Four-two offsuit has 33.2% against a random hand, the 168th 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.
42o ranks 168th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 99% of hand classes. Classes have different numbers of card combinations; this is not a deal-frequency percentile. First in at 100bb, the charts say: fold from every seat.
What is 42o's equity against AA?
13.2% all in before the flop.
How often does 42o hit the flop?
42o makes one pair or better on 46.8% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.4%.
42o against common hands
for 42o all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
AA13.2%
KK14.8%
QQ14.7%
JJ14.8%
TT14.8%
7714.6%
2234.0%
AKs32.8%
AKo34.4%
AQo34.3%
AJo34.2%
KQs32.5%
KQo34.2%
JTs31.7%
T9s31.7%
72o35.3%
42o against every hand
Each cell is 42o's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands 42o is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.
Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up
42o equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 13
AKs 33
AQs 33
AJs 33
ATs 33
A9s 33
A8s 33
A7s 32
A6s 33
A5s 31
A4s 23
A3s 35
A2s 25
AKo 34
KK 15
KQs 33
KJs 32
KTs 32
K9s 33
K8s 33
K7s 33
K6s 33
K5s 33
K4s 25
K3s 36
K2s 27
AQo 34
KQo 34
QQ 15
QJs 32
QTs 32
Q9s 32
Q8s 33
Q7s 33
Q6s 33
Q5s 33
Q4s 26
Q3s 36
Q2s 27
AJo 34
KJo 34
QJo 34
JJ 15
JTs 32
J9s 32
J8s 32
J7s 33
J6s 33
J5s 33
J4s 27
J3s 36
J2s 28
ATo 34
KTo 34
QTo 34
JTo 33
TT 15
T9s 32
T8s 32
T7s 32
T6s 33
T5s 33
T4s 27
T3s 36
T2s 29
A9o 34
K9o 34
Q9o 34
J9o 33
T9o 33
99 14
98s 32
97s 32
96s 33
95s 33
94s 29
93s 37
92s 29
A8o 34
K8o 35
Q8o 34
J8o 34
T8o 34
98o 33
88 15
87s 32
86s 33
85s 33
84s 30
83s 38
82s 31
A7o 34
K7o 34
Q7o 34
J7o 34
T7o 34
97o 34
87o 34
77 15
76s 33
75s 34
74s 31
73s 38
72s 34
A6o 34
K6o 34
Q6o 34
J6o 35
T6o 34
96o 34
86o 35
76o 35
66 14
65s 35
64s 34
63s 40
62s 36
A5o 33
K5o 34
Q5o 34
J5o 34
T5o 35
95o 35
85o 35
75o 35
65o 36
55 12
54s 37
53s 42
52s 38
A4o 24
K4o 26
Q4o 27
J4o 28
T4o 29
94o 30
84o 31
74o 32
64o 36
54o 38
44 11
43s 44
42s 47
A3o 37
K3o 38
Q3o 38
J3o 38
T3o 38
93o 38
83o 40
73o 40
63o 42
53o 44
43o 46
33 30
32s 51
A2o 26
K2o 28
Q2o 28
J2o 29
T2o 30
92o 31
82o 33
72o 35
62o 37
52o 40
42o 50
32o 53
22 34
Cells with a matchup page are links.
Compare starting hands
Against one random hand, 42o has and 42s has 36.83%: 3.63 percentage points less for 42o.
against one to eight random opponents
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━ 42o: 33.20%
┄ 42s: 36.83%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents
42o
42s
1
33.20%
36.83%
2
20.69%
24.41%
3
15.00%
18.99%
4
11.71%
15.53%
5
9.56%
13.69%
6
8.27%
12.13%
7
7.52%
11.28%
8
6.62%
10.42%
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.
42s versus 42o: what suited changes
Against a random hand, 42s has 36.83% and 42o has 33.20%: a 3.63 percentage-point advantage for 42s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.
Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
All 19,600 flops are counted. A flush draw has four cards of one suit, uses at least one hole card, and has not already made a flush or better. The flush column excludes straight flushes.
42o on the flop
The best five-card hand 42o holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
High card53.2%
One pair40.4%
Two pair4.0%
Three of a kind1.6%
Straight0.7%
Full house0.1%
Four of a kind0.0%
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 draw3.7%
Gutshot12.7%
How to play 42o
The charts below show where this hand is worth playing.
First in
Fold from every seat.
Facing a raise
Fold from every seat.
Facing a 3-bet
Fold from every seat.
From the six-handed 100bb charts. A percentage means the chart mixes actions with this hand.
Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays 42o 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.
