A3s preflop: ace-three suited

Ace-three suited has 58.2% against a random hand, the 38th 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 A3s a good hand?

A3s ranks 38th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 22% 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 A3s's equity against AA?

12.5% all in before the flop.

How often does A3s hit the flop?

A3s makes one pair or better on 47.3% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.9%.

A3s against common hands

for A3s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA12.5%
  • KK32.6%
  • QQ32.6%
  • JJ32.6%
  • TT32.7%
  • 7733.8%
  • 2249.5%
  • AKs29.3%
  • AKo30.6%
  • AQo31.1%
  • AJo32.1%
  • KQs57.3%
  • KQo60.1%
  • JTs54.4%
  • T9s54.6%
  • 72o66.5%

A3s against every hand

Each cell is A3s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands A3s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

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

A3s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 13AKs 29AQs 30AJs 31ATs 32A9s 34A8s 36A7s 40A6s 43A5s 45A4s 47A3s 50A2s 53
AKo 31KK 33KQs 57KJs 57KTs 57K9s 58K8s 59K7s 59K6s 59K5s 60K4s 60K3s 73K2s 64
AQo 31KQo 60QQ 33QJs 56QTs 56Q9s 57Q8s 58Q7s 59Q6s 59Q5s 60Q4s 60Q3s 72Q2s 64
AJo 32KJo 60QJo 59JJ 33JTs 54J9s 56J8s 57J7s 58J6s 59J5s 60J4s 60J3s 72J2s 63
ATo 33KTo 59QTo 58JTo 57TT 33T9s 55T8s 55T7s 57T6s 57T5s 60T4s 60T3s 72T2s 63
A9o 36K9o 61Q9o 60J9o 58T9o 5799 3398s 5597s 5696s 5795s 5994s 6093s 7292s 63
A8o 38K8o 62Q8o 61J8o 59T8o 5898o 5788 3387s 5486s 5585s 5784s 5983s 7282s 63
A7o 41K7o 62Q7o 62J7o 61T7o 5997o 5987o 5777 3476s 5575s 5774s 5873s 7172s 64
A6o 45K6o 62Q6o 61J6o 61T6o 6096o 6086o 5876o 5866 3465s 5664s 5763s 6962s 63
A5o 47K5o 63Q5o 63J5o 62T5o 6295o 6285o 6075o 6065o 5955 3454s 5753s 7052s 62
A4o 50K4o 63Q4o 63J4o 63T4o 6294o 6384o 6174o 6164o 6054o 5944 3443s 7042s 62
A3o 53K3o 77Q3o 77J3o 76T3o 7693o 7683o 7673o 7563o 7353o 7443o 7433 3732s 72
A2o 56K2o 67Q2o 67J2o 66T2o 6692o 6682o 6672o 6762o 6652o 6542o 6532o 7722 49

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, A3s has and A3o has 55.84%: 2.38 percentage points more for A3s.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678OpponentsA3s, 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, 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: 58.22%
  • A3o: 55.84%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsA3sA3o
158.22%55.84%
239.76%36.26%
330.05%26.28%
424.94%20.78%
521.18%16.90%
618.66%14.39%
716.59%12.35%
815.14%10.75%

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
A3s10.94%0.84%
A3o2.24%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.

A3s on the flop

The best five-card hand A3s 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%
  • Open-ended straight draw0.6%
  • Gutshot11.2%

How to play A3s

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 60% and 3-bet 40% 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; 4-bet 50%, call 30% and fold 20% 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 A3s

Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays A3s 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