Royal Flush Poker

It is well known in ladbrokespoker.com that (2,7) off suit is the worst starting hand, the reason that lower cards such as (2,4) aren’t considered worse is that you have better straight possibilities with this type of hand.

Despite this being the case Joe Hachem managed to win a World Series main event with (7,3) off suit and Doyle Brunson did the same thing on two separate occassions whilst holding (10,2). So do these type of seemingly weak hands really lose as often as you might think against a strong hand such as (A,K)? I decided to deal out one hundred boards with (7,2) off suit against (A,K) off suit, twice over, and averaged the two results to find out.

The Ladbrokes Poker odds calculators in these circumstances will tell you that (7,2) should win around 32.2% of the time, (A,K) should win 67.3% of the time, and the other 0.5% resulting in a tie. My results read as folows: (2,7) wins 35% of the time, (A,K) wins 64% of the time and 1% results in a tie. Although these results don’t conclusively prove or disprove anything, they do show a slightly higher trend of (2,7) winning and (A,K) losing, than you might expect, but this isn’t enough of a difference in percentages to warrant closer inspection I don’t think, we can safely say that the expected odds do work out the way they should, when it comes to real ladbrokespoker hands being played out. Ladbrokespoker.com

The key point to remember as a poker player is that (2,7) does have a chance against most hands if you have two live cards, but it certainly isn’t a hand you want to be involved in an all in showdown with if you can help it. The more you stick to the stronger hands the higher the percentage of the time that you will be victorious over your opponent.

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