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Heads Up Odds Chart
There are a suite of poker calculators at Turning River.com, and one of them will tell you how good your two starting cards are vs a random hand in a Heads Up situation.
After playing with that tool for a while, I started a chart tracking the different hands I would usually raise with, and those I might call with. In the end, here is a complete chart of the hands that have a positive Expected Value in a Heads Up Holdem match.
If a hand is not on the chart, it has a negative expected value. The chart includes the win %, the loss %, information on ties, and a column for the expected return (return being wins - losses).
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Cards
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Win
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Lose
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Tie
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Return
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Pair of
A's
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84.93%
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14.52%
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0.54%
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70.41%
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Pair of
K's
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82.12%
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17.33%
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0.56%
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64.79%
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Pair of
Q's
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79.63%
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19.78%
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0.59%
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59.85%
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Pair of
J's
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77.15%
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22.21%
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0.63%
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54.94%
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Pair of
T's
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74.66%
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24.64%
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0.70%
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50.02%
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Pair of
9's
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71.67%
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27.55%
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0.78%
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44.11%
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Pair of
8's
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68.72%
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30.39%
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0.89%
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38.33%
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K/A suited
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66.22%
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32.13%
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1.65%
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34.09%
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Pair of
7's
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65.73%
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33.25%
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1.02%
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32.47%
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Q/A suited
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65.31%
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32.90%
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1.79%
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32.42%
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J/A suited
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64.40%
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33.61%
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1.99%
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30.79%
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K/A
unsuited
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64.47%
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33.83%
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1.70%
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30.64%
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T/A suited
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63.49%
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34.28%
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2.23%
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29.20%
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Q/A
unsuited
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63.51%
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34.65%
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1.85%
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28.86%
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J/A
unsuited
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62.54%
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35.41%
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2.06%
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27.13%
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Q/K suited
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62.41%
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35.61%
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1.98%
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26.80%
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Pair of
6's
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62.70%
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36.13%
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1.17%
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26.57%
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9/A suited
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61.51%
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35.95%
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2.54%
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25.56%
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T/A
unsuited
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61.57%
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36.12%
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2.31%
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25.44%
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J/K suited
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61.48%
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36.34%
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2.18%
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25.13%
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8/A suited
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60.51%
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36.62%
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2.87%
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23.89%
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T/K suited
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60.59%
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37.01%
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2.40%
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23.58%
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Q/K
unsuited
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60.43%
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37.52%
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2.05%
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22.91%
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7/A suited
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59.39%
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37.42%
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3.19%
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21.97%
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9/A
unsuited
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59.45%
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37.90%
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2.65%
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21.55%
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J/K
unsuited
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59.44%
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38.30%
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2.25%
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21.14%
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Pair of
5's
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59.64%
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38.99%
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1.37%
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20.65%
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J/Q suited
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59.07%
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38.55%
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2.38%
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20.52%
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9/K suited
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58.64%
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38.66%
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2.70%
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19.98%
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5/A suited
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58.06%
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38.22%
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3.72%
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19.85%
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6/A suited
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58.18%
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38.37%
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3.45%
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19.81%
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8/A
unsuited
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58.37%
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38.63%
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3%
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19.75%
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T/K
unsuited
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58.49%
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39.02%
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2.49%
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19.48%
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T/Q suited
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58.17%
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39.24%
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2.59%
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18.94%
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4/A suited
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57.14%
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39.07%
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3.79%
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18.07%
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7/A
unsuited
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57.17%
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39.49%
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3.34%
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17.68%
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8/K suited
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56.79%
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40.17%
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3.04%
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16.62%
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3/A suited
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56.34%
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39.89%
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3.77%
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16.44%
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J/Q
unsuited
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56.91%
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40.64%
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2.46%
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16.27%
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9/K
unsuited
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56.41%
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40.78%
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2.81%
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15.62%
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5/A
unsuited
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55.74%
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40.35%
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3.91%
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15.39%
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6/A
unsuited
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55.87%
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40.51%
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3.62%
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15.36%
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9/Q suited
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56.22%
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40.89%
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2.88%
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15.33%
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7/K suited
