Math question about AA.

[EarlCat]

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When you have 75%-85% odds to beat ANYTHING, forget "taking it down". You want as much money in the pot as you can get.

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I think its a more difficult question. You have those odds against 1 hand. Against 2 I think you have around 60% (someone check the charts, I don't have them here). Against 3, you're under 50% and that's no fun. I would think if the possibility exists of going to the flop with more than 2 other players, you're better off to take it down right there.

After that, I think there has to be a way of weighing that risk with the amount of chips you realistically can get added to the pot after the flop and still win. Perhaps your opponents are the type that will fold their middle pair unless they catch their set. If that's the only way to get one more chip out of them, then it's obviously better they just fold now. If your opponents are the type to push top pair, that's another story.