Everyone who gambles in hold’em understands that ace/king is one of the very best starting hands. But, it is just that, a beginning hand. It’s simply 2 cards of a 7-card equation. In nearly every situation, you want to jump out guns blaring with Ace-King as your pocket cards. When the flop arrives, you need to analyze your cards and think things completely before you just assume your cards are best.
Like many other circumstances in hold’em, understanding your rivals will assisting you in gauging your situation when you hold Ace-King and observe a flop like 9-8-2. After you wager preflop and were called, you presume your competitor is also holding great cards and the flop might have by-passed them as badly as it missed you. Your assumption will frequently be precise. Also, do not forget that most poor bettors would not understand good cards if they tripped over them and could have called with Ace-Something and paired the poker table.
If your opposition checks, you could check and see a free card or make a bet and attempt to grab the pot up right then. If they bet, you might raise to see if they are in or fold. What you want to avert is simply calling your competitor’s wager to observe what the turn results in. If any card other than and Ace or King is turned over, you will not have any more info than you did after the flop. Now let us say the turn results in a four and your opponent wagers yet again, what should you do? To call a bet on the flop you must believe your hand was the greatest, so you have to truly believe it still is. So, you call a wager on the turn and one more on the river to figure out that your opponent has a hand of 10-8 and just a second pair after the flop. At that time, it hits you that a raise the bet following the flop could have won the pot right there.
A-K is a beautiful combination to find in your hole cards. Just be certain you bet on them intelligently and they can bring you amazing happiness at the poker table.