First Hand Theoretical Question

[Peter Harris]

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While you think?? about what? dinner?

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Line of the day.

Cheers!
Pete Harris

[Peter Harris]

it's currently on page 1 of the psych forum, the answer is

AA

then 76s

Regards,
Pete Harris

[JDO]

Thanks to you both.

[Tosh]

Against AA surely 56s, 67s and 78s all have the same equity.

[SossMan]

So, has it been a week already since the last "Do I call all in on hand 1 w/ AA preflop???"

[Tosh]

Actually I believe its been 2 days. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

My question is genuine btw, I honestly don't see why those 3 hands have any difference in win rate vs AA..

[dm34]

56s/67s/78s=same

[La Brujita]

I haven't read the other responses but I fold and wait for a better starting hand.

Oh wait.... [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[durron597]

I HATE H-SCROLLERS!!!!

P.S. Call

[kurtcobain]

This came up earlier on the Poker Theory Forum. The reason I picked KK is that it's a better hand against AA than AK. Here's my arguement:

You go all in w/ AA vs KK and you win 80% of the time, you're out of the tournament 20% of the time. Of the 80% of the time you double up on the first hand, how much more do you win versus had you not doubled up?

I dont think your EV goes up 20% if you double up on the first hand, unless you're playing top notch players. When you're playing the average $50 and below players, you're better of waiting until 4 or 5 people have been eliminated and then getting your money in when a big hand puts you in the money.