77 preflop: pair of sevens

Pair of sevens has 66.2% against a random hand, the 9th 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.

Last updated

66.2%
9th
6

Quick answers

Is 77 a good hand?

77 ranks 9th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 5% 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 77's equity against AA?

19.5% all in before the flop. 77 vs AA in full

How often does 77 hit the flop?

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

77 against common hands

for 77 all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.

77 against every hand

Each cell is 77's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands 77 is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

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

77 equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 20AKs 52AQs 52AJs 52ATs 52A9s 54A8s 54A7s 66A6s 67A5s 66A4s 66A3s 66A2s 67
AKo 55KK 20KQs 51KJs 51KTs 51K9s 53K8s 54K7s 66K6s 67K5s 67K4s 67K3s 67K2s 68
AQo 55KQo 54QQ 19QJs 50QTs 50Q9s 51Q8s 52Q7s 65Q6s 67Q5s 66Q4s 67Q3s 67Q2s 67
AJo 55KJo 54QJo 52JJ 19JTs 49J9s 51J8s 52J7s 64J6s 67J5s 67J4s 67J3s 67J2s 68
ATo 55KTo 54QTo 52JTo 52TT 19T9s 50T8s 51T7s 63T6s 67T5s 67T4s 67T3s 67T2s 68
A9o 56K9o 56Q9o 54J9o 53T9o 5399 1898s 5197s 6296s 6795s 6794s 6893s 6892s 68
A8o 56K8o 57Q8o 55J8o 55T8o 5498o 5488 1887s 6186s 6785s 6784s 6883s 6882s 69
A7o 70K7o 70Q7o 69J7o 68T7o 6697o 6587o 6477 5076s 8275s 8374s 8573s 8672s 88
A6o 71K6o 71Q6o 70J6o 71T6o 7096o 7086o 7076o 8766 8265s 8164s 8263s 8262s 83
A5o 69K5o 70Q5o 70J5o 70T5o 7095o 7185o 7075o 8865o 8555 8154s 8053s 8052s 81
A4o 69K4o 71Q4o 70J4o 70T4o 7094o 7184o 7174o 9064o 8654o 8444 8143s 8142s 81
A3o 70K3o 71Q3o 70J3o 71T3o 7193o 7183o 7273o 9263o 8653o 8443o 8533 8132s 82
A2o 70K2o 71Q2o 71J2o 71T2o 7192o 7282o 7372o 9462o 8752o 8542o 8532o 8622 82

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, 77 has and AA has 85.20%: 18.97 percentage points less for 77.

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%12345678Opponents77, 1 opponent: 66.24%77, 2 opponents: 46.81%77, 3 opponents: 34.59%77, 4 opponents: 26.89%77, 5 opponents: 21.91%77, 6 opponents: 18.79%77, 7 opponents: 16.44%77, 8 opponents: 14.84%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%
  • 77: 66.24%
  • AA: 85.20%
View all graph values
Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents77AA
166.24%85.20%
246.81%73.27%
334.59%63.90%
426.89%55.94%
521.91%49.15%
618.79%43.51%
716.44%38.82%
814.84%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.

77 on the flop

The best five-card hand 77 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 draw1.3%
  • Gutshot3.9%

How to play 77

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

3-bet from middle position, the cutoff and the button; 3-bet 60% and call 40% from the small blind; call 60% and 3-bet 40% from the big blind.

Facing a 3-bet

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

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

What each chart does with 77

Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays 77 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.

All 169 starting hands