12-15-05 [poker]
In NLHE with deep stacks, it's far better to have 88 than AK. There are two small pot scenarios - if there's no ace or king
on the board, the 88 probably wins a small pot, if an ace or king falls, the AK probably wins a small pot.
The big pot scenarios are when an 8 and
also an A or K comes, or when the AK makes something big (like a flush with AKs or a straight). The key here is that a
flop like Kx8 is far more likely than a board like QJTx8. The chance of one of these miracle flops (Kx8 or Ax8) for the
88 is about 3%. The really great thing is that you're basically free-rolling to hit that, because the rest of
the time your wins and losses roughly balance out.
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