The PERFECT Way to Play Ace King (Works Instantly!)

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Do you use this Ace King strategy? Also, never raise this flop! (it's so obvious you're bluffing): kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJOrkJ-KntyKptU

[@300lbcanary2]

It is important to distinguish the difference in the suggestions between these two videos. First glance you might think there is a contradiction, but there isn't. Difference is about position and preflop action, and c-bet vs. raising. Maybe it is obvious, but I had to rewatch the first one to help me understand. Keep up the good content!

[@gash06]

Hey man. Love the videos. How can I arrange 1 to 1 coaching with you?

[@alanhua6083]

How can I do lesson with you please

[@shivasirons6159]

Theres lots of instruction, tips etc. But i cant tell you how much I appreciate your clear descriptions. Thank you .

[@abigailindigo3208]

I've been playing 15 years and staying fresh on your game is always key to success and always adapting to a collective mindset, and plugging up leaks

[@geoffsolonsch7782]

Hi Nathan, I've been playing for quite a long time now, I really like the fact that what you are saying reinforces a lot of what I do. One of my biggest leaks is lack of confidence and watching your videos helps clarify that I'm doing the right thing most of the time

[@JamesAbramsPianoPoker]

This is just a really clever Starbucks ad My AK strategy: Flop: bet the price of a latte. Turn: check/call River: 80% of the time bet 2 lattes. 20% of the time check raise to price of 1 avocado toast.

[@KenB1963]

I've lost more chips with Ace, King than with other starting hands. That's all it is--a big Ace. If it doesn't connect with the flop and you're up against a couple opponents who might have hit the flop, prepare to let it go. No sense in wishing for an Ace or King to show. It's gotten to the place where I dread this hand.

[@nitthegrit7544]

Great advice on playing AK, thank you! I especially appreciate your commentary on avoiding betting out on those coordinated middling boards. I see players make that mistake a LOT, because over-calls in late position are so often hands like 5-6, 6-7, 7-8, 8-9, and 9-10 suited types of hands. So many of those calling ranges smash these boards with pair + draw, or even 2pair, that it's complete suicide to lead out (out of position especially) with AK. Many of those boards will contain set possibilities as well from players calling you in later positions, with hands like 55 through 88.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

No prob, glad my poker videos are helping you!

[@isaac5331]

New to the channel but learning something everyday! Thank you so much!!!

[@collinrasmussen5630]

This is the video I needed. Been hating AK. Nathan, you have a free series on audible but not paid books. I need audio books man!

[@goncalodvd]

It hits 10% for me and about 80% for villains ...

[@ΓιώργοςΣωτηρόπουλος-μ2ψ]

If there are 5 guys calling along with you bad news

[@Imola701]

Sure feels that way.

[@TedDyP0wer]

You should play it morge aggressive pre then

[@GotloLuna68]

@@TedDyP0wer Wtf does playing it more aggressive have anything to do with what he said??

[@JamesP1975]

No it doesn’t, it just feels like that. The math don’t lie, just keep doing the right thing.

[@chessbrahh2068]

was hoping for advice on what to do when my AK gets 3bet early in a tournament.

[@MikeMatteoPoker]

Hi Nathan, I think conventional wisdom that AK plays well vs one opponent. Do you use bigger sizing preflop with AK to limit the field?

[@AuctioneerElite]

Is this assuming you’re heads up on the flop? Because surely 3 or 5 handed someone has paired a card with the flop correct??

[@JoseBenitez-go5os]

First time hearing your message very simple very nice direct to the point

[@qsdailydose8970]

How do we play king queen off from out of position to a 3 bet? Fold?

[@joseluizpereirafilho7222]

Thanks! I always fold or lose a lot with AK, i'll try this now

[@mr.doriangrey3394]

Does this work in a tournament

[@aaronspektor2624]

Generally good but caution against putting too much out on J3T. AJ, KJ, QJ, and J10 are frequent callers preflop unless your pre-flop bet is huge.,. So measure your C bet to pot control and make fold to a raise easier.

[@shawnadams1460]

I play mostly small stakes home games but they have a very dynamic range of players...and that dynamic is always even more varied by whom is drinking what...lol Honestly I just try to remember to play it and remember my position, trying to nail what the other players tendencies when alcohol is involved in home games is a PITA, so I just try to remember the KISS philosophy, Keep It Simple Stupid...hehe. I will only mix the checks in if I am in position as I get to see how the rest of the table reacts to the flop, I also can try to get tricky or even brave if the flop has equity even if AK misses, like Q, 10, 7, or something like that. Great vid, keep them coming!!

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Happy to help, thanks for watching my poker videos!

[@MrBlack-wt5er]

All in, preflop...

[@JamesP1975]

Hey man, love your content are your hud stat settings good for sng too?

[@adammccartin7000]

Sick strategy kid. Rly just great! ZERO words spoken about the PRE-FLOP move w/ A/K, which will overwhelmingly be the All-in or big bet/over the top decision, part of the hand!

