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Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
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thats both good hands to go all in QQ is a little bit in front against AK but it´s a coin flip. I have vote for AK but only i like AK in spades I had win two times with AK vs AA vs KK win 2 times with a straight on the flop
Posted by NANACONDA: Queens is miles better than AK. Dunno who Sklansky is but I wouldnt trust his advice if he says AK is better that queens Big Smile . The only thing AK has goin for it is it reduces the possibility of someone having AA or KK, but that's it.
Um mate, David Sklansky is probably the most respected poker writer there is & he rates AKs as the SLIGHTLY better hand to have for a reason. For e.g. AKs vs QQ is a coinflip... but imagine a board of QxJTx, is the guy with the queens folding his set in that spot? He's most likely going broke there & so would I & any average player most likely. Afterall the average winning hand in NL is 2 pair, so 50% of the time your going broke with 1 pair QQ, but with AKs if you get a bad board, its alot easier to get away from it then with QQ, where any 2 pair has you beat if you don't flop your set. Most of the time with premium pockets you either win a small pot or lose a big pot since they are so difficult to fold, but AKs you either flop nice & win big, or flop bad & fold easy, but i guess this all relates more to big stack strategy, so kinda irrelevent to the OPs question.
Joined: Nov '09
Location: Australia
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Posted by xxxbchxxx: i'd rather QQ but this is also my doom hand as i used to loose a lot with QQ now I play it a little different not so aggressive. this works for me.
you lose with QQ? to what hands AA KK or AK? lol if your passive agreesavie at a cash atble and u have QQ u will win
Voted for Queens, but in a short stack strategy I would go all in wiht AK too almost always. Only in early position I would avoid to go all in with AK but after a reraise
Joined: Apr '09
Location: Portugal
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In short stack strategy, like you said, the best is with QQ, although you can loose in the same. Its only better because, at least, you guarantee you have something sooner than knowing any of your oponent's game.
When you play short stack strategy you can go all in with Q Q and with A K too. Usually you will won the both hands if a worst starting hand calls or raises all in. meet at the tables. good luck.
Joined: May '09
Location: Argentina
Age: 43 (M)
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never thought of this but A K have a real advantage when it comes to dead money (or more players in the hand). If it is a HU all in and just that then QQ but other players may get involved in the hand and Hitting A and K will most likely give you the winning hand but i'd stay with QQ because fearing KK on that situation is stupid and dead money well not many difference between QQ and AK and QQ has a real advantage because of the cards that he might have.
QQ takes a little advantatge over AK suited, 53.8% vs 46.2%. I don't understand why people try AKs. The only reason is that they have good vibrations or good experiences with those cards.
Joined: Feb '09
Location: Belgium
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lol funny question ^^ QQ have 20 to 93% chances to win (in heads up all in preflop) AK (suited) have ~7 to 72% chances to win... so well i would say queens
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