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equity, Win, Tie)
Player 1: 55.9% 55.7% 0.42% {QQ}
Player 2: 44.1% 43.9% 0.42% {AKs, AKo}
There’s a bigger picture to making sure we often use QQ and AK as value
hands in 3B/4B pots. We need the value combos to balance any light 3B/4B’s ranges we have. Otherwise we don’t have enough hands to defend with.
This is from a balancing point of view. Vs imbalance 3B ranges (QQ+, AK) we can make the correct exploitative play.
Also AK has great removal to hands that crush us, making it more likely that villain is 3Betting the weaker part of their range. QQ doesn’t remove AK.
Any scenario vs 99% of players were we can narrow down a range means there’s at least been a 3B. By that point pot
odds will be a factor.
Pot 1.5b(blinds) 100bb effective
V mp rfi 3bb
Hero btn 3B’s 9bb
V 4B’s 22bb
Pot 43.5bb, call 22bb, our
pot odds 25%.
QQ equity vs QQ+, AK is 40% so we have a clearly profitable call, in practice seeing a flop might not be great though. We see an overcard fairly often that can put villain into the lead, plus if villain has any
bluffing range there’s a nightmare chance we might be forced to fold the best hand after investing so much. Which would be a disaster for our ev.
A push is likely better, it generates some fold equity. AA and KK never fold but some villains might fold AK here. Denying any combos of AK there huge slice of equity is great for us.
There’s a fairly simple ev calc for these spots. Look up splitsuits ev videos. Pushing here with this equity is +25bb I think if I remember right? (Been a while) and that’s without any fold equity or possible JJ calling.
