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Originally Posted by 69 so fine
The pocket pair needing to hit a set is irrelevant because the pocket pair doesn't need to improve
It's relevant because the possibility of a set is why the pair is favored instead of the overcards. If both players hit the board, the wired pair hits harder.
AK facing an underpair has a 50.32% chance of at least pairing by the river. If he's against 99 and we know that both the other 9's are removed, that becomes a 52% chance and AK has roughly a 4% edge.