Tuesday, January 03, 2006

Being the 58% Fave isn't enough

Here's an interesting suck out all-in battle.

7h9h
QdQc
Ks7c

You would think the 79 was a serious underdog, drawing to one card only, below everybody elses card, wouldn't you?

The percentages are:
18.4%
58.5%
23.0%

But the perfect flop comes for 79
79T rainbow
and the percentages are now:
59.1
28.3
12.6

But wait, the turn comes:
J !
And the percentages barely change even with the outside draw for QQ
64.3%
31.0%
4.8%

Sorry, I wasn't the 79, and I didn't hit my straight to recover my place in the pecking order.