funny 1-2 pp hand

He said, "that sucks!"


HE said, "i hate getting run down!"

HE said, "especially by straights and flushes"

of fives)


I get As, Kd and raise first in, he reraises from small blind, I reraise he calls. All others folded for no bets.


*** FLOP *** : [ Qh Ah 4h ]


check, bet call

*** TURN *** : [ Qh Ah 4h ] [ 8s ]


check, bet call

*** RIVER *** : [ Qh Ah 4h 8s ] [ 7h ]


check, bet call


He shows 2s, 2h for a flush with the duece


I say, "nh"


He says, "the tables turn and i get to run someone down, finally"

I think he played it fine.

Incidentally, does anyone know the odds of AKo v 22 headsup? My rough calculation tells me it's about even money. Guess I should pick up one of those poker stat books. Which brings up another question, what's a good poker stat book?

This link


http://gocee.com/poker/he_ev_hand.html


won't give you the AKo vs 22 figure you're looking for. However, it will tell you how any hand will fare in a heads-up match against a random hand.


The best source for Hold'em statistics is definitely Hold'em's Odds Book by Mike Petriv


Here are some statistics from the book:


Two unsuited cards such as AKo will flop a pair 29% of the time (at least a pair 32% of the time not including straights).


If you don't make at least one pair on the flop, you will make at least one pair by the river 24% of the time.


Doing some rudimentary math, you should make at least one pair a little more than 48% of the time.


However, this doesn't consider the possiblilty that 22 will flop a set. This confirms what I have seen written that AKo is a slight underdog to any pair in a heads-up match-up.

<PRE> 2s2c A<FONT COLOR="ff0000">d</FONT>K<FONT COLOR="ff0000">h</FONT>

% chance of outright win 52.749921 46.669225

% chance of win or split 53.330775 47.250079

expected return, % of pot 53.040348 46.959652

fair pot odds:1 0.885357 1.129488</PRE>

(Things change slightly with overlapping suits.)



Data generated by the free Hold'Em Showdown program, available by following the link below:

Thanks for the info.


What's interesting about that table in the link you gave is that it shows 22 is a 49.4% winner against a random hand. That suggests that if you're holding 22 heads-up you'd rather be up against AKo than against a random hand, if I'm reading things right.

That's very logical.


As far as 22 is concerned, AKo and 83o aren't much different. 22 is a pair going up against two overcards. The only difference is the straight possibility of AK (using both cards).


22 loses more often against the random hand because those random hands include bigger pairs and suited cards which can also make flushes as well as bigger pairs.

Zbigniew's plug of Hold'em Showdown software is well warranted.


Written by Steve Brecher, a pretty damned good player, and obviously smart guy. I use it all the time. It's outstanding.


North Shore Mike