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How do you play ace five suited?
Ace five suited is a flexible speculative hand that opens from most seats and makes one of the best re-raise bluffs, because the ace blocks the hands that could call you.
Ace Five Suited
SpeculativeOpen it from any seat, and use it as a re-raise bluff against opens, since holding an ace makes it less likely your opponent has aces or ace king. It also plays better than the other small suited aces because the five can make a wheel straight, giving you a second way to win a big pot beyond the flush. When called, it has clean equity with the nut flush draw and the wheel draw.
This hand opens for a raise from every position, including under the gun.
Common mistake: Treating it as a strong made hand. Its value is in the flush and straight draws and the bluff potential, not in making a weak pair of aces and calling down.
Quick tip: The ace blocks aces and ace king, which is exactly why it makes a good re-raise bluff. The wheel is the bonus.
All-in equity before the flop
How Ace Five Suited runs against a few benchmark hands if all the money goes in preflop. Figures from the Poker Shark equity engine.
Ace Five Suited on real flops
Precomputed equity vs a random hand once the flop is out. Each link jumps straight to the A5s row.
- A5s on 6 5 4 rainbow : the low connected board these hands are built for
- A5s on 7 6 5 two-tone : low, connected, and two-tone
- A5s on 9 6 2 monotone : a monotone board where one suit decides everything
Know the hand? Now play it for real.
Practice these spots against opponents who punish the wrong move.