What hand has the best chance to crack Aces?

[David]

you just killed the game......

Ross, the Badger.

[BigPete33]

My fave was Ron, the Alligator

[Bacon]

Julian the Fruit bat

[BigPete33]

The one who likes all the other male fruit bats?

[David]

Well he IS a "fruit" bat..

[Caleb]

[ac 9c]

BELIEVE.

(Especially you Rochford)


Edit:
In ring games I tend to find when I have 87o I smash high pockets all the time. It won me my biggest ever pot, $1350. Flopped 2 pair against Aces and a flopped straight, rivered a house. I call it my casino hand. It wouldn't surprise me if the suited variety was favourite in this poll.

[maccatak11]

Ok results time.

This is the odds calculator i used when investigating this little conundrum, and its from cardplayer.com so im assuming its accurate here

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_odds/texas_holdem


The correct answer (according to this site) is that 56, 67 and 78 suited have an equal chance of cracking aces. Assuming that our suit is live against the aces, our suited connectors will win 22.87% of the time, AA will win 76.76% of the time and there is a 0.37% chance of a tie.

Obviously tha chances of these combinations of cards hitting starights, two pair or trips is equal, but there are some interesting thoughts too.
- what if the board runs 9 T J Q K, that surely makes 89's chances a little less, but perhaps that is made up for by the fact that 89 is less likely to be counterfeited by a higher board pair after we hit our bottom two.

Interesting. I wonder what other poker odds calculators suggest.

In short, the winner was 56, 67 and 78 suited equally.

[David]

As I said before, I'd prefer 10 J against Aces.
There isn't much in it (1% - 2%).. but I feel better about my chances

Reason is, if the AA betters their hand with a set, it helps towards my outs.

Probably silly but eh

[maccatak11]

but them hitting their set means we cant get two pair and win either.

[Caleb]

In short, the winner was 56, 67 and 78 suited equally.

That's what I answered. What's my prize?