While pocket aces are a definite favorite against any other hand preflop, it doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to win.
I prefer to play my AK a bit more passively, and I will not be blindly throwing my stack in the middle to gamble for what is around 50% to win against what opponent wants to go with all-in. Often it comes down to personal playing style. When it comes to AK, it depends on the opponent we are up against. With QQ we should be good against the majority, but the tightest people. While some players play tighter (they don’t play many hands) than others a good rule of thumb is pocket kings and aces are always strong enough to get all the money in the middle preflop. For now, know when the opponent goes all-in preflop, he will have a decent hand unless they are aggressive players willing to bluff their stack. I will go deeper into the strategy in another article as it is a massive topic on its own.