[@tylerabbott5187]

If you had qjs on the first flop with king are you calling? You don’t know they have ace king or are you check folding

[@mothecat776]

NATHAN. Is there a difference in your strategy when playing out of position vs in position. Maybe throwing in some check raises out of position -vs- a TAG when having some good backdoor equity 3-flush, 3-straight, overcards? AKs flop Q T 5s ?

[@johntrucano8186]

Hey Nathan, love your videos, watch them religiously, and recently purchased Crushing the Microstakes. On my second reading of it. I hope to be playing for real very soon. I have a question for you that isn't entirely related to poker. I'm thinking of moving to Thailand to teach and play poker on the side and am curious as to if you are familiar with Bang Yai, Nonthaburi, and your thoughts of the place. Thank you and look forward to the next video.

[@zheedoff1130]

Just played AKo yesterday. Raised BIG on the button, got one call from mid position. Flop K93 rainbow, he checks I bet big again, he calls, turn 4, he checks I bet big again, he raises all in, I call, he shows 9-3s. Wtf lol.

[@GollumsFace]

The fish got lucky which is good, more money he's going to give to good players in the long run

[@antjoshwww]

Nahh you don't play like this you made this up

[@the1abstrakt]

@@antjoshwww he was playing zynga poker

[@Declan4253]

Great topic for me. What you say makes perfect sense and hopefully that is what I was doing anyway, but very nice to have the confirmation that this is a good strategy. Sometimes it feels like I just want to get it all in with the hand preflop if there is some money at stake to avoid having to make tough decisions after the flop, but that is obviously not the optimal way to play.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Well said, thanks for watching my poker videos!

[@brettmorton6513]

im sorry, how do you get your books??

[@bula8795]

Thanks for taking time to give us insights on the game at a high level. Appreciate it bro. Overthinking strategy has been my problem. Keep posting! 👍Love the content.

[@K1GaM]

Thank you, I appreciate all of your videos. Just really getting into Poker and am almost having more fun learning than playing!

[@LifeisA_Dream]

Thanks for the tips!

[@ronaldgoodrich5460]

One thing I notice with your teachings is that when you go to the flop you are against 1 or 2 after the flop. Many times im up against 4 or 5.

[@eddiesid1149]

Then you gotta raise at least 3x times the big blind pre flop

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

@@eddiesid1149..... or EVEN more‼️®™️☑️☑️

[@Jakeverhart]

Ak suited in hand, flop hits AK10, I bet, heads up calls. Guess who had AA? Repeat the next day. Guess who has QJ I hate AK

[@G0DofRock]

Great advice.. This guy 4bet me last night after I had QQ three times. On the third time the flop comes J74 and he donks, I call then raise him on the turn. He calls and checks the river so I bet 40% and he folds showing AKo.

[@the1abstrakt]

There’s no hand that can save indecisiveness. Well played. There’s that certain feeling when you out play someone 💥

[@G0DofRock]

@@the1abstrakt A great feeling, like when you battle JJ vs TT. The best is when you both have the same hand and you get spidey-tingles because they seem equally strong, then manage to get them to fold lol

[@abigailindigo3208]

Great content! Well done

[@BlackRain79Poker]

Thanks!

[@mrsinister8943]

Final hand of the night between me the 2nd player and the 3rd player in chip count. Dude goes all-in with 500 chips and I call him. He has AK(s) and I have 87(o). Won with a pair of 7's and finished second in a cash tournament. I know I got lucky ad hell but I wouldnt of called if I didnt think I had a shot,a feeling that I might win. If I would of lost that hand then I would of been left with about 200-300 chips and been way behind the first two players but I got lucky. Thats what poker ultimately comes down to though skill does matter big time.

[@JFABALL2022]

Thank God I don't have gambling bone in my body...but your points are easy to understand

[@Dixoncider1973]

ive learned that in order to win in poker, just have the best hand, everytime i do i win, and win alot... it really works.

[@t0pcl0ser]

what about 7,8,9 Rainbow?

[@hawkeyerichardson5026]

What are the odds of pairing the ace or king by the river after missing them on the flop?

[@gerardkelly5477]

24% ish

[@shivasirons6159]

With 2 cards to come it,s 4 times your outs, 3 Aces, 3 kings, so 6 outs , 4×6=24.....ish. With 1 card to come it,s 2 times your outs, 2×6=12...ish.

[@helpagames5952]

@@jaredcarrick3468 good explanation but the last sentence doesn't make much sense. Your stacksize has no influence on the odds of hitting the board...

[@louismaberry9683]

Awesome job, as always 👍

[@Beanmachine91]

you mean float play right?

