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Old 12-10-2005, 01:17 PM
sthief09 sthief09 is offline
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Default Re: Anybody know? What are the chances of Pocket Aces, Kings and Jacks all

good play isnt as fun as bad play. choose what you want to do. play well or have more fun. dont play a hand if you know you shouldnt if you are trying to win money

the percentages you are looking for are essentially worthless. once you throw in the fact that someone reraised you, it doesnt matter what the odds are that someone at the table has AA. all that matters is the range of hands you put that player on. the only time something like that matters is you are facing a raise in early or middle position. you have to consider the chances that someone wakes up with a big hand behind you. but even then, the actual number does not matter. you should just tighten up slightly to compensate.

aside from pot odds, i think the only numbers that are really useful are hand combinations. know that there are 6 combinations of a pocket pair, 3 if one is on the board or you have one of then, or 1 if both are out. there are 16 combinations of unpaired hands. to get this, you multiply the number of unseen cards of each rank by each other. if the board is AKx, then there are 9 combinations of AK. if the board is AKK there are 6. for suited cards, there are 4 combinations, less one for each suit with one of those that is out (cant think of a good way to word it but this should be self explanatory).
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