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Originally Posted by SetofJacks
It's a four-way pot, A9s isn't looking to make money... It drops to 17.6% if we remove QQ.
Fair enough, and thanks for the serious and thoughtful reply.
The only thing I'll add is be careful when looking at equity. It's calculated hot and cold based on the hand playing all the way through the river. When you are out of position with a weak hand, you're often not going to see it all the way through. For instance, if tight guy has a big pair, a certain percentage of your equity comes from the times you spike the A (one of the results you're hoping for). But about 40% of those wins are coming on the turn or the river, so if you're not always seeing the hand all the way to the end, you are giving up a certain percentage of your initial equity in the hand (not 40% of course, you have several other ways to win, but it's not insignificant).
I like A9s, and will often see a flop with it. Here I'd let it go and hope to see what super tight turns up at the end.
Thank again for the thoughtful discussion.