Ace-King. This hand is notoriously tricky to play despite being one of the most premium hands in all of Texas Hold’em poker. It’s most popular nickname, Big Slick, refers to how slippery it can be, especially in the hands of amateurs.The hand has also popularly been referred to as Anna Kournikova, because just like the beautiful Russian tennis player, “it looks great but never wins”.
Big slick is equivalent to ace-king. It's one of the best starting hands in poker behind pocket aces, pocket kings, and pocket queens.. and for a while she perhaps was considered a better tennis player than she really was. Likewise, many poker players feel that A-K is a good looking starting hand, but not really deserving of all the hype.
This includes how people view Ace King (AK), and how they like to play AK based on those viewpoints. Before I get to that, I would like to elaborate on my poker travels first. I’m not going to go down the list of every specific place I have been.
King Ace in Multi-way Pots Ideally, you want to play your AK poker hands against one opponent, but things don’t always work out as planned at the tables. When you find yourself taking a flop against multiple opponents, your best bet is taking a cautious approach.
Standard Poker Hand Ranking There are 52 cards in the pack, and the ranking of the individual cards, from high to low, is ace, king, queen, jack, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.
Ace King Suited Clay - 14 Gram These 14 Gram Ace King Suited Clay poker chips are available in a wide variety of beautiful wood, aluminum, and acrylic carriers. Sets for this chip come in 200, 300, 500, 600, 750, and 1000 chip counts.