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Universal Law 16

BINARY STARS

Suit-averaged matchups

One specific suit layout moves the equity a little. Weight every layout by how often it is dealt, and you get the average for the hand class.

The matchup chapter counts one suit layout. Here every suit layout is counted, then weighted by how many ways it can be dealt. The card-combo column is how many distinct two-hand deals that class covers.

Hand-class equity, every suit combination weighted by how often it is dealt.
MatchupHand A equityCard combinations covered
Ace-king offsuit vs ace-queen offsuit74.4%108
King-queen offsuit vs king-jack offsuit74.0%108
Ace-king, either pattern, vs ace-queen, either pattern73.6%192
Deuces vs ace-king offsuit52.6%72
Sevens vs ace-king offsuit55.0%72
Queens vs ace-king offsuit56.8%72
Queens vs ace-king suited54.0%24
Tens vs ace-king suited54.1%24

A dominated hand, sharing a card and holding the worse kicker, sits near 26% in the offsuit rows above. That is a worse share than the pair-versus-two-overcards rows, which stay in the low-to-mid 50s for the pair.

These counts are for study and post-session review. Where a row comes from a simulation, the caption names how many deals were run. Where a stack or a pot is made up, the caption says so. None of these figures is an instruction for a live pot.