A6o preflop: ace-six offsuit

Ace-six offsuit has 57.7% against a random hand, the 42nd 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 A6o a good hand?

A6o ranks 42nd of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 25% 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 A6o's equity against AA?

6.4% all in before the flop.

How often does A6o hit the flop?

A6o makes one pair or better on 46.1% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 5.7%.

A6o against common hands

for A6o all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA6.4%
  • KK28.3%
  • QQ28.3%
  • JJ27.9%
  • TT28.2%
  • 7729.0%
  • 2246.9%
  • AKs24.9%
  • AKo26.1%
  • AQo26.6%
  • AJo27.2%
  • KQs54.2%
  • KQo57.5%
  • JTs51.0%
  • T9s52.0%
  • 72o64.6%

A6o against every hand

Each cell is A6o's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands A6o is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

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

A6o equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 6AKs 25AQs 25AJs 26ATs 27A9s 30A8s 32A7s 35A6s 48A5s 55A4s 55A3s 55A2s 55
AKo 26KK 28KQs 54KJs 54KTs 54K9s 56K8s 57K7s 57K6s 71K5s 60K4s 60K3s 60K2s 61
AQo 27KQo 58QQ 28QJs 53QTs 53Q9s 54Q8s 56Q7s 57Q6s 71Q5s 60Q4s 60Q3s 60Q2s 60
AJo 27KJo 57QJo 56JJ 28JTs 51J9s 53J8s 54J7s 55J6s 71J5s 59J4s 60J3s 60J2s 60
ATo 29KTo 57QTo 56JTo 54TT 28T9s 52T8s 53T7s 54T6s 69T5s 60T4s 60T3s 60T2s 60
A9o 31K9o 59Q9o 58J9o 56T9o 5599 2998s 5397s 5496s 6895s 5994s 6093s 6092s 60
A8o 33K8o 60Q8o 59J8o 57T8o 5698o 5688 2987s 5386s 6785s 5884s 5983s 6082s 60
A7o 37K7o 60Q7o 60J7o 58T7o 5897o 5787o 5677 2976s 6675s 5774s 5873s 6072s 61
A6o 50K6o 75Q6o 75J6o 75T6o 7396o 7286o 7076o 6966 3065s 6664s 6863s 7062s 71
A5o 58K5o 64Q5o 64J5o 63T5o 6395o 6385o 6275o 6165o 7055 4454s 5953s 6052s 62
A4o 58K4o 64Q4o 64J4o 63T4o 6394o 6484o 6374o 6264o 7254o 6344 4543s 6042s 62
A3o 58K3o 64Q3o 64J3o 63T3o 6393o 6483o 6473o 6363o 7453o 6443o 6433 4632s 62
A2o 59K2o 64Q2o 64J2o 64T2o 6492o 6482o 6472o 6562o 7652o 6642o 6632o 6622 47

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, A6o has and A6s has 59.91%: 2.22 percentage points less for A6o.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678OpponentsA6o, 1 opponent: 57.68%A6o, 2 opponents: 38.03%A6o, 3 opponents: 27.51%A6o, 4 opponents: 21.58%A6o, 5 opponents: 17.39%A6o, 6 opponents: 14.64%A6o, 7 opponents: 12.65%A6o, 8 opponents: 10.74%A6s, 1 opponent: 59.91%A6s, 2 opponents: 41.35%A6s, 3 opponents: 31.24%A6s, 4 opponents: 25.59%A6s, 5 opponents: 21.47%A6s, 6 opponents: 18.95%A6s, 7 opponents: 16.87%A6s, 8 opponents: 15.32%
  • A6o: 57.68%
  • A6s: 59.91%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsA6oA6s
157.68%59.91%
238.03%41.35%
327.51%31.24%
421.58%25.59%
517.39%21.47%
614.64%18.95%
712.65%16.87%
810.74%15.32%

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.

A6s versus A6o: what suited changes

Against a random hand, A6s has 59.91% and A6o has 57.68%: a 2.22 percentage-point advantage for A6s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
A6o2.24%0.00%
A6s10.94%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.

A6o on the flop

The best five-card hand A6o holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • High card53.9%
  • One pair40.4%
  • Two pair4.0%
  • Three of a kind1.6%
  • 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 draw1.3%
  • Gutshot5.2%

How to play A6o

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 80% and fold 20% 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 A6o

Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays A6o 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