Yeah it does, thanks a lot.

But this does kinda make things tricky the way I see it. So AK is ranked pretty high.. but if it comes to a face-off and the other guy is holding 66, you better have TT than AK since in the latter case he has marginally better odds on you to win.

But then when you're on the receiving end of a lower pocket pair, and it comes to a face-off, you're in heaps of trouble if he has a higher pocket pair.


So to summarize from this information.. when you're holding AK or AQ or something, you HAVE TO bet big at preflop to weed out the lower pocket pairs.. because if it comes to a face-off it's a cointoss, and you stand to gain little and risk to lose a lot because of the nature of the cards.

But from the side of the pocket pair.. facing a big preflop raise.. this could also mean he has you dominated very easily.. so it's not very profitable to call this, unless you want to take the risk.. and if it comes to a showdown, you better pray he has unpaired cards.

So with pocket pair, better just try to sneak in low-cost and hope the set flops.. and after that calculate pot odds for your set, which are abysmal so probably best to fold out unless the other guy lets you have a look for free. Ok.. it's all starting to make a little more sense to me now.

Sry for rambling, trying to organize my thoughts