Playing Ace/King in Holdem
Posted in Poker on 10/15/2012 03:21 pm by Shelby
Each and every one who participates in hold’em knows that Ace-King is one of the greatest opening hands. But, it is simply that, an opening hand. It is only 2 cards of a seven-card formula. In nearly every situation, you will want to come out firing with Ace-King as your pocket cards. When the flop comes, you need to check out your cards and consider things through before you just suppose your cards are the greatest.
Like most other opportunities in holdem, understanding your adversaries will help you gauge your position when you have Ace-King and see a flop like nine-eight-two. After you bet preflop and were called, you presume your competitor is also holding good cards and the flop may have missed them as badly as it by-passed you. Your assuming will frequently be right. Also, do not forget that most bad competitors wouldn’t understand good cards if they happen over them and could have called with Ace-Something and paired the table.
If your opponent checks, you could check and see a free card or lay a wager and attempt to pick the pot up right then. If they wager, you might raise to see if they are for real or fold. What you want to avert is basically calling your competitor’s wager to observe what the turn gives rise to. If any card other than and Ace or King hits, you will not know any more information than you did after the flop. Now let us say the turn shows a four and your opponent wagers once again, what do you do? To call a bet on the flop you must anticipate your hand was the best, so you have to surely believe it still is. So, you call a wager on the turn and 1 more on the river to figure out that your opponent was holding 10-8 and only had second pair following the flop. At that point, it dawns on you that a raise the bet after the flop could have won the money right there.
A-K is a beautiful combination to find in your hole cards. Just be certain you gamble on them intelligently and they’ll achieve you amazing cheerfulness at the poker table.