Thursday, June 25, 2015

Ragged aces considered harmful

Last night, my biggest loss of the session came courtesy of a ragged ace. I was dealt ace four offsuit, and the flop came Tc Js Ad. Rather foolishly, I hung in there all the way through showdown, and ended up losing $22,723 to an opponent who'd been dealt ace queen offsuit. This got me thinking about ragged aces, and what exactly constitutes one. Based on my data, a ragged ace is essentially any ace that is not suited with your other hole card :-) Exceptions to this rule are rockets, ace king offuit, and ace queen offsuit. Here's how I've fared in my cash game no limit hold'em poker career when at least one of my hole cards is an ace:

AJo   $-569,868
ATo   $-286,053
A6o   $-255,139
A9o   $-250,148
A8o   $-189,687
A7o   $-148,710
A3o    $-77,323
AKs    $-66,090
A5o    $-58,615
A6s    $-48,962
A4o    $-38,101
A4s    $-13,653
AQs      $8,925
A7s     $15,250
A9s     $18,566
A2o     $33,592
A2s     $43,187
A3s    $146,731
A8s    $208,092
ATs    $218,034
AJs    $295,876
A5s    $339,787
AQo    $401,643
AKo    $959,689
AA   $2,440,986


If I'd been able to find the will to fold all my ragged aces, I would have saved myself a ton of play money.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 149 hands and saw flop:
 - 23 out of 28 times while in big blind (82%)
 - 19 out of 29 times while in small blind (65%)
 - 32 out of 92 times in other positions (34%)
 - a total of 74 out of 149 (49%)
 Pots won at showdown - 12 of 22 (54%)
 Pots won without showdown - 11

delta: $-2,367
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,258,355
balance: $9,119,294

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