52s preflop: five-two suited

Five-two suited has 37.8% against a random hand, the 155th 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.

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Quick answers

Is 52s a good hand?

52s ranks 155th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 92% 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 52s's equity against AA?

17.8% all in before the flop.

How often does 52s hit the flop?

52s makes one pair or better on 47.6% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 7.2%.

52s against common hands

for 52s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA17.8%
  • KK19.2%
  • QQ19.2%
  • JJ19.2%
  • TT18.9%
  • 7718.8%
  • 2238.3%
  • AKs36.1%
  • AKo38.6%
  • AQo38.5%
  • AJo38.4%
  • KQs35.9%
  • KQo38.3%
  • JTs34.7%
  • T9s34.7%
  • 72o39.0%

52s against every hand

Each cell is 52s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands 52s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

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

52s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 18AKs 36AQs 36AJs 36ATs 36A9s 36A8s 36A7s 36A6s 36A5s 28A4s 38A3s 38A2s 29
AKo 39KK 19KQs 36KJs 36KTs 35K9s 36K8s 36K7s 36K6s 36K5s 30K4s 39K3s 39K2s 31
AQo 39KQo 38QQ 19QJs 35QTs 35Q9s 36Q8s 36Q7s 36Q6s 36Q5s 30Q4s 39Q3s 39Q2s 32
AJo 38KJo 38QJo 38JJ 19JTs 35J9s 35J8s 36J7s 36J6s 36J5s 31J4s 39J3s 39J2s 32
ATo 38KTo 38QTo 37JTo 37TT 19T9s 35T8s 35T7s 35T6s 36T5s 32T4s 39T3s 39T2s 33
A9o 39K9o 38Q9o 38J9o 38T9o 3799 1998s 3597s 3596s 3695s 3394s 4093s 4092s 34
A8o 38K8o 39Q8o 38J8o 38T8o 3898o 3788 1987s 3586s 3685s 3484s 4083s 4182s 35
A7o 38K7o 38Q7o 38J7o 38T7o 3897o 3887o 3877 1976s 3675s 3574s 4073s 4172s 37
A6o 38K6o 38Q6o 38J6o 38T6o 3896o 3886o 3876o 3866 1865s 3764s 4163s 4262s 39
A5o 29K5o 31Q5o 31J5o 32T5o 3395o 3485o 3575o 3665o 3955 1654s 4653s 4752s 50
A4o 40K4o 42Q4o 42J4o 42T4o 4294o 4384o 4274o 4364o 4454o 4844 3343s 5042s 58
A3o 41K3o 42Q3o 42J3o 42T3o 4293o 4383o 4473o 4463o 4553o 4943o 5233 3432s 58
A2o 30K2o 32Q2o 33J2o 33T2o 3492o 3582o 3772o 3962o 4152o 5342o 6232o 6222 38

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, 52s has and 52o has 34.28%: 3.56 percentage points more for 52s.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678Opponents52s, 1 opponent: 37.85%52s, 2 opponents: 25.63%52s, 3 opponents: 19.42%52s, 4 opponents: 16.16%52s, 5 opponents: 14.09%52s, 6 opponents: 12.46%52s, 7 opponents: 11.58%52s, 8 opponents: 10.41%52o, 1 opponent: 34.28%52o, 2 opponents: 21.48%52o, 3 opponents: 15.41%52o, 4 opponents: 12.00%52o, 5 opponents: 10.03%52o, 6 opponents: 8.60%52o, 7 opponents: 7.69%52o, 8 opponents: 7.01%
  • 52s: 37.85%
  • 52o: 34.28%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents52s52o
137.85%34.28%
225.63%21.48%
319.42%15.41%
416.16%12.00%
514.09%10.03%
612.46%8.60%
711.58%7.69%
810.41%7.01%

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.

52s versus 52o: what suited changes

Against a random hand, 52s has 37.85% and 52o has 34.28%: a 3.56 percentage-point advantage for 52s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
52s10.94%0.83%
52o2.24%0.00%

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.

52s on the flop

The best five-card hand 52s 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 draw3.9%
  • Gutshot13.2%

How to play 52s

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.

What each chart does with 52s

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.

All 169 starting hands