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The only difference between my hand and those is that JT and T9 make one more str8. (And curiously enough, 'stove gives me a higher equity with J9s than with T9s)

[/ QUOTE ]No kidding? Amazing how the better hand has the higher equity.

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Yeah, the point I didn't get around to clarifying is that a large percentage of your equity with all these hands comes from pairs (56s has just as much straight and flush value as T9s against a tight PFR range*, so if you call one but not the other you're doing it because of pair value). The problem is that you stand to lose more against an overpair than you stand to win against whiffed overcards, especially being OOP.


*OK, barring situations when the board is something like 789TJ but seriously