[keikiwai]

Another annoying one is the odds of seeing an A in the flop if one of your opponents has an A. It's lower than normal.

This came up when I went all in with AK. TT went all in, and another AK went all in. So what are our odds of beating TT?

1)If it were heads up (AK vs. TT) I would have a
3/48 + 3/47 + 3/46 + 3/45 + 3/44 = 33% chance of getting an A by the river (they are all + because this is an "or situation")

2) With my dummy opponent there are only 2 As left in the deck so odds of getting an A by river are.

2/46 + 2/45 + 2/44 + 2/43 + 2/42 = 23% (Which incidently are the odds of TT getting to TTT)

So my opponent knocked me down roughly 10%. And even if an A pops up, I will have to split with my opponent.

The dangers of playing with As.

Peter.