KQo vs QQ preflop equity: king-queen offsuit against a pair of queens wins 30.9% of the time, ties 1.2% and loses 67.9%, for 31.5% . Every one of the 1,712,304 boards is counted for each way the hands can be dealt.
The best suit pattern gives KQo 31.53% equity and the worst 31.32%: a 0.21 percentage-point spread. The overall figure weights each pattern by its possible combinations, rather than averaging the rows equally.
Compare KQo's across suit patterns
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K♠ Q♥ vs Q♦ Q♠: , , 31.53% equity. This pattern represents , and is 0.07 percentage points above the combo-weighted matchup average.
KQo wins most often with a pair, in 13.42% of all runouts. QQ wins most often with two pair, in 31.63%.
Made hand
High card
0.00%
0.00%
Pair
13.42%
23.06%
Two pair
8.37%
31.63%
1.78%
6.35%
Straight
4.35%
0.00%
Flush
1.90%
1.44%
Full house or better
1.03%
5.46%
Each column adds up to that hand's win percentage.
Reading the numbers
King-queen offsuit can be dealt 12 ways and a pair of queens 6 ways. Once both hands are out, the cards they share leave 36 possible pairings. Each row above stands for every pairing with the same suit pattern. The best case for KQo is 31.5%, the worst 31.3%: 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 KQo 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.
