Re: 2-7 worst hand?
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Ok, so every announcer on ESPN likes to remind us that 2-7 is the worst starting hand in a multiway game. I'm not saying that it isn't, but has this really been PROVEN mathematically? Is it even possible to? 2-3 can be a slightly better hand to play becasue it can make more straights, but nevertheless, 2-7 will win more often against 9 random hands all played to the river. A better standard for determining which is hand is worse would take into account more realistic betting scenarios. But any simulation you come up with is arbitrary and every game of poker is different.
In the end it doesn't really matter, but the math nerd in me is bothered when people say something like it is a law when it is really just conventional wisdom.
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In some situations 72o is worse, while in other situations 32o is worse. All-in heads-up against a random hand, 32o is worse. In full-table ring-game play, 72o is worse, since 32o has some straight potential, while 72o will usually need to hit two pair or better to be playable at all. But neither is as bad as (73)2 rainbow in stud, (J2)9 rainbow in stud-8, (KK)K in razz or 2222 in Omaha-8.
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