AA vs KQ suited: the numbers
| AA | KQ suited | |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | 82.13% | 17.50% |
| Ties | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| Equity | 82.32% | 17.68% |
Exact figures from all 1,712,304 boards for A♠ A♥ vs K♦ Q♦. AA is roughly a 4.7-to-1 favorite.
Why the odds look like this: a pair against two lower cards
AA is ahead of two lower cards, but KQ suited is connected and suited, so it can win with straights and flushes as well as two pair. That's why this spot is much closer than pair against random weak cards. When KQ suited wins, it is most often with a flush (35% of its wins) or two pair (20% of its wins).
How to play AA vs KQ suited
AA wants the money in early. With KQ suited, play for implied odds: call raises when stacks are deep and avoid stacking off preflop against a range that is mostly big pairs.
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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.