Texas Holdem How To Play Ace King Suited

When you first take a look at the Ace King and see that it is suited you get a little thrill. True, it is not the best hand right before the flop. But it is right up there. The flop has lots of chances to improve your hand. Suppose you hold the Ace/King of diamonds and three diamonds flop. You have the nut flush. A flop of Queen, Jack, Ten off suit puts the nut straight in your hand. Flop an Ace or King and you have the high pair. Flop a King and you have a high pair with the over card covered with the Ace. If an Ace shows up on the turn or river you have two pair Aces over Kings

Before the flop you should raise with Ace/King suited. If you get a raise back, then reraise. The reraise might get some folks out while it is cheap to do so. Depending on the flop it might buy you a free card by making the other players hesitant to bet into a reraiser.

Remember that you are going to make money when other players make a mistake. Don't you make the mistake of thinking that an Ace/King suited is a pat hand. It is not. The play AFTER the flop is the important part. The above examples are of the improvements that the flop can make to your hand. There are lots of flops that can make and Ace/King suited worthless. Flop a 2d, 8h, and a 6c when you are suited for spades and you end up with an Ace/King with only two more cards to roll. You chance for a flush are gone and your straight is straight out the window. Somebody holding a pocket pair of deuce's, six's, or eight's is trying not to split a grin wider than the Mississippi.

Pay close attention to the board if you did not flop the flush or straight or at least the flush or straight draw. There might be some dummy who called the raise and reraise with a 6/7 off suit and saw 5/8/9 flop. There might be someone drawing to a different flush than you are. His odds are the same as yours but lighting does strike. So if you are looking for diamonds and you see two or three clubs, hearts, or spades hurry back to the porch. This is not your time to run with the big dogs. All of a sudden it not about winning with the Ace/King Suited but it now about saving money and preserving your stack.