Re: What are the top 10 starting hands in holdem?
In general, people greatly over-value suited cards. Suited cards only outperform their unsuited cousins 3-4% of the time.
With all the money in the pot:
K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] vs. 8 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
8-7 suited wins 23% of the time
K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] vs. 8 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
8-7 unsuited wins 19% of th time
K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] vs. A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
suited A wins 32% of the time
K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] vs. A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
unsuited A wins 29% of the time
Therefore, the main strength of a hand comes from the rank of the cards, not the suitedness.
*extracted from Phil Gordon's Little Green Book
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