Poker Starting Hands - "ak Big Slick, Playing It Right"
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Starting Hands - "AK Big Slick, Playnig it right"
Ace King ... It's monster hand and you plan to get as much
money out of everyone as you can.
Big Slick is called Big Slick for a reason. Yes its a monster
drawing hand but it is a drawing hand all the same.
IF you hit either an Ace or a King on the flop then you've got
yourself top pair with the best kicker. You might get lucky as
is connected to get the nuts straight, if its suited you have
got the table crippled if you draw that flsuh. It's wroth noting
A-K suited is 5th best starting hand but A-K off is 9th best.
But this is the thing - when you haven't seen any crads what
have you got really ? An Ace high ...
with a King kicker, just
about any satrting hand could beat it.
Top players know AK is a gerat drawing hand but they also know
its can be a killer if it just doesn't work out. In the hands of
a new player it has 4king bustout written all over it, quite
simply they fall in love with it.
Now here is the next issue with playing AK - OK it's a
drawing hand so your thinking - don't play it too hard until you
see the flop and then you can work out how your diong ... Wrong.
Limping in with Big Slick is going to make you a monumental underdog -
It is an easily beaten hand if you let lots of players see the
flop, that ragged looking board could have given any of them
trips, two pair, straights - allsorts.
However AK doesnt fair so
badly against a couple of player with other high cards.
You have to play monumental slick hard before the flop if your playing
it. Get rid of all the plyaers with low pairs, monumental draws and
junk - With a monumental prefop raise you can be fairly sure the one
(ideally) or two players left only have something high or decent
pairs.
Then you have the added advantgae - you made the raise
and you took control ... again.
Dont make the mistake of trying to keep more people in to make
a bigger pot for your "great hands" - thats how to make your own
bad beats.
With most of the players in to see the flop your as good as
giving your chips away - Play it aggressively, raise pre-flop
and then hold yourself back when you see the flop.
But DO NOT go all-in befroe the flop - remember you've got an
Ace high nothing more.
In this situation the only hands that are really going to cause
you concern are AA and KK - but if somebody had that they'd have
come right back at your monumental raise with an all-in before the
flop.
Chances are unless they hit trips with tehre good pair (see
what they do) you can fire at them once you pair either the King
or the Ace - infact you should fire out a good size bet even if
you dont - remember you've already as good as shouted at them
"my hands is a winner".
Then see what they do - if they come back at you know they've
got something, probably trips - then you need to slow down
accept your beat and try to see the rest of the cards cehap.
The chances are they will lay down just aobut most things that
dont hit.
Now this all works well if you were eaisly able to take control
of the table ie. you had good position to get a monumental raise in
after you had seen what everyone else did but remember preflop
this is - on the button and the two blinds.
The worst postion to
be trying to play AK from and indeed any other monumental hadns like AA
KK QQ is when your under the gun - this is the first seat after
the blinds.
Why ? well your frist to act before the flop and first to act
after the flop.
This seat is tricky espeically if you dont hit
an Ace or a King on the flop. Again the temptaiton is to flat
call and see what happens ideally hoping somebody else cuts the
field down for you - thats risky - dont do it. Not only are you
risking players limp in, your letting other players get cnotrol.
They will sense weakness and have position over you so you
could really easily end up facing an all-in decision after
re-raising a bet and somebody coming back at you over the top
all-in with a half decent pair. Then its become a tough decision
with that Ace high of yorus - lay it down.
No by raising even in
early position you will take control and narrow the field and
against one, maybe two players you have a good chance to avoid
AK becoming that Big Slick.
Good Luck at the tables - Scrawnybob
Poker Articles, Pkoer Tips & Strategy for Online Poker and
Texas Hold'em by Scrawnybob at http://www.4kingpoker.Com
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