Written by James Sweeney and Adam Jones and with a foreword penned by legendary poker author Ed Miller, Optimizing Ace King is a poker strategy book that does exactly what it says on its cover.

If you struggle to play the hand known as ‘Big Slick’, then this book is for you. In fact, even if you don’t – and many players who say they don’t actually do – then this refresher course into how to get the best of the premium poker hand behind aces and kings is one that you might take a lot from.

As the book details, Ace King, or as it is sometimes known ‘AK47’ or ‘Big Slick’ is in the top 5% of the most profitable hole-cards in poker. This is often because it’s a hand players are happy to go all-in with pre-flop, where unless they’re up against pocket kings or pocket aces, they’re around a coinflip to win the hand.

Despite the obvious profitability of Ace King, man players, certainly at a low-mid stakes level, don’t know how to get the best out of this premium poker offering. The options of three-betting pre-flop, calling, playing offsuit and suited Ace-King hands the same way, everything you could possibly want to know about the hand are in this book.