What are the odds of AK vs QQ?

QQ equity vs QQ+, AK is 40% so we have a clearly profitable call, in practice seeing a flop might not be great though. We see an overcard fairly often that can put villain into the lead, plus if villain has any bluffing range there's a nightmare chance we might be forced to fold the best hand after investing so much.
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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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How often do pocket queens win?

88%: Percentage of the time that pocket queens will beat queen-jack. 81%: Percent that pocket queens will beat pocket jacks. 80%: Percent that pocket queens will win against any two random dealt cards. 78%: Percent that pocket queens will beat 8-7 suited.
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How often does AK suited win?

In this scenario we put A-K into a limped pot against the type of hands you'll commonly see all at once. If no one raises chances are no one is holding AA or KK. In this more likely scenario our suited A-K is 20% to win the pot.
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What are the odds of being dealt pocket aces?

You have a 4 in 52 (or 1 in 13) chance to get an initial ace. If you get that first ace, you then have a 3 in 51 (or 1 in 17) chance to get a second ace. That's 1 in (13 * 17) or 1/221 chance of getting pocket aces.
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How often does the best hand win in poker?

the best hand wins only 50.3% of the time at showdown.
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Is ace king suited better than pocket aces?

Ace-King is a powerful preflop starting hand, but pocket aces crush ace-king when the two hands go head-to-head. Pocket aces beat ace-king offsuit around 92 percent of the time. The suited version of ace-king (like A♥ K♥) fares a bit better against pocket aces, but still loses around 87 percent of the time.
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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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Should you raise AK preflop?

Ace-King is in the top 2-3% percent of all starting hands in No Limit Hold'em. Even without knowing that, you can intuitively tell it must be very strong given that you hold the 2 highest cards in the deck. You should always raise with this hand preflop when the action folds to you, regardless of your position.
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Should you go all in preflop with AK?

The bottom line is that you need to be very careful about going all in with AK on the flop, turn or river. 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.
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Should you 4 bet with pocket queens?

Facing an open, Pocket Queens is still extremely strong and you should always 3-bet for value. You will always have an equity advantage against both the calling and 4-betting ranges of your opponent.
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Should you go all in with QQ?

You should go all in with the following: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77, 66, 55, 44, 33, 22. AK, AQ, AJ, AT, A9, A8, A7, A6, A5, A4, A3, A2.
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Should I go all in with pocket queens?

Pocket Queens: All-in

Undoubtedly, players on shorter stacks in tournaments or even cash games will consider moving all-in with this hand. It offers plenty of value in that situation and has an excellent chance of doubling up – especially if a player has enough chips for some fold equity against marginal hands.
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How often does AK hit the flop?

many opponents assume you'll cbet that flop everytime. Of course, AK won't hit the flop every time…in fact it misses the flop on average 2/3 of the time. This is very standard for hands with unpaired broadway cards, so knowing how to play when the hand misses the flop is crucial.
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Is 22 better than AK?

In reality, 22 has a slight edge against AK when all in preflop, being a 52% favourite (assuming nothing is known about the suits of the hands). Outs are cards which a hand needs to have appear (on the board in the case of holdem and other flop games) in order to win.
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Is Ace King better than kings?

Kings are also a 70% favorite against ace-king (despite the pesky ace). Of course there is one hand where you aren't the favorite and that's against the dreaded aces where kings still have a 19% chance to win.
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What is the winningest hand in poker?

The royal flush sits atop the poker-hand rankings as the best hand possible. It features five consecutive cards of the same suit in order of value from 10 through to ace. Any five cards of sequential values in the same suit that's not a royal flush is a straight flush.
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Should I call all in with KK?

These factors mean you should probably be calling against most players and against most opponents this is a +EV play. A lot of players will just snap call with KK regardless and, while not optimal, this will be a profitable play.
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Can you ever fold pocket kings preflop?

So here is the short answer: Yes, you should fold pocket kings preflop on a few rare occasions with 100 big blind stack sizes in a full ring poker game versus a 4Bet when all of the action is in early position. In a 6max poker game you should never fold pocket kings preflop for 100 big blinds.
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How often does a pair win in Holdem?

A pair against two overcards is often called a coin-flip or race, because they each win about half the time. If the overcards are suited, the pair will win 46%-54% of the time, if not, 48%-57% of the time.
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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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What hand is the best against aces?

The very best hand against pocket aces is actually 8-7 suited because you get both straight and flush draws as well as the potential to backdoor trips or two pair. Still even the best hand against aces only wins 22.87% of the time.
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What is the average winning hand in Texas holdem?

Q7x or "The Computer Hand" is the median poker hand in Texas holdem.
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