Preflop equity for the best 25 hands
Equity is your share of the pot on average if all the money goes in before the flop against random hands. Against one opponent, pocket aces win 85.3% of the time. Against nine, they still win 31.1%, close to three times the 10% fair share at a full table.
| Hand | vs 1 | vs 3 | vs 6 | vs 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | 85.3% | 63.6% | 43.3% | 31.1% |
| KK | 82.6% | 58.6% | 37.2% | 25.8% |
| 79.8% | 53.4% | 32.4% | 22.5% | |
| JJ | 77.9% | 49.0% | 28.5% | 19.3% |
| TT | 75.0% | 44.8% | 24.7% | 16.9% |
| 99 | 72.2% | 41.3% | 22.0% | 15.6% |
| 88 | 69.1% | 37.4% | 20.4% | 14.6% |
| AKs | 67.1% | 41.4% | 28.0% | 20.9% |
| 77 | 66.5% | 34.7% | 18.6% | 13.9% |
| AQs | 66.2% | 40.0% | 25.9% | 19.2% |
| AJs | 65.4% | 39.1% | 24.5% | 18.3% |
| AKo | 65.3% | 38.5% | 24.7% | 17.3% |
| ATs | 64.6% | 36.7% | 24.0% | 17.2% |
| AQo | 64.3% | 36.8% | 22.3% | 15.6% |
| 66 | 64.0% | 31.6% | 17.1% | 12.9% |
| KQs | 63.7% | 38.1% | 25.2% | 18.1% |
| AJo | 63.5% | 34.9% | 20.6% | 14.3% |
| KJs | 62.8% | 36.7% | 23.6% | 17.6% |
| A9s | 62.6% | 34.7% | 20.6% | 15.3% |
| ATo | 62.0% | 34.0% | 19.5% | 12.9% |
| A8s | 61.9% | 33.6% | 20.5% | 15.0% |
| KQo | 61.7% | 35.7% | 21.2% | 14.8% |
| KTs | 61.6% | 35.7% | 23.1% | 16.7% |
| A7s | 61.0% | 32.7% | 19.2% | 14.5% |
| A9o | 60.5% | 30.8% | 17.1% | 11.3% |
Pocket pairs
Small pairs do well heads-up but lose value fast in multiway pots, where they rarely improve and often face overcards. 22 is a coin flip against one random hand (50.1%) but drops to 12.2% against nine.
| Pair | vs 1 | vs 3 | vs 9 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA | 85.3% | 63.6% | 31.1% |
| KK | 82.6% | 58.6% | 25.8% |
| 79.8% | 53.4% | 22.5% | |
| JJ | 77.9% | 49.0% | 19.3% |
| TT | 75.0% | 44.8% | 16.9% |
| 99 | 72.2% | 41.3% | 15.6% |
| 88 | 69.1% | 37.4% | 14.6% |
| 77 | 66.5% | 34.7% | 13.9% |
| 66 | 64.0% | 31.6% | 12.9% |
| 55 | 60.2% | 29.0% | 12.4% |
| 44 | 57.2% | 26.0% | 12.2% |
| 33 | 53.7% | 23.8% | 12.1% |
| 22 | 50.1% | 22.3% | 12.2% |
Suited connectors and big offsuit cards
Hands like JTs and T9s gain ground as more players join because they make straights and flushes that win big multiway pots. Offsuit high cards like KQo do the opposite. KQo beats JTs heads-up (61.7% vs 57.7%) but falls behind against nine opponents (14.8% vs 16.7%). The weakest hand heads-up is 32o at 32.0%; 72o, often called the worst hand, wins 34.7%.
How these numbers were calculated
Each hand was dealt against random opponents in at least 24,000 simulated all-in deals per table size (40,000 heads-up), so figures are accurate to about ±0.3%. Ties count as half a win. Random hands are not the same as real ranges: against a player who only plays strong hands your equity is lower. Use the range equity calculator for that.
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