This is a chess site yet there is much discussion of poker here by the posters. Since many chess players seem to be poker experts here is a poker puzzle.
a) What is the best hand to beat AA in a heads up game ( meaning that there are only two players ) apart from the trivial other AA ?
b) What is the percentage score of the above best hand against AA ?
Of course there are poker hand strength tables on the internet based on computer simulations. But these tables measure the strength of hands against the random hand. You can't use those to solve this problem since according to those tables the second best hand is KK which turns out to be a very weak hand to beat AA.
I know the exact answer to this question because I have run a computer simulation of all possible hands against AA. For each of the possible distinct hands the outcome of the game was determined for all possible board distributions. So I have a list of all possible hands with percentage chances to beat AA. My question is: which hand tops this list.
Bonus question:
c) What is the percentage score of KK against AA in a heads up game?
This is a chess site yet there is much discussion of poker here by the posters. Since many chess players seem to be poker experts here is a poker puzzle.
a) What is the best hand to beat AA in a heads up game ( meaning that there are only two players ) apart from the trivial other AA ?
b) What is the percentage score of the above best hand against AA ?
Of course there are poker hand strength tables on the internet based on computer simulations. But these tables measure the strength of hands against the random hand. You can't use those to solve this problem since according to those tables the second best hand is KK which turns out to be a very weak hand to beat AA.
I know the exact answer to this question because I have run a computer simulation of all possible hands against AA. For each of the possible distinct hands the outcome of the game was determined for all possible board distributions. So I have a list of all possible hands with percentage chances to beat AA. My question is: which hand tops this list.
Bonus question:
c) What is the percentage score of KK against AA in a heads up game?