When playing Texas hold em why do i allways get beat with pocket aces?
Probably because you are playing them wrong. People always imagine that pocket aces are just the most amazing hand ever, but often there is at least a 1 in 5 chance they will get cracked. These odds will get even worse if you are playing against multiple opponents. You need to isolate a player if you can and go heads up with them. You want to make a nice big bet before the flop, at least five times the big blind. The less you bet the more chance there is that you will get multiple callers to the flop, and that is rarely a good thing. On the flop you may want to consider more than a pot sized bet, especially if there are scare cards like straight and flush possibilities out there. It has been said that pocket aces are a hand where you usually win a small pot or lose a large one. Remember it is probably better to over bet it, drive people out of the hand, and pick up a small pot, rather than under bet it, and end up stuck in a large pot you can’t get away from when you are clearly beaten
