I have a question about AK (suited or not). All the books treat AK as a big hand and advise raising preflop with it. I do this as advised, usually raising 4 or 5 times the BB.

However, the maths being what they are, most of the time I miss the flop and I'm looking at absolutely nothing. Shoud I carry on betting big as if I've hit something, and if so do I bet the flop and turn, or just bail out after gettting one call?

 It doesn't feel good betting when you know a pair of twos has you beat!

 

I guess some days is just not your day. I was playing a friendly no limit game the other night, and just did not win a hand.

Every time I hit a hand, I would get beat by a dumb call draw, since I was short stacked. Is there any way around this?