The definitive post on 22s v 33s (with some comments on 55s)

[curtains]

A cinch to double up early? Lol, thats funny...its not that easy to get big pairs early. To say that in a typical 22 that you will double up early is just BS. I played enough to know that most of the time you WON'T double up early.

[johnnybeef]

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its not that easy to get big pairs early.

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While true, it is definately easy to stack someone with a good made hand such as a set, two pair, or a big pair.

[curtains]

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its not that easy to get big pairs early.

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While true, it is definately easy to stack someone with a good made hand such as a set, two pair, or a big pair.

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Its not easy to get one of these in the first 20-30 hands of a sit and go either. And sometimes you lose when you do get them! I go entire days without flopping a set sometimes, and entire sets without getting AA-QQ in the first 30 hands.

[Hendricks433]

I think its very easy to stack them if you get the hands. But I/everyone doesnt get the hands enough. But I see what Johnybeef is saying.

[johnnybeef]

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Its not easy to get one of these in the first 20-30 hands of a sit and go either. And sometimes you lose when you do get them! I go entire days without flopping a set sometimes, and entire sets without getting AA-QQ in the first 30 hands.


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Alright, I'll bight. We'll say that you get two pair, AA, KK, QQ, AK to hit, or a set about once every 60 hands. In levels 1-3 there are 30 hands. There for you can expect to one of these hands one out of every two sngs in level 1-3. Since you get these 4 out of every 8 sngs. I woiuld estimate that you will lose about 1/4 of these, and not get paid about 1/4. That leaves about 2 out of 8 sngs that you double up early. 1 out of 4 is a bit much imo, I would say it is closer to one out of every 5. The point is, it is easier to get your big hands paid at the 22s then it is at the 33s.

[ilya]

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its not that easy to get big pairs early.

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While true, it is definately easy to stack someone with a good made hand such as a set, two pair, or a big pair.

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Its not easy to get one of these in the first 20-30 hands of a sit and go either. And sometimes you lose when you do get them! I go entire days without flopping a set sometimes, and entire sets without getting AA-QQ in the first 30 hands.

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This is all true, but I think what beef is getting at is that when you *do* get those hands, they tend to be markedly more profitable in the $20s than in $30s. Which I think is true.