Re: +EV Starting Hands
scott,
The discrepancy you see results from the fact that the pokerroom stats are taken over ALL players -- which includes primarily losing players.
Recommendations that you find in books like Sklansky's assume that the hand will be played by a good player, with good postflop skills. Thus many starting cards that are break even or losing when played poorly become profitable in the hands of a good player.
You should interpret the pokerroom EV stats as the minimum EV of the starting cards. Unless, of course, you are worse than the average pokerroom player, which I doubt you are.
HTH,
gm
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