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Everyone who competes in texas hold’em knows that ace/king is one of the best starting hands. But, it is simply that, an opening hand. It is just 2 cards of a 7-card equation. In nearly each new situation, you’ll want to jump out firing with A-K as your hole cards. When the flop arrives, you have to analyze your hand and think things completely before you just presume your cards are the greatest.

Like most other situations in holdem, understanding your rivals will assisting you in gauging your position when you have A-K and see a flop like nine-eight-two. After you wager preflop and were called, you presume your opponent is also holding good cards and the flop may have missed them as badly as it by-passed you. Your assumption will often times be correct. Also, do not forget that most bad bettors would not understand good cards if they fall over them and might have called with Ace-x and paired the poker table.

If your competitors checks, you might check and see a free card or lay a bet and attempt to grab the pot up right there. If they wager, you might raise to see if they are in or fold. What you wish to avoid is basically calling your opponent’s wager to observe what the turn gives rise to. If any card other than and Ace or King is shown, you won’t have any more info than you did after the flop. So let us say the turn shows a 4 and your opposition wagers yet again, what will you do? To call a wager on the flop you must anticipate your hand was the best, so you have to surely believe it remains so. So, you call a bet on the turn and one more on the river to discover that your opposition was holding 10-8 and only had second pair after the flop. At that moment, it dawns on you that a raise the bet following the flop could have won the money right then.

A-K is a beautiful combination to find in your hole cards. Just be sure you play them carefully and they’ll achieve you amazing cheerfulness at the poker table.