Re: I dare to ask a preflop question
I'm not a pokerstove junkie myself and use it sparingly, but it's really much better than the alternative which is making the bad assumptions that are in your analysis. We are better than 50% against AK as QQ vs. AK is much closer to 54-57%, depending on whether AK is suited(Again, less combinations of suited). That percentage also assumes that villain sees all 5 cards, which is not a guarantee.
The above arguments are all nitboxing by me, because the reason we cap is primarily because we have huge equity against the coldcallers in the field. Again, if your inputs are different as CDC argues then the whole dynamic of this problem changes. As stated, this is an easy cap.
Again, Pokerstove is not some almighty religious text that I refer to for every hand I play. It is much better than saying "well, we have 37%(short) and the coldcallers take some of it."
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