33 preflop: pair of threes

Pair of threes has 53.7% against a random hand, the 66th best of the 169 starting hands. Below are its odds against every hand and on the flop, and what the charts do with it from each seat.

Lesson: Work out the price of a call (needs an invite). In the glossary: Equity, Hand classes, Combo. How the numbers are made.

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Quick answers

Is 33 a good hand?

33 ranks 66th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 39% of hand classes. Classes have different numbers of card combinations; this is not a deal-frequency percentile. First in at 100bb, the charts say: raise from every seat.

What is 33's equity against AA?

18.2% all in before the flop. 33 vs AA in full

How often does 33 hit the flop?

33 flops a set or better on 12.0% of flops.

33 against common hands

for 33 all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.

33 against every hand

Each cell is 33's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands 33 is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up

33 equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 18AKs 51AQs 50AJs 50ATs 50A9s 51A8s 51A7s 51A6s 52A5s 51A4s 51A3s 63A2s 65
AKo 53KK 19KQs 49KJs 49KTs 49K9s 50K8s 51K7s 51K6s 51K5s 52K4s 52K3s 64K2s 66
AQo 53KQo 52QQ 19QJs 48QTs 48Q9s 49Q8s 50Q7s 51Q6s 51Q5s 51Q4s 52Q3s 64Q2s 65
AJo 53KJo 52QJo 50JJ 19JTs 47J9s 48J8s 49J7s 50J6s 51J5s 51J4s 51J3s 63J2s 65
ATo 52KTo 51QTo 50JTo 49TT 19T9s 47T8s 48T7s 49T6s 50T5s 51T4s 51T3s 63T2s 65
A9o 54K9o 52Q9o 51J9o 50T9o 4999 1998s 4797s 4896s 4995s 5194s 5293s 6392s 65
A8o 53K8o 53Q8o 52J8o 51T8o 5098o 4988 1887s 4786s 4885s 4984s 5183s 6482s 65
A7o 54K7o 53Q7o 53J7o 52T7o 5197o 5187o 4977 1976s 4875s 4974s 5173s 6372s 66
A6o 54K6o 54Q6o 53J6o 54T6o 5396o 5286o 5176o 5166 1965s 4964s 5063s 6262s 66
A5o 54K5o 54Q5o 54J5o 54T5o 5495o 5385o 5275o 5265o 5255 1854s 5053s 6152s 66
A4o 54K4o 55Q4o 54J4o 54T4o 5494o 5484o 5374o 5364o 5354o 5244 1943s 6142s 67
A3o 66K3o 68Q3o 67J3o 67T3o 6793o 6783o 6873o 6763o 6653o 6443o 6533 5032s 84
A2o 69K2o 69Q2o 69J2o 69T2o 6892o 6982o 6972o 7062o 7052o 7042o 7032o 8922 80

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, 33 has and AA has 85.20%: 31.51 percentage points less for 33.

against one to eight random opponents

Hover or tap the plot to inspect a value. Use the opponent slider with the arrow keys for the same values.

0%25%50%75%100%12345678Opponents33, 1 opponent: 53.69%33, 2 opponents: 33.57%33, 3 opponents: 24.02%33, 4 opponents: 19.06%33, 5 opponents: 16.37%33, 6 opponents: 14.57%33, 7 opponents: 13.65%33, 8 opponents: 12.52%AA, 1 opponent: 85.20%AA, 2 opponents: 73.27%AA, 3 opponents: 63.90%AA, 4 opponents: 55.94%AA, 5 opponents: 49.15%AA, 6 opponents: 43.51%AA, 7 opponents: 38.82%AA, 8 opponents: 34.78%
  • 33: 53.69%
  • AA: 85.20%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents33AA
153.69%85.20%
233.57%73.27%
324.02%63.90%
419.06%55.94%
516.37%49.15%
614.57%43.51%
713.65%38.82%
812.52%34.78%

The one-opponent values are exact. Two to eight opponents use 100,000 seeded deals per point; small differences can be sampling noise. All opponents have random hands. These curves do not measure profit or account for position, betting or opponents folding.

33 on the flop

The best five-card hand 33 holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • One pair71.8%
  • Two pair16.2%
  • Three of a kind10.8%
  • Full house1.0%
  • Four of a kind0.2%
Draws on the flop, counted only when the hand has not already made that straight or flush or better.
  • Flush draw2.2%
  • Open-ended straight draw0.7%
  • Gutshot2.6%

How to play 33

A pocket pair is made before the flop. It flops a set or better on 12.0% of flops; the rest of the time it plays as one pair.

First in

Raise from every seat.

Facing a raise

Call from the big blind; fold from middle position and the cutoff; call 45%, 3-bet 40% and fold 15% from the button; call 70%, fold 25% and 3-bet 5% from the small blind.

Facing a 3-bet

Call from the button and the big blind; fold 85% and call 15% from under the gun; call 75% and fold 25% from middle position; call 75% and fold 25% from the cutoff.

From the six-handed 100bb charts. A percentage means the chart mixes actions with this hand.

What each chart does with 33

Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays 33 more than one way.

Where these numbers come from

Heads-up equity comes from the same preflop table the odds calculator uses, which averages each pair of hands over every board and suit pattern. Against a random hand, your own two cards make some hands less likely: holding an ace leaves three aces for the other player, so each hand counts once for every way it can still be dealt. Equity against several players is sampled with a fixed seed, so it can move by a few tenths of a point from the exact figure. The flop figures count every one of the 19,600 flops.

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