can have(hope to have, stop thinking superstitiously), on your suggestive flop means opponent can also have AX which that rag has paired whilst your A,K needs help, You are forgetting the cardinal rule that most people who play this game over value the ace, so your A,K or A,Q is in trouble. Just because you've now over valued the hand(hence re-read the part about having a happy medium). Less likely to win?? Long term even pocket 22's vs A,K you are a favorite to win(51% to be exact). Again a pocket pair is , will be, and always be ahead against 2 random cards that aren't a pocket pair that is higher then yours. If you think that playing 22's is less profitable then playing the over valued ace and/or king. Then you are crazy
The over valued ace and king need help no matter what, and they will always be behind any pocket pair, so long term it is much better to have a pocket pair compared to 2 random cards that aren't a pocket pair.
So it doesnt matter what my opponents have especially since that number 1 the ace or king they hold is over valued by them, 2 they ace and king need help in catching up to me, 3 it is easier to dump the pocket pair compared to the over valued ace and king.
Now you don't think the ace and king is over valued, then by all means watch some of the wsop or even hold-em tournies that are shown on t,v and see how many call all-ins pre flop while holding the ace or king.
People are predictable, once they see that ace(bells and whistles go off in thier head thinking they have the cat's meow, not to mention the king as well). With a pocket pair even the 22's that doesn't hardly happen, easy cards to get away from and long term can win the race more often against the a,k.
Text results appended to pokerstove.txt
3,349,266,624 games 0.011 secs 304,478,784,000 games/sec
Board:
Dead:
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0:
43.972% 40.36% 03.61% 1351673676 121075614.00 { 77+, A7s+, K9s+, QTs+, JTs, ATo+, KTo+, QJo }
Hand 1:
56.028% 52.41% 03.61% 1755441720 121075614.00 {
AQo }
Text results appended to pokerstove.txt
2,054,764,800 games 0.005 secs 410,952,960,000 games/sec
Board:
Dead:
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0:
57.325% 56.93% 00.39% 1169792160 8099112.00 { 77+, A7s+, K9s+, QTs+, JTs, ATo+, KTo+, QJo }
Hand 1:
42.675% 42.28% 00.39% 868774416 8099112.00 {
22 }
you lose.
/thread