[@colincrane3125]

There are a few things you are not addressing which are very important. Multiple players, position and player types

[@maxineprice3530]

Say use aggression but everytime I c bet on those sort of boards I get snap called or 3 bet etc people literally give me no respect and end up losing piles of chips over it against some clown

[@frankformella6834]

Thanks I like it

[@jjlenny]

Great video. Had AK last weekend. Was in 10th out of 14 players left, and was bleeding chips. I raised preflop with 2 callers. Flop comes J J 9 rainbow. I bet big, got one caller. Eventually, I end up all in. I figured that with a big preflop raise, he could have had a small or middle pair. I didn't see a Jack, nor AA or KK, since I had one of each. One hand I thought might do me in, and I was right. He had QQ, the only hand that concerned me, and I was out. Just wondering if anyone thinks they would have done it differently. I lost, but seemed to have all but the one logical hand covered. I figured I played it right, but just got beaten. Anyone?

[@Psiber_Syn]

You're a fish for playing AK like that. On that JJ9 board texture you'd want to slow down anyway because most people defend 3-bets with their bullshit Broadway and suited connector combos that all are likely to have a J in their range. All you had to do was bet 25% on the flop to get information and OVER fold verse raises or floats

[@jjlenny]

Valid points. I just did not have enough chips to do 25 percent. I was low in chips. My all in was not all that many, though this was months ago so my memory is not great anymore. But how do you put him any hands but the one he hit? I still think there were plenty of hands i had him beaten on, and unlikely to have had the one that he did. I appreciate your input, but "fish" is wayyyyy too dramatic there.

[@BlackRain79Poker]

No prob, glad my poker videos are helping you!

[@unclearvin3718]

The strategy for playing AKoff depends much more upon position, stack-sizes, type of table (NL,limit,tournament), and degree of freshness. There are times when the Open Shove makes sense. A third of the time you're going to hit. You've gotten max action pre-flop. Win or lose it is a good time to consider your options and maybe call it a Night.

[@tjaks34]

I was big bling. Utg +2 raise 10$ after a straddle. Middle re raise to 50$. There is 69$ in the pot and I jammed with AKoff and he snapped with aces. I lost and went back home 😂😂 don’t know if it was right play

[@frankmooney7282]

Anna Kornikova hand. Looks real nice, but plays not so good.

[@WokeSteve]

I 3 bet AK yesterday,hit the flop fired a C bet got raised all in and lost to a set of 3's.oops.

[@havu2236]

With AK you raise pre-flop and bet after the flop. Flop comes KH, 6C, 2C Nobody is going to think you are bluffing.

[@mikehong2691]

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[@razorsharp2330]

AK pre flop. We raise pre flop. Get a caller. They obviously called with something. We have AK blockers, so pocket pairs, and face cards are DEFINITELY in their Range. I’ve learned with AK and a flop of ANY face card other than AK hit my opponent. I C bet, they call. Telling me straight up they are beating me. I’m done losing because I need to see their cards. They hit it. Congratulations to you! The math ALWAYS WORKS IN YOUR FAVOR! Not in mine!

[@tylerabbott5187]

If the flop has a jack you’d drill lose to ace jack with ace king and prob be drawing dead to a bluff

[@ramonparrab]

Excellent video. continue like this please

[@aaronsmith6632]

It hits 48% of the time, right? Video claims it only hits 1 in 3 times.

[@sdickinson5234]

He means hitting it on the flop.

[@robkenney2089]

Anyone else think the fact that most of the time you play AK its a 3bet pot means if you miss the flop opponents have pocket pairs a lot of the time and you just gotta let it go?

[@sdickinson5234]

If someone with 5-5 through 10-10 is going to call down to the river when they didn't hit a set they are going to lose a lot of money.

[@darrenwatson6667]

Every time I raise everyone folds

[@ronnguyen8287]

Everything's cool until your beat

[@gonrico]

Just get it all in pre, takes the skill out of the game

[@jaket1858]

Until I shoved AK and got called by KQ and lost to Broadway!

[@elio173]

just fold it pre

[@fortunatusnine2012]

... 🤔 or just go all in preflop ... 6 handed tournament lol no thinking allowed ☺

[@MsKalaskul]

Somthimes I think, but remember that even the smallest pocket pair (22) will have a higher preflop equity against AK!

[@fortunatusnine2012]

This is true , however , but not greatly , and it is vulnerable to higher pairs, which is why going all in can be problematic with smaller pairs .

[@cmoneyno5]

I called a pre flop AK with pockets and hit a straight in a tournament this week... I re-raised his pre flop raise because so many called his initial raise... I figured his outs were taken..

[@cmoneyno5]

Meant to say pre flop all in

[@fortunatusnine2012]

Glad to hear you did well !! The caveat here is that perhaps other pairs may be also thinking this -- what is so wonderful about poker ... there is always the exception ...

[@svitlanaostapchenko5642]

Totally overated hand…nonsense..this 3bet stuff is nonsense..they call you all the way with 22…or hit with 87.

[@mikegunther6578]

No A or K on the flop ? No problem, just bet, there will be A or K on the turn, if not just bet, there will be something on the river.

[@UTINNI_36]

AA is the worst pre-flop. Lost to QQ and 33 or 55 twice last week 3 Bet called to all in. River hits a Q and I loose. With AA again. Worst hand pre flop. Would rather AK S