Big Slick, Ace, King, A,K. A,K offsuit is a better starting hand than AQ suited or KQ suited regardless of what some other poker writers have said. This is obvious because you don't want to get in there with K,Q suited or A,Q suited against A,K offsuit. Hold 'em is kicker poker and you cannot outkick Big Slick. You turn a pair one third of the time. It is top pair and it cannot be outkicked. More money is lost on Ace and a rag than any other hand. It is being lost to the dominate hand A,K. A,K is a better hand and a more playable hand at no limit than pairs below a pair of tens. They put the brakes on with too many overcards. Big Slick can only make one straight, never on the ignorant end. A,K gets a lot of free cards. It is not a good semi-bluffing hand unless any two cards above a nine come.