Betting on Ace/King in Holdem
by Raegan on Tuesday, March 29th, 2011
Everyone who bets in texas hold’em understands that ace/king is one of the very best opening hands. But, it is simply that, a beginning hand. It is only two cards of a seven-card equation. In nearly every situation, you will want to come out guns blaring with A-K as your hole cards. When the flop comes, you must to analyze your hand and consider things through before you just presume your cards are the greatest.
Like most other situations in Texas Holdem, knowing your competitors will assisting you in gauging your position when you hold A-K and see a flop like 9-8-2. After you wager preflop and were called, you assume your competitor is also possessing great cards and the flop might have by-passed them as badly as it by-passed you. Your assuming will frequently be precise. Also, don’t overlook that most bad competitors wouldn’t know good cards if they happen over them and could have called with Ace-x and paired the community board.
If your opponent checks, you might check and observe a free card or place a bet and try to grab the pot up right then. If they bet, you might raise to see if they are for real or fold. What you want to avoid is basically calling your opponent’s wager to see what the turn results in. If any card instead of the Ace or King is shown, you won’t have any more info than you did following the flop. So let’s say the turn brings a four and your opponent wagers one more time, what should you do? To call a bet on the flop you need to anticipate your hand was the greatest, so you have to truly think it still is. So, you call a wager on the turn and 1 more on the river to figure out that your opponent has a hand of 10-8 and only had second pair after the flop. At that time, it hits you that a raise the bet after the flop might have won the money right there.
A-K is a wonderful thing to see in your hole cards. Just be sure you play them astutely and they will achieve you amazing happiness at the poker table.
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