Most people are familiar with the following way of ranking hands:
http://www.jazbo.com/poker/huholdem.html
which is win percentage against a random hand. Problem is, most people don't play random hands. They play select hands.
If instead of computing these numbers against a random hand, we compute them against typical "push" hands: say any pair, or any ace, how does the list change? What hands have positive expectation against a random hand that is any pair or any ace?
I did a calculation, and came up with these numbers:
Gah! I can't get netscape to paste these damn numbers in. I'll post tomorrow. Anyone want to hazard a guess at what hands have +EV against any pair or any ace?
Also, I want to double-check how I did the calculation. I tried to take into account the probability that your opponent holds hand X given your hole cards Y, since some possibilities are "blocked" by your holdinds.
Details to come.
eastbay