In all the other scenarios, it is better to have AK than AQ or lower, as our kicker is very valuable. The chance to hit a flush is already low, and it happens even less often that someone has second nut flush. And nobody can beat me anyway if I hold the A high flush in my hand. Some players might be folding lower flushes, but almost no one folds 2nd nut K high flush. That way, I can know that someone else might be holding a 2nd nut flush ( K high flush) as I don’t hold the K myself. In such a scenario, I would rather have any other ace-high flush but the AK high flush. There is one situation where having AKs is not optimal. One exception – When the bigger cards are not always better Please note, due to the little chance of having a straight flush of 0.0014%, I just assume that Ace-high flush is the nut flush, and an opponent doesn’t have a straight flush, which would beat our ace-high flush. Of course, you can hit a flush with a non-suited hand also, but having a suited hand with increase your chances to hit a flush by a lot. Your winrate will still be high with all of the suited broadway hands (JTs, QTs, KTs, ATs, QJs, KJs, AJs, KQs, AQs, and AKs). AK suited is, of course, the best one to have, followed by AQ suited.

It is very crucial to play the right hands to maximize your chances of hitting a flush.īest cards to hit a flush are high suited hands.

And because a flush is harder to hit, your winrate with flush will be higher than with a straight. There is a common misconception that a flush is easier to hit, but in fact, you will hit flush half as often as you hit a straight (0.4% chance to hit a straight). You will hit a flush only 0.2% percent of the time. Therefore it is no surprise it doesn’t usually happen that you get to hit one. You are expected to dominate your opponents very often once you hit it.

Both players have hit a flush, but in this case A2 wins as AJT52 is the highest possible flush in this hand.įlush is a very powerful hand in poker.

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