Four-two suited has 36.8% against a random hand, the 158th 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.
42s ranks 158th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 93% 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 42s's equity against AA?
17.4% all in before the flop.
How often does 42s hit the flop?
42s makes one pair or better on 47.6% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 7.2%.
42s against common hands
for 42s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
AA17.4%
KK18.8%
QQ18.8%
JJ18.8%
TT18.8%
7718.6%
2237.8%
AKs35.8%
AKo38.3%
AQo38.2%
AJo38.1%
KQs35.5%
KQo38.0%
JTs34.7%
T9s34.7%
72o38.9%
42s against every hand
Each cell is 42s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands 42s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.
Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up
42s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 17
AKs 36
AQs 36
AJs 36
ATs 36
A9s 36
A8s 36
A7s 35
A6s 36
A5s 34
A4s 28
A3s 38
A2s 29
AKo 38
KK 19
KQs 36
KJs 35
KTs 35
K9s 36
K8s 36
K7s 36
K6s 36
K5s 36
K4s 30
K3s 39
K2s 31
AQo 38
KQo 38
QQ 19
QJs 35
QTs 35
Q9s 35
Q8s 36
Q7s 36
Q6s 36
Q5s 36
Q4s 30
Q3s 39
Q2s 31
AJo 38
KJo 38
QJo 38
JJ 19
JTs 35
J9s 35
J8s 35
J7s 36
J6s 36
J5s 36
J4s 31
J3s 39
J2s 32
ATo 38
KTo 38
QTo 37
JTo 37
TT 19
T9s 35
T8s 35
T7s 35
T6s 36
T5s 36
T4s 32
T3s 39
T2s 33
A9o 38
K9o 38
Q9o 38
J9o 37
T9o 37
99 19
98s 35
97s 35
96s 36
95s 36
94s 33
93s 39
92s 33
A8o 38
K8o 39
Q8o 38
J8o 38
T8o 38
98o 37
88 19
87s 35
86s 36
85s 36
84s 34
83s 41
82s 35
A7o 38
K7o 38
Q7o 38
J7o 38
T7o 38
97o 38
87o 38
77 19
76s 36
75s 36
74s 35
73s 41
72s 37
A6o 38
K6o 38
Q6o 38
J6o 38
T6o 38
96o 38
86o 38
76o 38
66 18
65s 37
64s 38
63s 42
62s 39
A5o 36
K5o 38
Q5o 38
J5o 38
T5o 38
95o 38
85o 39
75o 39
65o 40
55 16
54s 40
53s 44
52s 42
A4o 29
K4o 31
Q4o 31
J4o 32
T4o 33
94o 34
84o 35
74o 36
64o 39
54o 42
44 16
43s 47
42s 50
A3o 40
K3o 42
Q3o 42
J3o 42
T3o 42
93o 42
83o 43
73o 44
63o 45
53o 47
43o 49
33 33
32s 53
A2o 30
K2o 32
Q2o 32
J2o 33
T2o 34
92o 35
82o 37
72o 39
62o 41
52o 43
42o 53
32o 56
22 38
Cells with a matchup page are links.
Compare starting hands
Against one random hand, 42s has and 42o has 33.20%: 3.63 percentage points more for 42s.
against one to eight random opponents
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━ 42s: 36.83%
┄ 42o: 33.20%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents
42s
42o
1
36.83%
33.20%
2
24.41%
20.69%
3
18.99%
15.00%
4
15.53%
11.71%
5
13.69%
9.56%
6
12.13%
8.27%
7
11.28%
7.52%
8
10.42%
6.62%
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.
42s on the flop
The best five-card hand 42s holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
High card52.4%
One pair40.4%
Two pair4.0%
Three of a kind1.6%
Straight0.6%
Flush0.8%
Full house0.1%
Four of a kind0.0%
Straight flush0.0%
Draws on the flop, counted only when the hand has not already made that straight or flush or better.
Flush draw10.9%
Open-ended straight draw3.6%
Gutshot12.6%
How to play 42s
Suited cards close in rank make straights and flushes more often than other unpaired hands, and seldom make a strong one pair.
First in
Fold from every seat.
Facing a raise
Fold from middle position, the cutoff, the button and the small blind; fold 85% and call 15% from the big blind.
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 42s 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.
