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purerealm
06-05-2005, 05:12 PM
Because pocket pairs have a better percentage of winning than any other nonpair, I've always wondered whether Ace high would have a similar winning percentage, due to the K Q not hitting. But i could be very wrong due to odds that the pair will trip up. Well which is it? Would you rather have A 2 or K Q
New York Jet
06-05-2005, 05:50 PM
Try PokerStove (http://www.pokerstove.com/).
A2 is a 57.8% favorite vs KQ.
If you are looking for a close call, try A/images/graemlins/heart.gif K/images/graemlins/heart.gif vs 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif 2/images/graemlins/club.gif.
Nottom
06-06-2005, 03:56 AM
Well without doing the math and using the fact that we know a pocket pair is usually a slight favorite over 2 overcards it should be obvious that A2 is the favorite here.
Note that when the overcards hit, the pair only has 2 outs to win. On the other hand, when KQ hits A2 has 3 outs to improve.
So intuitively you should see that A2 is better off than a small pair against middle cards.
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