Is ace 5 a good hand?

Ace-Five suited is an awesome hand to hold. It's so dynamic and can hit disguised hands that your opponents might miss in their estimation of your strategy. You've now got a really strong blueprint for handling 95% of the situations you will find yourself in with this hand. Make sure you put this knowledge to good use!
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Why is a5s a good hand?

A5 suited is extremely versatile, with both the nut flush and deceptive straight possibilities. This allows A5 suited to do a better job at realizing it's equity, a particularly important trait when talking about UTG ranges, which will often be playing out of position post-flop.
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Is Ace-Jack a good hand?

Ace-Jack is a decent, but dangerous hand against 7 or 8 players and almost a premium hand against 1 or 2 opponents. You should be extra careful on a full-ring table and even might fold Ace-Jack from early positions if your opponents are good aggressive players.
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Why are aces the best hand?

Pocket aces are the strongest hand in poker and you're always a favorite pre-flop. A pair of aces absolutely crushes premier pairs like pocket kings or queens and is essentially an 80% favorite against all other pocket pairs.
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What is the best hand in poker?

Poker-hand rankings: from strongest to weakest
  1. Royal flush. The royal flush sits atop the poker-hand rankings as the best hand possible. ...
  2. Straight flush. Any five cards of sequential values in the same suit that's not a royal flush is a straight flush. ...
  3. Four of a kind. ...
  4. Full house. ...
  5. Flush. ...
  6. Straight. ...
  7. Three of a kind. ...
  8. Two pairs.
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What is the luckiest hand in poker?

In the second of a 10-part series, the Paul Phua Poker School recalls how 10-2 became the luckiest hand in World Series of Poker history. With the sheer number of hands that have been played during all the successive World Series of Poker (WSOP) tournaments, you would think that anything could happen.
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What is the strongest pair in poker?

In a game of poker, the hand rankings work as follows:
  • a pair beats a high card;
  • a two pair beats a one pair;
  • a three-of-a-kind beats a two pair;
  • a straight beats a three-of-a-kind;
  • a flush beats a straight;
  • a full house beats a flush;
  • a four-of-a-kind beats a full house;
  • a straight flush beats a four-of-a-kind;
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Should you go all in with aces?

Pocket aces strategy evaluation.

Aces are not a hand to be slow played. The ideal situation is to be all in on the flop against your opponents. However this is not going to be likely, especially in a cash game.
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Is ace 2 a good hand?

A hand is ranked within its category using the ranks of its cards. Individual cards are ranked, from highest to lowest: A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2. However, aces have the lowest rank under ace-to-five low or ace-to-six low rules, or under high rules as part of a five-high straight or straight flush.
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Is king 9 a good hand?

King Nine is a good looking hand in the game of poker, thanks to the King edge. But it is almost always advisable to lay this hand down to avoid a mess later. When suited, K9 can be an attractive hand to hold but not so practical to play with.
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Is king 10 a good hand?

Starting Poker Hands K10

Popularly called Katie(King Ten) or KT is a good hand to have as your starting poker hand. But it shouldn't be overestimated as ten is just the borderline where the tail starts.
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Is queen 10 a good hand?

Queen is a royal but 10 isn't that high a kicker to support you through. So what is the best way to play when you see Queen Ten as your starting hand in the game of poker? If you go by the rules of poker, then QT ranks as low as 49 in the sheer strength of the cards.
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Is AK better than KK?

AKs will win 34.1% (actually 34.106385315) of the time against KK. The chances you are against AA is the same as KK, so your weighted odds of winning are 23.12343486%, requiring pot odds of 3.32 : 1.
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Should you call all in with AK?

Most of the time in a single raised pot (which means there was just a raise and a call preflop), you should not be willing to go all in. It is better to just call instead with your AK, control the size of the pot, and try to get to a relatively cheap showdown.
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What hands should you play preflop?

The best hands to play in poker preflop will always be big pocket pairs (such as Ace-Ace, King-King and Queen-Queen), followed by big suited connectors such as Ace-King, as well as medium pairs.
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Why is 7 and 2 the worst hand?

2 and 7. Holding 2 and 7 off suit is considered the worst hand in Texas Hold'em. They are the lowest two cards you can have that cannot make a straight (there are five cards between 2 and 7). Even if they are suited, they will make you a very low flush, and if either makes pairs, it is still a low hand.
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Is ace queen a good hand?

Ace-Queen offsuit is one of the most polarizing hands in poker. While it is one of the best starting hands in the deck, it can also be relatively difficult to play compared to strong starting hands.
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Is Jack through 2 a straight?

So, to put it simply, the answer to the question in poker, can a straight go from ace to 2 is Yes!
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Should you ever fold AA preflop?

People often ask me if they should ever fold their pocket aces preflop. This one is easy. No, absolutely not under any circumstances! Pocket AA is the best hand in the game and therefore you will always be at a statistical advantage versus any other hand.
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Should you ever fold AK preflop?

In most cases, you shouldn't fold preflop A-K, but you shouldn't consider it a sure profit hand either, why not give our real money poker sites a go and test the hand out.
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Are aces good in PLO?

Aces in PLO are a fine line between awesome and awful. Aces get new players into trouble far more often than any other hand in PLO. Players come over from Hold'em thinking that aces are the stone cold nuts but in Omaha they're just another hand.
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What is the most common winning hand in Texas Holdem?

Mentioned below are best starting hands in Texas holdem trusted by most poker players widely across the world:
  1. Ace-Ace. This is the best starting hand in hold'em poker and can be played from any position-early, middle and late positions. ...
  2. King-King. ...
  3. Queen-Queen. ...
  4. Ace-King (suited) ...
  5. Jack-Jack. ...
  6. 10-10. ...
  7. Ace-Queen (suited) ...
  8. Ace-Jack.
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What is the best move in poker?

5 Best Poker Moves Are:
  • The re-steal.
  • Min-raise.
  • Shoving light post-flop.
  • The squeeze.
  • Overbetting with monsters.
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Which ace is higher?

The cards are ranked thus, from low to high: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, Ace. An ace is the highest card, but it can also function as the lowest in completing a straight. The two is usually called a "deuce", and the three is sometimes called a "trey".
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