A3o preflop: ace-three offsuit

Ace-three offsuit has 55.8% against a random hand, the 53rd 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 A3o a good hand?

A3o ranks 53rd of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 31% 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 button and the small blind; fold from under the gun, middle position and the cutoff.

What is A3o's equity against AA?

7.2% all in before the flop.

How often does A3o hit the flop?

A3o makes one pair or better on 46.4% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.0%.

A3o against common hands

for A3o all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA7.2%
  • KK29.1%
  • QQ29.0%
  • JJ29.0%
  • TT29.1%
  • 7730.3%
  • 2246.9%
  • AKs25.2%
  • AKo26.4%
  • AQo27.0%
  • AJo27.9%
  • KQs54.5%
  • KQo57.9%
  • JTs51.5%
  • T9s51.7%
  • 72o64.8%

A3o against every hand

Each cell is A3o's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands A3o is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

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

A3o equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 7AKs 25AQs 26AJs 27ATs 28A9s 31A8s 33A7s 36A6s 40A5s 42A4s 44A3s 47A2s 50
AKo 26KK 29KQs 55KJs 54KTs 54K9s 55K8s 56K7s 56K6s 56K5s 57K4s 58K3s 72K2s 62
AQo 27KQo 58QQ 29QJs 53QTs 53Q9s 54Q8s 55Q7s 56Q6s 56Q5s 57Q4s 58Q3s 71Q2s 61
AJo 28KJo 58QJo 56JJ 29JTs 52J9s 53J8s 54J7s 55J6s 56J5s 57J4s 57J3s 71J2s 61
ATo 29KTo 57QTo 56JTo 55TT 29T9s 52T8s 53T7s 54T6s 55T5s 57T4s 57T3s 71T2s 61
A9o 32K9o 59Q9o 57J9o 56T9o 5599 3098s 5297s 5396s 5495s 5694s 5793s 7192s 61
A8o 34K8o 60Q8o 58J8o 57T8o 5698o 5588 3087s 5186s 5285s 5584s 5683s 7182s 60
A7o 38K7o 60Q7o 60J7o 58T7o 5797o 5687o 5577 3076s 5275s 5474s 5573s 7072s 61
A6o 42K6o 60Q6o 59J6o 59T6o 5896o 5786o 5676o 5566 3065s 5364s 5563s 6862s 60
A5o 44K5o 61Q5o 61J5o 60T5o 6095o 6085o 5875o 5765o 5755 3054s 5453s 6852s 59
A4o 47K4o 61Q4o 61J4o 61T4o 6094o 6184o 5974o 5964o 5854o 5744 3143s 6942s 60
A3o 50K3o 76Q3o 76J3o 75T3o 7593o 7583o 7573o 7463o 7253o 7243o 7333 3432s 72
A2o 53K2o 65Q2o 65J2o 65T2o 6492o 6582o 6472o 6562o 6452o 6342o 6332o 7622 47

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, A3o has and A3s has 58.22%: 2.38 percentage points less for A3o.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678OpponentsA3o, 1 opponent: 55.84%A3o, 2 opponents: 36.26%A3o, 3 opponents: 26.28%A3o, 4 opponents: 20.78%A3o, 5 opponents: 16.90%A3o, 6 opponents: 14.39%A3o, 7 opponents: 12.35%A3o, 8 opponents: 10.75%A3s, 1 opponent: 58.22%A3s, 2 opponents: 39.76%A3s, 3 opponents: 30.05%A3s, 4 opponents: 24.94%A3s, 5 opponents: 21.18%A3s, 6 opponents: 18.66%A3s, 7 opponents: 16.59%A3s, 8 opponents: 15.14%
  • A3o: 55.84%
  • A3s: 58.22%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsA3oA3s
155.84%58.22%
236.26%39.76%
326.28%30.05%
420.78%24.94%
516.90%21.18%
614.39%18.66%
712.35%16.59%
810.75%15.14%

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.

A3s versus A3o: what suited changes

Against a random hand, A3s has 58.22% and A3o has 55.84%: a 2.38 percentage-point advantage for A3s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
A3o2.24%0.00%
A3s10.94%0.84%

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.

A3o on the flop

The best five-card hand A3o holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • High card53.6%
  • One pair40.4%
  • Two pair4.0%
  • Three of a kind1.6%
  • Straight0.3%
  • 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 draw0.7%
  • Gutshot11.3%

How to play A3o

The charts below show where this hand is worth playing.

First in

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

Facing a raise

Fold from middle position, the cutoff, the button and the small blind; call 65% and fold 35% 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.

What each chart does with A3o

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