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Well the difference between 19% and 23% wins is actually 4 units of % better and thus 87s will win 21% more than 87o. So 87s is better than 87o - but the difference is more apperant in multiway hands.

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87s only has a 2.5% edge versus 87o heads up. Please explain where you get 21%?

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52.5%-47.5% = 5% edge, not 2.5%.

23%/19% = 1.21, thus, 21% better. The point is that the approximately 5% of the time suited cards make a flush increases the percentage proportionally more at lower original equities, which occurs in multiway pots. Increasing your equity from 4% to 8% doubles your equity, whereas increasing high card value will have less of an effect. Also, it is more likely that the flush you make will be necessary to win.

For instance, AKs wins 21.9% of the time against eight random hands, whereas AKo will win 18.2% of the time. This is a 3.7% flush bonus. Against one random hand, AKs wins 67.0% of the time, whereas AKo wins 65.3% of the time. So not only does suitedness give a higher raw percentage advantage multiway (due to the times a AK unimproved beats a hand, or the TPTK was sufficient despite a flush) it also has a relatively bigger advantage.