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Everyone who bets in Texas Holdem understands that Ace-King is one of the greatest opening hands. But, it's just that, an opening hand. It is only two cards of a seven-card formula. In nearly each new situation, you will want to jump out firing with A-K as your pocket cards. When the flop arrives, you have to reassess your cards and consider things through before you just assume your cards are the strongest.

Like most other situations in Texas Holdem, knowing your adversaries will help you gauge your situation when you have Ace-King and observe a flop like nine-eight-two. Since you bet preflop and were called, you presume your opponent is also possessing great cards and the flop might have missed them as badly as it missed you. Your assumption will often times be right. Also, do not overlook that most lousy bettors wouldn't know great cards if they fall over them and could have called with Ace-Something and paired the poker table.

If your opposition checks, you might check and see a free card or make a wager and try to grab the pot up right then. If they bet, you can raise to see if they're in or fold. What you wish to avert is simply calling your competitor's wager to see what the turn results in. If any card instead of the Ace or King is turned over, you will not have any more information than you did following the flop. So let's say the turn shows a four and your opponent bets one more time, what will you do? To call a bet on the flop you need to believe your hand was the greatest, so you must truly think it remains so. So, you call a bet on the turn and one more on the river to discover that your opposing player was holding 10-8 and only had second pair after the flop. At that moment, it dawns on you that a raise the bet after the flop could have won the pot right then.

A-K is a beautiful thing to see in your hole cards. Just be sure you gamble on them carefully and they can bring you amazing cheerfulness at the poker table.