22 vs 33: pocket twos against pocket threes
All in before the flop, pocket twos win 17.1%, pocket threes win 77.9%, and 5.0% of boards split the pot.
22 wins 17.1%Split 5.0%33 wins 77.9%
The smallest pairs: threes win 77.9%, and twos mostly need one of the two twos left.
Every board, counted
36ways to deal 22 against 33
1,712,304boards for each of them
19.6%22’s share of the pot, a split counted as half
Nothing here is sampled: every five-card board was dealt for every way the two hands can be held, and each showdown scored with the hand ranking Quads teaches.
Suits move it a little. Pocket twos’s share of the pot runs from 18.9%, with 2♠ 2♥ against 3♠ 3♥, to 20.2%, with 2♠ 2♥ against 3♦ 3♣.
The two hands
- 22, pocket twosNumber 87 of 169, and 50.3% of the pot against one random hand.
- 33, pocket threesNumber 66 of 169, and 53.7% of the pot against one random hand.
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