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Is ace king offsuit a good hand?
Ace king offsuit is a premium hand you raise and re-raise for value, even though it makes a pair only about a third of the time and is purely ace high when it misses.
Big Slick (offsuit)
StrongPlay it aggressively before the flop from every seat. The difference from the suited version is that you lose the flush outs, so when you miss the flop you have less to fall back on. That makes position and a continuation bet more important: in position you can keep applying pressure, out of position you give up more often when you whiff.
This hand opens for a raise from every position, including under the gun.
Common mistake: Married to it after the flop. When you miss and face real resistance, ace high is just ace high, and stubbornly stacking off turns a great preflop hand into a leak.
Quick tip: You pair the ace or king on about one flop in three. The other two, have a plan to fold or bluff, not to call down.
All-in equity before the flop
How Big Slick (offsuit) runs against a few benchmark hands if all the money goes in preflop. Figures from the Poker Shark equity engine.
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