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When we talk about the big slick, we mean one thing, Play it aggressively! It is undeniably powerful hand that has an Ace and a King. Regardless, of its immense strength, we could still see players that actually lose their full stack with these two cards. It’s that bogus opinions that a hand is unbeatable, causing players to lose all their chips, just to see the pot being taken away before their eyes by an lesser hand.

Keep in mind that you are the captain of your ship, if you want to win or for some odd reason you would want to loose, it really is up to you. Now that is what I call reality. Don’t let the game be centred on luck, I’m absolutely certain you wouldn’t want that feeling of uncertainty while playing. What you should do is, take away the luck out of your way as you play poker; this sort of thinking is how my game is structured rather than basing it on pure luck.

The first question that comes to your mind is “So how do I play Big Slick?” the answer again is straightforward: avoid recklessness and yet retain that aggressive aura in your game. Here is an example of how these things are handled properly.

A couple of years ago, somewhere in the east, I was at a game of $1-2 no limit. Peter, third person to take act prior the flop and whom made a raise of $10 to play. Two of my other opponents call the bet, while the action is on me and my AK of diamonds. What happened really was that I got dealt with a monster and was immediately right of the bottom. I was extremely confident to locate where I’m at in the hand. Then I re-raise it by $40 to play. This is to see how strong Peter really was, and so I challenged him.

If you are wondering what the point of the re-raise is; it is because that re-raising gives you an idea of your standing. It gives you an idea of what your opponents are actually holding, a rather precise read about your opponents. Supposing that one of your opponents made call, what this implies is that you have an excellent hand compared to all of your opponents. Another one is to have the power over the course of betting. It is very necessary to re-raise, because you would find out where you’re at in a hand.

Strong players are determined to follow up a pre-flop raise during a post-flop raise. So having to be the one to raise the preflop means that my opponents are somewhat expected to check me on the flop. This situation is to my huge advantage, even if it takes not hitting an Ace or King on the flop. It doesn’t matter what hits as I’ve gotten myself in a very good position to win this game after the flop, even if it was Peter, who would re-raise it for $40, which would call my preflop.

As expected, Peter checks, as he is very puzzled of what actually my hand is. Now is the ideal time to indulge myself into playing aggressively. With a $50 bet, I can now stand for the wired pair. Peter was left with mucks in his hand as I rake in a full pot with my Ace high.

Remember, to get out of the hand if needed, you have to re-raise prior to the flop. As this is a means to have the chance again to get out. If Peter had come back over the top of me by a huge bet or an all-in, then for sure, it would have been me that was left with mucks in my hand.

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