Are you like Everybody Else or are you an Outlier?

Ever fold 72o and kick yourself afterwards? Honestly, if you're an outlier you're probably ahead. Just for giggles I decided to keep track of the hands that people were going to the river with. I didn't catch them all, but this is very representative. We're a pathetically predictable lot we poker players.



This was a $5+ buy-in tournament with under a hundred entries.

Your idea is clear, but what was the point? Did they win in the end? Are these only winner's hands?

rsparente said:

Your idea is clear, but what was the point? Did they win in the end? Are these only winner's hands?

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For me it was just an exercise to confirm my suspicion that most everybody plays alike. A note though - I posted this in the online poker forum but the admin/mods moved it here. It only applies to online poker. Live poker, which I rarely play, is likely different.

If one wanted to draw an inference, it would be that 78s type hands can be much more profitable than the odds charts suggest. My next step will be to prove that in actual play.