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Simulations for Heads Up

One of the comments to my poker entry mentioned how good an Ace is heads up. Well, we now have the data. on heads up from 10 million simulations. When there are ten players, A2 ranks 101 out of 169 possible hands. However, when there are just two players it ranks as the 46th best hand.

It just shows how important the context is.

Posted by Van K Tharp on July 16, 2006 11:40 AM |

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I wonder what the results say about a suited A2 versus A2 unsuited in heads-up. The number of outs increases due to a possible flush draw (11 more possible outs if you already hold two suited cards). I sent you an e-mail asking about the poker simulation – I am interested for $75!

Posted by: chris | July 16, 2006 11:57 PM

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