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Old 06-05-2004, 04:16 AM
Aisthesis Aisthesis is offline
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Default Re: Hand Ranking (comparison to Karlson-Sklansky)

I agree fully. I will say that Karlson's results are definitely "cleaner" (actually completely clean, as far as I would be able to tell) from a game-theoretical standpoint.

However, some of the things that make it a completely accurate analysis of the given scenario may in some cases tend to distort the actual practice of poker.

A good example is again the extreme case of 22. Against that hand, if it is shown, 73o will want to call against most stack-sizes from BB and might also have odds to call from the button (at least if 22 were the only hand to worry about) if 22 were to move in from the CO. But in practice, that hand is surely going to fold every time because it is so horrible against the RANGE of hands justifying the all-in. So, some of my assumptions which tend to detract from a completely precise game-theoretical approach to the problem may tend to give a more accurate reflection of expected practice.
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