Playing a hand and I have A & K. I get an Ace in the flop. My opponent raises with medium sized bets. We get to the end... he goes all-in. I go all-in and he has K & 4 and two pairs to beat me.
I was just thinking about whether good players would always go all-in. Maybe they wouldn't on just a pair? The probability for getting two pairs is 4.75 % it says on Google.
This is online play with no ability to watch your opponent closely!
Any thoughts?
Hi SimonYork,
Welcome on Pokerstrategy, there is some more info we need here.
What stakes are you playing? I guess you are playing out of position (OOP)? what were the other cards? we are missing important information.
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Online poker. No cash. I don't remember the other cards. Obviously, there was a K, 4 and A. The other two I can't recall but nothing over 10, I think.
Anyway, I was chatting to a friend about this. I was saying that it is easier to see a flush or straight. You can then pull out because you have a good idea that you will be beaten. With something like K & 4 it is very tough. I went in with A & K and he had K & 4 so the odds were with me.
My friend also made the point that if you are playing with people you know (whether online or in person) you can make a better judgement and maybe act in a certain way. With unknown people just hard to judge.
These are my thoughts so far.
This is tough to get feedback without any stack info of all players and if you play a ring game, SNG or MTT.
It would be nice if you could give us the hand history of the hand. Than we know more.
Cheers,
SDK1987
Hey,
You say that your holding was AK,
Your oponents holding was K4
And the board was AK4 and 2 "irrelevant" cards. So you win, cause you both have 2 pairs, but yours are higher.
