Best Hand Against The Rockets

[alThor]

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Pokerstove confirmed my initial thought, as 56s wins 23.056% of the time, as opposed to 76s at 23.0325%

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Actually those are equities; 76s actually wins more often: on 55 (out of 1712304) more boards than 56s does, but 56s ties on 916 more boards than 76s does, making it better overall.

I was surprised by this.

alThor

[M.B.E.]

When you hold 65, it is a third more likely for the board to come JT987 or T9876 than when you hold 76. That explains the extra ties, resulting in higher pot equity (heads-up against A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]) for 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] than 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].

This has been discussed here many times before.

[marv]

Here's a similar but different question:
Suppose you get to choose both your hole cards and that of your oppo, and want to maximize the probability that you win.

What cards should you choose?

Marv

[M.B.E.]

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