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10-31-2014 , 10:16 AM
76s has the highest equity of about 23% (see post 14), so it is a 3.35 to 1 dog.
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10-31-2014 , 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by KingKongGrinder
If I know EXACTLY what my opponent is holding I'm happy to see a cheap flop with almost any 2 cards. Especially when I know he has aces because if I hit my hand I will stack him and if I miss I can easily fold. Aces will always have a hard time folding when stacks are at stake.
Pretty much this.

The conditions we want in this scenario are:

#1) IMPLIED ODDS: This is by far the absolutely positively most important factor when we decide to try to crack a big hand. If our villain only has 55bb and he raises 8bb, then trying to crack him is NOT profitable long term. We need to be getting a minimum of 15:1 in implied odds. Ideally, we'd like 25:1 or better implied odds.

#2) Villain Tendency to Station big hands: We need our villain to be one of those players who are biologically incapable of folding his AA/KK even when the board is scary.

#3) Direct odds: Ideally, we want to get in on the cheap. The best targets are passive nits who aren't used to open raising. So their raising range is QQ+ however their sizing is around 4bb. Basically, whenever they raise it's exclusively QQ+ so if it's cheap, and eff stacks are deep enough, we can call.

#4) Post flop mistakes: It is helpful if our villain is either too aggro or too passive post flop. He either gives us great odds to draw by betting too small or he rewards our binks by overbet blasting the pot and committing himself to play for stacks and pay us off.

#5) Position is always nice Always nice to have position and if we are playing the live game, position even allows us to do some freeze outs when we are drawing. See spoiler for definition of freeze out
Spoiler:
A freeze out is when you are in position and right before your villain bets you "obviously" grab a bunch of chips as if you are going to bet then stop and wait for villain. This move works on noobs and most rec fish. They will check, hope you bet so they can c/r, but then you just check back and see the free card. Has a 60% success rate at 1/2nl and 1/3nl, has a 30% success rate at 2/5nl. Note: this turns your hand face up as a draw or weak hand vs thinking players
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10-31-2014 , 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by seagraham
Nope, actually 56s is the best hand, which is something like 23.055% if I remember. Of course, the soot cant be that same as either ace
+1
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10-31-2014 , 07:32 PM
56s has the best equity against AA pre.


/end of discussion
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10-31-2014 , 09:07 PM
I prefer 93off but 72 or any other deuce hand always make it very satisfying.
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10-31-2014 , 09:16 PM
Jack King off.
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10-31-2014 , 09:39 PM
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11-01-2014 , 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by nlcatter
56 in sim , but 98 will do better against other hands
Solid necro.
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