Should we go in with a pair of 2's?

[Sikbeni]

Originally Posted by BigA

Only if you think that you have no other choice. It is very risky. Any other pair will beat it. It makes sense only when you are bluffing, or you have so few chips you are worried about getting anything before the next blind forces you all in anyway.
It also depends upon how many people are in the hand.

The following table shows the probability that before the flop another player has a larger pocket pair when there are one to nine other players in the hand
Probability of facing a
larger pair when holding:
Against 1 Against 2 Against 3 Against 4 Against 5 Against 6 Against 7 Against 8 Against 9
KK 0.0049 0.0098 0.0147 0.0196 0.0244 0.0293 0.0342 0.0391 0.0439
QQ 0.0098 0.0195 0.0292 0.0388 0.0484 0.0579 0.0673 0.0766 0.0859
JJ 0.0147 0.0292 0.0436 0.0577 0.0717 0.0856 0.0992 0.1127 0.1259
TT 0.0196 0.0389 0.0578 0.0764 0.0946 0.1124 0.1299 0.1470 0.1637
99 0.0245 0.0484 0.0718 0.0946 0.1168 0.1384 0.1593 0.1795 0.1990
88 0.0294 0.0580 0.0857 0.1125 0.1384 0.1634 0.1873 0.2101 0.2318
77 0.0343 0.0674 0.0994 0.1301 0.1595 0.1874 0.2138 0.2387 0.2619
66 0.0392 0.0769 0.1130 0.1473 0.1799 0.2104 0.2389 0.2651 0.2890
55 0.0441 0.0862 0.1263 0.1642 0.1996 0.2324 0.2623 0.2892 0.3129
44 0.0490 0.0956 0.1395 0.1806 0.2186 0.2532 0.2841 0.3109 0.3334
33 0.0539 0.1048 0.1526 0.1967 0.2370 0.2729 0.3040 0.3300 0.3503
22 0.0588 0.1141 0.1654 0.2124 0.2546 0.2914 0.3222 0.3464 0.3633

BigA - Do you normally play the statistical odds? I find it doesnt really matter until you see the flop. But then again I'm not a statistitian. Maybe I should dust off my old maths books. On a fast table, it's guts and experience I fell.

[John_in_ie]

it would become a very good all in if you flop another paid of 2's

[Immortalrain1]

Well ive went in on a pair of twos in real life and got 4 pair on them. 2 came up in the flop. It was crazy. as for in this game i have done it 2 times and only once have i got 3 pair. so its just luck i would say.

[kmanesp]

Fold they never work for me

[diandrich]

A pair of 2's is as good as a pair of aces, its what comes on the board that matters, I've taken a few out with a pair of 2's, bet wisely!

[barbarianjr1]

I would. But don't listen to me. I have never won a hand with a pair. Last time I had pair of queens and I lost to someone with a straight.

[ozpride]

All IN nothing beats the mighty deuces NOTHING

[wicko]

id play it to the flop at low cost, and see if another came out. only chance with pocket 2's i think is hitting 3 or 4 of a kind or fullhouse

[TIDDLYW1NK]

Originally Posted by diandrich

A pair of 2's is as good as a pair of aces, its what comes on the board that matters, I've taken a few out with a pair of 2's, bet wisely!

ERM NO IT'S NOT.

[tapit]

playing twin 2s have been very bad for me. playing any twins have been very bad for me.so I say be smart and play smarter!!!

[annakmarie]

2 2's scare me