Heads Up Strategy

[GaF]

As I said, I'm scouring the Web, looking for good information on when Heads-Up play. So here's the first piece of, what I perceive, useful info. The odds of each hand beating two random cards. So my starting assumption is that where I am first to act, I want, as an absolute minimum, to raise my opponent where my chances are greater than 50%. If anyone disagrees - this thread is open to debate..... HEADS UP AGAINST TWO RANDOM CARDS WINNING PERCENTAGE Pairs

AA - 0.8520371 KK - 0.8239568 QQ - 0.7992516 JJ - 0.7746947 TT - 0.7501178 99 - 0.7205725 88 - 0.6916304 77 - 0.6623602 66 - 0.6328475 55 - 0.6032492 44 - 0.5702282 33 - 0.5369308 22 - 0.5033402

Suited

AKs 0.6704463 AQs 0.6620886 AJs 0.6539268 ATs 0.6460239 A9s 0.6278121 A8s 0.6194381 A7s 0.6098396 A6s 0.5990583 A5s 0.5992293 A4s 0.5903364 A3s 0.5822032 A2s 0.573789

KQs 0.634004 KJs 0.6256734 KTs 0.6178856 K9s 0.5998848 K8s 0.5831235 K7s 0.5753774 K6s 0.5664074 K5s 0.5579292 K4s 0.5488464 K3s 0.5405498 K2s 0.5321173

QJs 0.6025921 QTs 0.5946756 Q9s 0.5766432 Q8s 0.5601773 Q7s 0.5430226 Q6s 0.5361257 Q5s 0.5276941 Q4s 0.518553 Q3s 0.5101925 Q2s 0.5016904

JTs 0.5752786 J9s 0.5566247 J8s 0.5401564 J7s 0.5232478 J6s 0.5060591 J5s 0.4998685 J4s 0.4907045 J3s 0.4823162 J2s 0.4737815

T9s 0.5402753 T8s 0.5233437 T7s 0.5063904 T6s 0.4894068 T5s 0.4721626 T4s 0.4653049 T3s 0.4569251 T2s 0.4483948

98s 0.5080076 97s 0.4911773 96s 0.4742829 95s 0.4572187 94s 0.4386197 93s 0.4326426 92s 0.4241517

87s 0.4793634 86s 0.4624327 85s 0.4454499 84s 0.4270163 83s 0.408735 82s 0.4027163

76s 0.4537177 75s 0.4367554 74s 0.4184931 73s 0.4003594 72s 0.3815589

65s 0.4313339 64s 0.4133332 63s 0.3953356 62s 0.3766896

54s 0.4145342 53s 0.3969296 52s 0.3784933

43s 0.3864195 42s 0.3682901

32s 0.3598443

UnSuited

AK 0.6532007 AQ 0.6443184 AJ 0.6356326 AT 0.6272165 A9 0.6077281 A8 0.5987261 A7 0.588412 A6 0.5768245 A5 0.5769653 A4 0.5672968 A3 0.558446 A2 0.5492856

KQ 0.614558 KJ 0.6056869 KT 0.5973892 K9 0.5781192 K8 0.5602017 K7 0.5518735 K6 0.5422328 K5 0.5331397 K4 0.5232747 K3 0.5142569 K2 0.5050872

QJ 0.5813469 QT 0.5729078 Q9 0.5536043 Q8 0.5359979 Q7 0.5176567 Q6 0.5102405 Q5 0.5012008 Q4 0.4912768 Q3 0.4821944 Q2 0.4729544

JT 0.552477 J9 0.532512 J8 0.5149016 J7 0.4968193 J6 0.4784427 J5 0.4718089 J4 0.4618638 J3 0.4527554 J2 0.4434847

T9 0.5153167 T8 0.4972127 T7 0.4790814 T6 0.46092 T5 0.4425095 T4 0.4350411 T3 0.4259455 T2 0.4166835

98 0.4809703 97 0.4629781 96 0.4449135 95 0.4266914 94 0.4067105 93 0.4001951 92 0.3909794

87 0.4505081 86 0.432409 85 0.4142753 84 0.3944679 83 0.3748381 82 0.3682767

76 0.4232275 75 0.4051197 74 0.3854983 73 0.3660226 72 0.3458365

65 0.399443 64 0.3801049 63 0.3607763 62 0.3407514

54 0.3815529 53 0.3626477 52 0.3428465

43 0.3514589 42 0.3319975

32 0.3230323

[GaF]

Re: Heads Up Strategy Interesting, that against two random, unknown cards, there is never less than a 30% shot....... and Head to head, 72o is NOT the worst hand.......