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Originally Posted by ArtyMcFly
would the best starting group of hands be AA-KK-QQ???)
I had a little think about this, and I think your team is better off with AA, JTs, and 65s, for board coverage. It appears to me that you ideally want 3 completely distinct hands that don't block each other. (i.e. It's kind of the opposite of PLO, where you'd usually want 4 cards that work well together).
Even so, those three hands only have 74% equity combined vs 3 random hands. With a random deal, equities between the teams will run much closer, and the card-removal effects would be extremely important for working out the optimal strategy. I should think that it would often be the case that one of the team mates is dealt a hand that "interferes" with your hand, thus reducing its power/equity.
I think it would be an incredibly complicated game, and unless the rake was zero, or your opponents were clueless, it would be hard to find profitable edges. You'd also spend more time discussing your team's strategy in each spot, than actually making bets.