Median Best Holdem Starting Hand

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Yeah, that was the one I used originally. Do you know the methodology behind it? At least in the heading, it seems to suggest that it might be based on 2 billion actual hands and what they won. If we're talking more about hot-cold betting situations, I'm actually inclined to go more with a computer simulation or with the Karlsson-Sklansky scale, which is looking for a different numerical value but as I see it HAS to give an accurate relative ranking of how hands hold up heads-up with no further betting after the pre-flop all-in.

The messy part in doing the further work on this is going to be to run equity values on how the given hand holds up against the (superior) calling hands. It won't be too bad for 8 or more players, but once you start having lots of possible superior hands, it will require running a fairly large number of matchups through something like pokerstove (particularly taking into account the variations in suits).