If there were three raises in front of you, going for yet another raise is never a mistake. Regardless of the game format you are playing in, the depth of your stack, or the opponents you are up against, it’s always a beautiful thing to look down at a pair of aces.īeing the absolute best of all the best starting hands in poker, pocket aces is a hand you always want to play for a raise, regardless of the previous action. Pocket aces are by far the most powerful starting hand in the game and one that every poker player loves to look down at.