Advice from the Pro's: I Don't Agree

Hey Guys,

I have read and heard pro's saying "Move all-in with any ace." "When your short stacked in tournaments with less than 10 blinds." This is ridicilous, obsurd. Unless, you have an ace with a kicker jack or higher. The truth is, I would rather move all-in with 57 offsuit, instead of A6 offsuit in this position.

Okay, I am going to use poker stove. To calculate starting hand equities with 57 offsuit vs. A6 offsuit. These two hands will be enumerated against all (KK,QQ,JJ,1010,AK,AQ,AJ)'s. Will A6 offsuit have a better chance than winning against 57 offsuit? Lets find out.


I enumerated A6 offsuit against all (KK,QQ,JJ,1010,AK,AQ,AJ)'s, The equity of A6off was 27.079%.

Then, I enumerated 57 offsuit against all (KK,QQ,JJ,1010,AK,AQ,AJ)'s. The equity of 57offsuit was 29.630%

Wow, our 57 offsuit has a better chance of winning on average than the A6. Even, against the monster hands. It might be a small percentage, but at this point of a tournament I will take it.

I also ran other hands against all (KK,QQ,JJ,1010,AK,AQ,AJ)'s. I displayed there results below.

A10 offsuited - 27.344%
72 offsuited - 25.106%
J10 offsuited - 29.473%
Q2 offsuited - 26.297%
KQ offsuited - 32.435%
A3 offsuited - 27.697%

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