JJ vs AK suited: the numbers
| JJ | AK suited | |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | 53.68% | 45.94% |
| Ties | 0.38% | 0.38% |
| Equity | 53.87% | 46.13% |
Exact figures from all 1,712,304 boards for J♠ J♥ vs A♦ K♦. JJ is roughly a 1.2-to-1 favorite.
Why the odds look like this: the classic coin flip
JJ is already ahead, while AK suited has six cards (three of each overcard) that pair it into the lead. That makes this one of poker's famous coin flips. When AK suited wins, it is most often with one pair (36% of its wins) or two pair (36%).
How to play JJ vs AK suited
In tournaments, flips like JJ vs AK suited decide most bust-outs, and both hands are happy to get all-in short-stacked. Deep in a cash game, you rarely need to flip for 100 big blinds.
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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.