[4W Cowboy]

I didn't bother to read all the post but if you go by the list most serious poker players use and the one all others are compared to it is made by Sklansky and Malmuth and has AKs as the 5th best hand. Group 1: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AKs. However I recently read or heard that in holdem its a better stategy to wait until the flop to get to the $$ in because that's when the real odds shift happens, hence the 22 vs. AKs or os. (Obviously) If you flop an A or a K or 4 to a straight or flush the odds shift dramatically.