Pokerroom.com starting hand EV stats

[Clarkmeister]

There are 6 ways you can get dealt AA:

AcAs, AcAh, AcAd, AsAh, AsAd, AhAd

But 12 ways you can get dealt 72o

7c2s, 7c2h, 7c2d, 7s2c, 7s2h, 7s2d, 7h2c, 7h2d, 7hds, 7d2c, 7d2s, 7d2h.

[Homer]

Those numbers are how many times someone has been dealt that hand. Since there are twice as many ways to get 72 as there are to get AA, the 72 hand count of 424,833 is almost exactly double the hand count of 212,549 for AA.

[AmericanAirlines]

Hi Homer,
Ok, guess the assumption that these were hands that were at least limped in on was false... Hands dealt makes more sense...

Doh!

But is that the correct way, then to calculate the EV? Hands dealt vrs. Hands actually played, so to speak? Perhaps so, since effectively, a percentatge of your blinds is your "ante" for each hand in an orbit?

Sincerely,
AA