% of hands played?

BK1248 · #1 10-10-2004, 10:08 AM

If you only play 99- AA, AJ-AK suited or not, what % of the total hands are you playing?

scandal · #2 10-10-2004, 12:20 PM

pocket pairs are each C(4,2)=4!/(2! * 2!)=4*3/2=6 combinations
AA-99 is 6 pairs, so 6*6=36 total hands

AK,AQ,AJ are each 4*4=16 combinations, making for 3*16=48 hands

(36+48)/C(52,2)=84/1326=0.0633 or about 6.33%

DyessMan89 · #3 10-10-2004, 01:42 PM

Around 5%. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

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zerosum · #4 10-10-2004, 04:06 PM

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Crix · #5 10-10-2004, 09:44 PM

Surely you must also factor in the number of hands you will play by virtue of being in the BB when there are no raises.