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Playing Ace-king is a very good hand to have before a flop and nearly every situation you want to come out betting high and raising the flop except when faced with a big raise from an early position bettor. Then you need to reassess your hand and think if he had a high pair or pair before the flop. Think things through before you assume your over cards are best.


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If playing starting hand on the dealer button with a full table play AA, KK, AKs,QQ, JJ, AK, AQs, AJs, KQs,TT, AQ, ATs, KJs, QJs, JTs,99, 88, AJ, AT, KQ, KTs, QTs, J9s, T9s, 98s,77, 66, A9s, A5s-A2s, K9s, KJ, KT, QJ, QT, Q9s, JT, QJ, T8s, 97s, 87s, 76s, 65s,55, 44, 33, 22, K9, J9, 86s. And see the flap or bet strong with AA, KK,QQ,JJ, to weed out small hands that would have less chances of getting a hand (tight playing).

Being in the middle position with a full table play AA, KK, AKs,QQ, JJ, AK, AQs, AJs, KQs,TT, AQ, ATs, KJs, QJs, JTs and these have more chances of winning. Play loosely with these hands 99, 88, AJ, AT, KQ, KTs, QTs, J9s, T9s, 98s.

Try to know your opponents that will help you gauge your hand Ace-King before pre-flop. When you see the flop like 8-7-3 then assume that also missed as badly as yours. Your assumption will often times be correct, but they could be holding a pocket pair and be leading in the hand, or worse yet have pocket 8s, 7s, or 3s. Also, don't forget that many poor players wouldn't know good cards if they tripped over them and could have called with A-x and paired the board.

See if your opponent check, you could check and see a free card or make a bet and try to pick the pot up right there. If they bet, you could raise to see if they are for real or fold. What you want to avoid is simply calling your opponent's bet to see what the turn brings. If any card other than and Ace or King hits, you won't know any more information than you did after the flop. Let's say the turn brings a 2 and your opponent bets again, what do you do? To call a bet on the flop you had to think your hand was the best, so you must surely think it still is. So, you call a bet on the turn and one more on the river to find out that your opponent was holding 10-8 and only had second pair after the flop. At that point, it dawns on you that a raise after the flop could have won the pot right then. Instead, you called and lost 3 more bets in the hopes of catching a miracle card or that your Ace high would hold up. If you would have raised on the flop and been called or re-raised it would have only cost you 2 bets to learn more about the strength of your opponents hand.

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