AJo vs KQo preflop equity: ace-jack offsuit against king-queen offsuit wins 59.5% of the time, ties 0.5% and loses 40.0%, for 59.8% . Every one of the 1,712,304 boards is counted for each way the hands can be dealt.
The best suit pattern gives AJo 60.10% equity and the worst 59.42%: a 0.68 percentage-point spread. The overall figure weights each pattern by its possible combinations, rather than averaging the rows equally.
Compare AJo's across suit patterns
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A♠ J♥ vs K♠ Q♦: , , 60.10% equity. This pattern represents , and is 0.34 percentage points above the combo-weighted matchup average.
AJo wins most often with a pair, in 26.03% of all runouts. KQo wins most often with a pair, in 15.39%.
Made hand
High card
6.43%
0.00%
Pair
26.03%
15.39%
Two pair
16.56%
14.40%
3.98%
3.11%
Straight
2.78%
3.39%
Flush
1.44%
1.44%
Full house or better
2.31%
2.28%
Each column adds up to that hand's win percentage.
Reading the numbers
Ace-jack offsuit can be dealt 12 ways and king-queen offsuit 12 ways. Once both hands are out, the cards they share leave 144 possible pairings. Each row above stands for every pairing with the same suit pattern. The best case for AJo is 60.1%, the worst 59.4%: a shared suit takes away flush cards, and a suit held by both hands can split a flush.
Equity counts half of each tie, so it is the share of the pot AJo takes on average if the money goes in now. Compare it with the from the pot odds calculator. For a whole range on each side, use the range equity calculator.