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55.85%
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40.77%
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3.38%
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15.08%
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T/J suited
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56.15%
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41.10%
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2.75%
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15.06%
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2/A suited
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55.51%
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40.75%
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3.75%
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14.76%
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T/Q
unsuited
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55.95%
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41.37%
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2.69%
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14.58%
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Pair of
4's
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56.26%
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42.21%
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1.53%
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14.05%
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4/A
unsuited
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54.73%
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41.27%
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3.99%
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13.46%
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6/K suited
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54.80%
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41.52%
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3.67%
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13.28%
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8/K
unsuited
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54.43%
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42.39%
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3.18%
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12.04%
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8/Q suited
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54.42%
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42.38%
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3.20%
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12.04%
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3/A
unsuited
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53.86%
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42.17%
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3.98%
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11.69%
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5/K suited
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53.83%
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42.25%
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3.92%
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11.59%
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9/J suited
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54.11%
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42.79%
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3.10%
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11.32%
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9/Q
unsuited
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53.86%
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43.14%
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3%
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10.72%
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T/J
unsuited
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53.83%
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43.33%
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2.84%
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10.50%
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7/K
unsuited
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53.42%
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43.04%
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3.54%
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10.37%
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2/A
unsuited
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52.95%
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43.09%
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3.96%
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9.86%
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4/K suited
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52.89%
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43.12%
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3.99%
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9.77%
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7/Q suited
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52.52%
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43.92%
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3.56%
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8.60%
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6/K
unsuited
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52.30%
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43.85%
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3.85%
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8.45%
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3/K suited
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52.07%
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43.96%
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3.97%
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8.11%
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9/T suited
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52.38%
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44.32%
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3.30%
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8.06%
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8/J suited
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52.31%
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44.28%
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3.41%
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8.03%
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Pair of
3's
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52.84%
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45.45%
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1.71%
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7.39%
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6/Q suited
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51.68%
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44.45%
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3.87%
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7.23%
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8/Q
unsuited
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51.93%
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44.73%
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3.34%
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7.20%
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5/K
unsuited
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51.25%
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44.63%
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4.12%
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6.63%
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9/J
unsuited
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51.64%
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45.14%
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3.22%
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6.50%
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2/K suited
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51.24%
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44.82%
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3.94%
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6.42%
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5/Q suited
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50.71%
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45.17%
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4.11%
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5.54%
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8/T suited
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50.51%
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45.84%
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3.65%
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4.67%
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4/K
unsuited
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50.23%
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45.57%
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4.20%
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4.65%
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7/J suited
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50.45%
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45.80%
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3.74%
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4.65%
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4/Q suited
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49.76%
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46.05%
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4.18%
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3.71%
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7/Q
unsuited
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49.90%
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46.37%
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3.72%
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3.53%
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9/T
unsuited
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49.82%
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46.75%
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3.43%
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3.06%
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8/J
unsuited
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49.71%
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46.73%
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3.55%
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2.98%
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3/K
unsuited
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49.33%
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46.48%
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4.19%
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2.85%
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6/Q
unsuited
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49%
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46.95%
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4.06%
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2.05%
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3/Q suited
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48.94%
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46.90%
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4.16%
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2.04%
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8/9 suited
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48.86%
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47.25%
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3.89%
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1.60%
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7/T suited
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48.65%
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47.37%
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3.98%
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1.28%
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6/J suited
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48.57%
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47.36%
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4.06%
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1.21%
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2/K
unsuited
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48.42%
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47.41%
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4.17%
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1.02%
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Pair of
2's
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49.39%
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48.72%
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1.90%
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0.67%
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2/Q suited
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48.10%
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47.76%
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4.13%
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0.34%
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5/Q
unsuited
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47.96%
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47.72%
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4.32%
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0.24%
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This same information is available at the Wizard of Odds, and you can get it in a printer ready version right here.
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