Push or Wait? Analysis of starting hands vs. # hands left ***Repost**

[psparkyuk]

Very interesting post - thank-you.

I think there is a minor typo in the table. For 3 hands/4 way I think it should be A3s not A3o.

Regarding the 2-way/4-way issue, I have always thought this sort of question depends on position. If you are UTG then 4-way should apply, because even though you expect to end up HU, you will be against the BEST of the other 3 (at least in principle). If you are SB after 2 folds then I think using 2-way analysis is OK. I would be interested in your thoughts on that.

Finally, when you have a marginal decision, such as K5o with one hand to come where the table would say play, I think it might be better to wait. This is because the probability of winning with the top 10-15% hands rises sharply on an overwise fairly even distribution. Thus your average probability of winning might go up even though your average hand ranking will go down. Hope that makes sense.

Cheers, Psparky