Posts Tagged ‘A-K offsuit’

On Pocket Aces

Hello,

Well I guess all of us know the feeling when you go all in preflop only for someone to call and turn over bullets. I myself even saw them beaten for several times. Because of this, I wanted to find out what the probability of overturning them is. For this, kindly consider the following scenario:

AA vs AKs
AA vs KK
AA vs KQs

I badly need to hear your thoughts or opinion. Thanks in advance!

Best regards,
Joey
Joey,

Kings win against Aces 19% of the time. A-K offsuit wins 7% of the time. A-K suited 12% of the time. K-Q suited is 18% of the time.

The only way to turn this around is to keep playing. You will lose sometimes with Aces. I did so just last night. I had a 3 way all in. I had Aces, an opponent had Kings, and the third person had A-10 suited. A 10 on the flop and turn ended my day.

Pocket 8′s Against Ace King

Hello,

Last night, I played with some friends. At some point I wagered against one of my friends. Back then I had pocket 8′s and then went all in. Four players were in the hand before the flop. After a while my friend called me with Ace King offsuit. I then said that I had made a good decision for as long as nobody had pockets most likely I would win. On the contrary, my friend said that Ace King was favored in our game. Who do you think is right?

Hope to hear from you soon!

Many thanks,
Kent
Kent,

Pocket eights are 55% to 44% to win against A-K offsuit. You are right, but it really is just a glorified coin flip. If the A-K was suited, you were only 52% to 48% to win.