Two quotes from two books, concerning high hands in shorthanded pots

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nonetheless, the low hand will do better in a simulation, and I suspect that's what Cap. says. the high hand is the underdog because 'any low' is good enough. without perfect information, though, 'any low' is not good enough. the high hand must have a playing advantage.

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That's definitely something to think about. Cappalletti does use simulations as supporting evidence for many of his arguments, including the "which hands do good in head up situations" section of his book. Zee however, I feel, writes more from experience and from intuition.

So even though the simulations say the low hand has the best of it, in practice the high hand plays much better/easier, and this causes the "true" result of a heads up match-up to lean more towards the high hand?