[sherbert]

Cris

Thanks for that. The results I got were a little different - using PokerCalculator to do Monte Carlo sims.

If the hand was AA72ss vs. KKT8ss the Kings equity is 35.5 per cent, vs 41.3 per cent for KKQJds (both flushes live) - or an increase of 6 per cent. Your point is well made and I completely agree that an increase in ev of six per cent is not to be sniffed at. But the point I was making is that I don't think the difference is so substantial as to make the KKT8 an automatic fold - it's not as if your ev has rocketed with the QJ. (BTW I make that 3:2 vs 2:1.) Clearly the KKT8 is a thinner call. More debateable if it's a clear fold.

And there remains the fact that unfortunately you will very rarely have the luxury of deciding whether or not to call a raise with KKQJds - in a database of just over 10,000 hands I've been dealt it just once! Needless to add, perhaps, I lost a bucketload with it. Ho hum.

Cheers