Joined: Feb '08
Location: United Kingdom
Age: 35 (M)
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@ all the people who are saying things like why would you prefer to split instead of a dominating hand.
It's quite simple. A4 doesn't dominate A3. It dominates K4 cos most of the time the ace plays but 4 is not a kicker. Unless someone hits a straight or a flush then any four out of five community cards of value 5 and over means a split. So given the choice between a split where you each have 1% chance of losing and a split where you have 20% chance of losing it isn't hard when your tourney life's on the line.
If you're in a tournament there are other things to consider other than simple odds. Not that it matters here cos you can't control the outcome but if you don't understand this then you shouldn't play tourneys. A better example would be if you knew your opponent had AK and you had KK would you call for all your stack a few places from the bubble in an MTT.
Joined: Aug '09
Location: Chile
Age: 37 (M)
Posts: 1353
Posted by awood88:
However this is all ridiculous as you can't control what your opponent has, you never get a choice like this in poker and it's a waste of time debating it.
Joined: Nov '09
Location: Denmark
Age: 38 (M)
Posts: 10
i would perfer to have him have a-3 allways like to have the best hand when iam in a pot i might lose on the flop,, but that is poker,, aslong i go in whit the best hand, i wont cry if i losses to a player whit more luck then me
