AA vs 22: pocket aces against pocket twos
All in before the flop, pocket aces win 81.9%, pocket twos win 17.5%, and 0.5% of boards split the pot.
AA wins 81.9%Split 0.5%22 wins 17.5%
Twos need a third two or a straight: aces still win 81.9%.
Every board, counted
36ways to deal AA against 22
1,712,304boards for each of them
82.2%AA’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 aces’s share of the pot runs from 81.5%, with A♠ A♥ against 2♦ 2♣, to 82.9%, with A♠ A♥ against 2♠ 2♥.
The two hands
- AA, pocket acesNumber 1 of 169, and 85.2% of the pot against one random hand.
- 22, pocket twosNumber 87 of 169, and 50.3% of the pot against one random hand.
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