Quote:
Originally Posted by StregaChess
So why do folks consider 72o as the worst hand?
The question of course begs "worst hand where? how?" but poor 72 goes down the tubes. Preflop against most ranges 32o is still going to be a lot worse.
Poor 72 gets a bad rap....
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32o is the worst hand against one other player. In a full ring game, against 9 others, 72o has a lower equity (than 32o) because of the lack of ability to make straights:
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4,101,496 games 14.188 secs 289,082 games/sec
Board:
Dead:
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 05.109% 04.50% 00.61% 184512 25047.35 { 32o }
Hand 1: 10.555% 09.40% 01.15% 385554 47363.10 { random }
Hand 2: 10.531% 09.39% 01.14% 385037 46910.18 { random }
Hand 3: 10.529% 09.38% 01.15% 384801 47064.77 { random }
Hand 4: 10.547% 09.40% 01.15% 385449 47152.10 { random }
Hand 5: 10.541% 09.39% 01.15% 384991 47338.85 { random }
Hand 6: 10.556% 09.40% 01.15% 385601 47364.43 { random }
Hand 7: 10.543% 09.39% 01.15% 385287 47146.18 { random }
Hand 8: 10.559% 09.41% 01.15% 385840 47256.77 { random }
Hand 9: 10.527% 09.38% 01.15% 384676 47104.27 { random }
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4,504,654 games 15.375 secs 292,985 games/sec
Board:
Dead:
equity win tie pots won pots tied
Hand 0: 04.245% 03.40% 00.84% 153276 37950.13 { 72o }
Hand 1: 10.610% 09.49% 01.12% 427552 50407.30 { random }
Hand 2: 10.631% 09.51% 01.12% 428581 50300.30 { random }
Hand 3: 10.655% 09.54% 01.11% 429821 50149.38 { random }
Hand 4: 10.653% 09.54% 01.11% 429655 50209.55 { random }
Hand 5: 10.644% 09.53% 01.11% 429331 50134.63 { random }
Hand 6: 10.633% 09.52% 01.11% 428742 50224.30 { random }
Hand 7: 10.640% 09.53% 01.11% 429242 50073.13 { random }
Hand 8: 10.659% 09.54% 01.12% 429710 50438.55 { random }
Hand 9: 10.630% 09.52% 01.11% 428681 50175.72 { random }
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