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What to Do With Big Slick

The term ‘Big Slick’ refers to a hand consisting of an Ace and a King (AK). Often thought to be a dominating hand, big slick can prove to be quite tricky in the hands of an unskilled poker player. One incredibly vital fact to remember about the AK hand is that it’s a drawing hand, meaning that the only way you’ll have a decent chance at winning the hand is by improving your hand during the card draw. Playing AK can be as complex or as simple as you allow it to be. These simple tips will guide you through the phenomenon known as big slick and teach you how to conquer it.

The first thing you should always know about big slick is that you must raise before the flop. This does seem a bit presumptuous but why should you allow your opponents to see the flop for free? Raising with AK before the flop will eliminate some, if not most, of the weaker hands at the table. Your strategy before the flop should be to make it too expensive for short-stacks and weak hands, those likely to play loose, to make a bet. An ideal bet before the flop should be no larger than three to four times the blind, because the big blind and small blind are going to call unless you make it impossible for them to do so. Since they’ve already paid the blinds, they are invested in the hand and it’s your job to make them see that it was just a small investment compared with what they stand to lose up against you and Big Slick.

It has often been said about big slick that in order to successfully use it, you must win with big slick when you have it and beat it when you don’t. This ominous quote accurately describes the coin-flip nature of the beast called big slick. A short stacked player should go all-in with big slick regardless of position. When you’re low on chips, big slick can be the cruelest of hands; one simple twist of fate and you’re either doubling your stack or waving goodbye to the rest of the table.

However, AK can be quite handy for a small stack because you’re already 50/50 with any pocket pair of QQ or higher, leaving only two hands that can beat you AA or KK. If you know that your opponent has just made a set of Aces, all you can do is shake his hand and swallow your pride since you were drawing dead from the beginning.

Big slick is much more difficult to play when you actually have a stack to protect. But the best way to play this hand in that position is to play aggressively, and remember that to win with AK, you need more than what’s in your hand and it will be almost impossible to win without drawing an Ace or a King.

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