Sefaje
Saturday, March 24th, 2007, 9:33 PM
QUOTE (Ukosumu @ Sunday, March 25th, 2007, 12:19 AM)

How does anyone win with this hand? I never hit with it and the board never gets higher than a T on the flop. Can someone of you tell me how you play it? EP, MP, LP, suited, os.
Obviously you hit with it sometimes.
To answer your real question, I like getting aggressive with AK preflop. However, I usually wait until I have at least some info about how my opponents play. I play AK in cash games a lot like others do in tournies. The key is to 3-bet when theres a bet and a few calls or 4 bet if there's some players involved who respect 4-bets too much. I don't mind even racing against QQ or JJ when my opponents' frustration at my preflop aggression has boiled over to the point of calling all in with those. You'd be surprised at how many mid-sized pots you can pick up preflop this way and how much more action you'll get when you have AA/KK if you've been real active doing this.
You'll also enjoy how aggressively people will play AQ on ace high flop if the hand is 3-bet preflop.