> 7. How do YOU play a suited king-ten?
> Date: Sun Feb 3, 2008 1:40 pm ((PST))
>
> Everybody knows you almost never hold a suited ace-ten.
>
> I know - Playing Joker or Deuces Wild? You might hold the ten.
>
> But Jacks or Better? Perhaps only in a progressive, and the payout for
> the royal would have to be astronomical.
>
> My post today, however, concerns a suited king-ten. And it bugs me to
> hold those two in ANY game.
>
> I know, the math says "if the value is greater than the king alone" and
> all that.
>
> But I am a part-time Super Aces player, and I hate to give up a
> valuable spot where those four aces might pop up, or even the other
> three kings. My main sacrifice? Discarding the ten gives me a zero
> percent chance at the royal or straight flush. And I'll lose a few full
> houses, flushes, straights and two pairs along the way.
>
> Any opinions?
>
My opinion is that you are allowing your emotions from one game to govern your strategy on another game, where you ACKNOWLEDGE that the EV is greater holding the K-10 suited than the EV is for K alone.
Recognize that you are not only getting zero chance of the royal or straight flush, but you are also reducing the chance of a straight or a flush of any kind, part of the EV of keeping the 10.
If you want to play by your emotions, that's OK, but if you want to play correct strategy, why even ask the question?
On the other hand, if the difference in EV is very small (I don't know the number off the top of my head, but let's say the wrong decision costs you 5 cents), and it makes you feel 5 cents better, go ahead.
But you're now putting a price on the "feel" of the play, where you SHOULD be pricing your plays according to their true monetary value.
--BG
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