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Old 04-10-2007, 04:58 PM
Gonso Gonso is offline
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Default Re: relative playability of starting hands, other things being equal?

In large databases you'd probably find the rankings for such a list would vary from player to player (even among successful players). A wild guess makes me think that the very best and worst hands would generally be similar, but the middle hands would vary the most.

You have all of these different variables: play style, player skill levels, full ring/6-max/heads up, limits, etc. - you specified a couple of these but it breaks down further than that. Some 6-max games play differently than others. KJs is a money card for some players in some games, but a big loser in others. Also if you bluff certain hands with a regular frequency, you might tend to lose more with them in exchange for a better return on your stronger hands - so a weak return or loss on a specific hand might be paying dividends elsewhere.

Edit: You could purchase a couple databases, though I haven't done that myself. I'm sure that would get you the kind of data you're looking for.
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