AA vs 72 offsuit: the numbers
| AA | 72 offsuit | |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | 87.24% | 12.40% |
| Ties | 0.36% | 0.36% |
| Equity | 87.42% | 12.58% |
Exact figures from all 1,712,304 boards for A♠ A♥ vs 7♦ 2♣. AA is roughly a 7.0-to-1 favorite.
Why the odds look like this: pair vs two undercards
Undercards against a pair look like they have outs, but pairing one card still loses. 72 offsuit needs two pair or better, so the pair is a heavy favorite. When 72 offsuit wins, it is most often with two pair (30% of its wins) or three of a kind (21%).
How to play AA vs 72 offsuit
72 offsuit is widely considered the worst starting hand in hold'em, so it should be folded preflop in almost every spot. Even so, it wins about one time in eight against aces, which is why a single all-in tells you little about who played well.
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Use these numbers at the table
Preflop equity tells you how often a hand wins if all the money goes in before the flop. To decide whether a call is profitable, compare your equity with the pot odds you are getting: use the pot odds calculator. In tournaments, short stacks decide with shove-or-fold ranges, so see the push/fold chart. To test any other hands or a specific board, use the poker odds calculator.
Do suits matter?
Yes, a little. Suited hands make flushes more often, and when two hands share a suit they block each other's flushes. That is why the same two hands can differ by one or two percentage points depending on suits. The figures above are exact for the example cards shown.
How we calculated these odds
We dealt out every possible five-card board (1,712,304 of them) for the example hands and counted wins, losses and ties. There is no sampling error: the numbers are exact for those cards.