AQd worse than AKd versus KK?

[thwang99]

According to twodimes, versus black KK:

AQd wins 31.92% of the time, and has an EV of .321
AKd wins 33.69% of the time and has an EV of .341!

How is this possible?
- Tony

[doormat]

Could be because you win most of the time an ace comes up unless an ace and a king both come up, and holding AK lessens the occurrance of that.

[Josh W]

two obvious reasons...

when you have AK, and an ace flops, it's less likely for KK to also make a set.

Secondly, if you have AK, easier to make a straight (AQ needs a K for many of it's straights, and two of them are dead)

Josh

[thwang99]

Wow two good reasons, thanks guys. - Tony

[Ed Miller]

4% of the time you spike an Ace, KK will spike a set, I guess.