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- From: hashimoto@sgi.com (Roy Hashimoto)
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- Subject: Re: hold'em trivia
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- Date: 31 Dec 92 02:38:40 GMT
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- In article <1hekhtINN3s7@agate.berkeley.edu> jacob@ocf.berkeley.edu (Jacob Jin) writes:
- >JT is better than AK for straight possibilities. But of course
- >AK is the better hand overall.
-
- This might depend on the game that you play in. Heads up, AK has a huge
- advantage over JT, as you would expect. But in a multi-way pot where the
- winning hand will probably be two pair or better, the straight potential
- allows JT to catch up quickly.
-
- If the winning hand is restricted to be two pair or better, my results
- (disclaimer: subject to error and/or misinterpretation) show that AK has
- less than a one percent edge on JT (if the suits don't overlap). At trips
- or better, JT comes out with close to a twenty percent advantage.
-
- So if you play in a particularly loose game where everyone stays in to see
- the flop regardless of raises, JT will probably at least hold its own.
- This kind of game seems to be common in California at the low-limit tables.
-
- Roy Hashimoto
- hashimoto@sgi.com
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