A2s preflop: ace-two suited

Ace-two suited has 57.4% against a random hand, the 46th 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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Is A2s a good hand?

A2s ranks 46th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 27% 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 the cutoff, the button and the small blind; fold from under the gun and middle position.

What is A2s's equity against AA?

12.1% all in before the flop.

How often does A2s hit the flop?

A2s makes one pair or better on 47.3% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.9%.

A2s against common hands

for A2s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA12.1%
  • KK32.2%
  • QQ32.2%
  • JJ32.2%
  • TT32.3%
  • 7733.3%
  • 2238.0%
  • AKs28.9%
  • AKo30.2%
  • AQo30.7%
  • AJo31.6%
  • KQs57.2%
  • KQo60.0%
  • JTs54.3%
  • T9s54.6%
  • 72o76.1%

A2s against every hand

Each cell is A2s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands A2s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

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

A2s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 12AKs 29AQs 29AJs 30ATs 32A9s 34A8s 36A7s 39A6s 42A5s 45A4s 47A3s 47A2s 50
AKo 30KK 32KQs 57KJs 57KTs 57K9s 58K8s 59K7s 59K6s 59K5s 60K4s 60K3s 60K2s 73
AQo 31KQo 60QQ 32QJs 56QTs 55Q9s 57Q8s 58Q7s 59Q6s 58Q5s 59Q4s 60Q3s 60Q2s 73
AJo 32KJo 60QJo 58JJ 32JTs 54J9s 56J8s 57J7s 57J6s 58J5s 59J4s 60J3s 60J2s 72
ATo 33KTo 59QTo 58JTo 57TT 32T9s 55T8s 55T7s 56T6s 57T5s 59T4s 59T3s 60T2s 72
A9o 36K9o 61Q9o 60J9o 58T9o 5799 3398s 5597s 5696s 5695s 5894s 6093s 6092s 72
A8o 38K8o 62Q8o 61J8o 59T8o 5898o 5788 3387s 5486s 5585s 5784s 5983s 6082s 72
A7o 41K7o 61Q7o 61J7o 60T7o 5997o 5887o 5777 3376s 5475s 5674s 5773s 5972s 72
A6o 45K6o 61Q6o 61J6o 61T6o 6096o 5986o 5876o 5666 3365s 5564s 5763s 5862s 71
A5o 47K5o 63Q5o 62J5o 62T5o 6295o 6185o 6075o 5965o 5855 3354s 5653s 5752s 71
A4o 49K4o 63Q4o 63J4o 62T4o 6294o 6384o 6174o 6064o 5954o 5944 3443s 5842s 71
A3o 50K3o 63Q3o 63J3o 63T3o 6293o 6383o 6373o 6163o 6153o 6043o 6033 3532s 72
A2o 53K2o 77Q2o 77J2o 76T2o 7692o 7682o 7672o 7662o 7552o 7542o 7532o 7622 38

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, A2s has and A2o has 54.93%: 2.45 percentage points more for A2s.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678OpponentsA2s, 1 opponent: 57.38%A2s, 2 opponents: 38.79%A2s, 3 opponents: 29.39%A2s, 4 opponents: 24.31%A2s, 5 opponents: 20.56%A2s, 6 opponents: 18.10%A2s, 7 opponents: 16.19%A2s, 8 opponents: 14.91%A2o, 1 opponent: 54.93%A2o, 2 opponents: 35.25%A2o, 3 opponents: 25.33%A2o, 4 opponents: 19.72%A2o, 5 opponents: 16.25%A2o, 6 opponents: 13.75%A2o, 7 opponents: 11.87%A2o, 8 opponents: 10.48%
  • A2s: 57.38%
  • A2o: 54.93%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsA2sA2o
157.38%54.93%
238.79%35.25%
329.39%25.33%
424.31%19.72%
520.56%16.25%
618.10%13.75%
716.19%11.87%
814.91%10.48%

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.

A2s versus A2o: what suited changes

Against a random hand, A2s has 57.38% and A2o has 54.93%: a 2.45 percentage-point advantage for A2s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
A2s10.94%0.84%
A2o2.24%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.

A2s on the flop

The best five-card hand A2s holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • High card52.7%
  • One pair40.4%
  • Two pair4.0%
  • Three of a kind1.6%
  • Straight0.3%
  • 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%
  • Gutshot11.2%

How to play A2s

A suited ace makes the best possible flush when it flushes, and its ace makes the other player's strong aces less likely.

First in

Raise from the cutoff, the button and the small blind; fold from under the gun and middle position.

Facing a raise

Call from the big blind; fold from middle position and the cutoff; fold 80% and call 20% from the button; fold 60% and call 40% from the small blind.

Facing a 3-bet

Call from the button; fold from under the gun and middle position; call 60% and fold 40% from the cutoff; fold 70%, 4-bet 15% and call 15% from the big blind.

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

What each chart does with A2s

Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays A2s 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