AQo vs KQo preflop equity

AQo vs KQo preflop equity: ace-queen offsuit against king-queen offsuit wins 74.0% of the time, ties 1.1% and loses 24.9%, for 74.5% . Every one of the 1,712,304 boards is counted for each way the hands can be dealt.

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73.95%
1.14%
24.92%
74.52%
AQo wins 74.0%Tie 1.1%KQo wins 24.9%
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How the suits change it

The best suit pattern gives AQo 74.82% equity and the worst 74.14%: a 0.68 percentage-point spread. The overall figure weights each pattern by its possible combinations, rather than averaging the rows equally.

Compare AQo's across suit patterns

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A♠ Q♥ vs K♦ Q♠: , , 74.82% equity. This pattern represents , and is 0.30 percentage points above the combo-weighted matchup average.

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Example deal
AQvsKQ24 of 10874.24%1.15%74.82%
AQvsKQ24 of 10874.24%1.14%74.81%
AQvsKQ12 of 10874.19%1.23%74.80%
AQvsKQ24 of 10873.63%1.06%74.16%
AQvsKQ24 of 10873.57%1.15%74.14%

How each hand wins

AQo wins most often with a pair, in 34.83% of all runouts. KQo wins most often with two pair, in 8.97%.

Made hand
High card12.56%0.00%
Pair34.83%7.74%
Two pair17.97%8.97%
3.36%1.59%
Straight2.32%3.96%
Flush1.60%1.44%
Full house or better1.30%1.21%

Each column adds up to that hand's win percentage.

Reading the numbers

Ace-queen offsuit can be dealt 12 ways and king-queen offsuit 12 ways. Once both hands are out, the cards they share leave 108 possible pairings. Each row above stands for every pairing with the same suit pattern. The best case for AQo is 74.8%, the worst 74.1%: 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 AQo 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.

More on each hand: AQo preflop and KQo preflop.

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