flop a flush or even a flush draw, you will probably be drawing to the nut, or best feasible flush. These are all things that make AKs such a nice beginning hand to have.
Except what if the flop comes, and misses you. You can still have 2 overcards (cards higher than any of all those within the board). What are your odds now for catching an Ace or perhaps a King about the turn or the river and salvaging your hand? Needless to say this only works if a pair is able to salvage the hand and are going to be good enough to win the pot.
If the Ace or King you’d like to see land within the board does not also fill in someone else’s straight or flush draw, you would have 6 cards (3 remaining Kings and 3 remaining Aces) that will give you the major pair.
With those 6 outs, the chances of landing your card within the turn are roughly one in 8, so if you are planning on placing money into the pot to chase it, appear for at least seven dollars in there for every one dollar you’re willing to bet to keep the pot likelihood even. All those odds usually do not change a lot for the river.
Although wagering poker by the likelihood does not guarantee that you’ll succeed every single hand, or even each and every session, not knowing the chances is usually a dangerous scenario for anyone at the poker table that’s thinking of risking their money in a pot.
