Re: Knowing anothers hand enough to overcome your piss poor hand
Chris Ferguson once posed the problem of what hands you can call with if you and an opponent both had 50K with $1/2 blinds and your opponent opens for $5, but accidentally exposes his hand as A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
The answer is: any two cards. The fascinating problem is discussed by Matt Matros in his excellent book, The Making of a Poker Player in the chapter on game theory.
There exists a point where the money in your stacks becomes small enough that it is not worth it to call with any two cards. I haven't bothered to solve for it or see if someone else solved for it.
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