Getting beat with having and AK versus AQ is not as bad of a beat that it may appear. I am a poker player and I do believe people put too much power in the AK starting hand. I like the hand a lot and I will always raise with it but with 5 cards still to come 2 7 off suit can beat you if and A or a K does not come off on the board and just a little 2 does. So value AK as a starting hand but don't over-value it and don't assume you will always win with it. As suck out goes it could be a lot worse. Bad sucking out is losing with a full house when the 4th 8 comes on the river to give your opponant 4 of a kind..now that's worth crying. Not cause your AK did not win. plus this guys is a complete dick, glad he lost.