Ace-nine suited has 62.8% against a random hand, the 18th 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.
A9s ranks 18th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 11% 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 A9s's equity against AA?
11.6% all in before the flop.
How often does A9s hit the flop?
A9s makes one pair or better on 47.0% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.6%.
A9s against common hands
for A9s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
AA11.6%
KK32.0%
QQ31.7%
JJ31.6%
TT31.5%
7746.4%
2249.7%
AKs28.8%
AKo30.0%
AQo30.6%
AJo31.2%
KQs57.5%
KQo60.3%
JTs55.5%
T9s67.0%
72o69.5%
A9s against every hand
Each cell is A9s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands A9s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.
Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up
A9s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 12
AKs 29
AQs 29
AJs 30
ATs 31
A9s 50
A8s 67
A7s 67
A6s 66
A5s 65
A4s 66
A3s 66
A2s 66
AKo 30
KK 32
KQs 57
KJs 57
KTs 57
K9s 71
K8s 63
K7s 62
K6s 62
K5s 62
K4s 63
K3s 63
K2s 63
AQo 31
KQo 60
QQ 32
QJs 56
QTs 56
Q9s 70
Q8s 62
Q7s 63
Q6s 62
Q5s 62
Q4s 63
Q3s 63
Q2s 63
AJo 31
KJo 60
QJo 59
JJ 32
JTs 55
J9s 68
J8s 61
J7s 62
J6s 62
J5s 62
J4s 63
J3s 63
J2s 63
ATo 32
KTo 60
QTo 59
JTo 58
TT 31
T9s 67
T8s 60
T7s 60
T6s 61
T5s 62
T4s 62
T3s 62
T2s 63
A9o 52
K9o 75
Q9o 74
J9o 72
T9o 71
99 34
98s 68
97s 69
96s 70
95s 71
94s 73
93s 73
92s 73
A8o 71
K8o 66
Q8o 65
J8o 64
T8o 62
98o 71
88 46
87s 61
86s 62
85s 64
84s 65
83s 66
82s 66
A7o 70
K7o 65
Q7o 66
J7o 64
T7o 63
97o 73
87o 64
77 46
76s 61
75s 63
74s 64
73s 65
72s 66
A6o 70
K6o 65
Q6o 65
J6o 65
T6o 64
96o 74
86o 65
76o 64
66 47
65s 61
64s 63
63s 64
62s 65
A5o 69
K5o 65
Q5o 65
J5o 65
T5o 65
95o 75
85o 67
75o 65
65o 64
55 47
54s 62
53s 63
52s 64
A4o 69
K4o 66
Q4o 66
J4o 65
T4o 65
94o 77
84o 68
74o 67
64o 65
54o 65
44 48
43s 63
42s 64
A3o 69
K3o 66
Q3o 66
J3o 66
T3o 65
93o 77
83o 69
73o 68
63o 67
53o 65
43o 66
33 49
32s 64
A2o 70
K2o 66
Q2o 66
J2o 66
T2o 66
92o 78
82o 69
72o 69
62o 68
52o 67
42o 67
32o 67
22 50
Cells with a matchup page are links.
Compare starting hands
Against one random hand, A9s has and A9o has 60.77%: 2.01 percentage points more for A9s.
against one to eight random opponents
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━ A9s: 62.78%
┄ A9o: 60.77%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents
A9s
A9o
1
62.78%
60.77%
2
44.59%
41.39%
3
34.45%
31.17%
4
28.52%
24.42%
5
23.99%
20.21%
6
20.99%
17.16%
7
18.76%
14.52%
8
16.84%
12.73%
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.
A9s versus A9o: what suited changes
Against a random hand, A9s has 62.78% and A9o has 60.77%: a 2.01 percentage-point advantage for A9s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.
Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
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.
A9s on the flop
The best five-card hand A9s holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
High card53.0%
One pair40.4%
Two pair4.0%
Three of a kind1.6%
Flush0.8%
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 draw10.9%
Open-ended straight draw1.3%
Gutshot5.1%
How to play A9s
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 every seat.
Facing a raise
Call from the big blind; fold from middle position; fold 65%, 3-bet 30% and call 5% from the cutoff; 3-bet 55%, call 40% and fold 5% from the button; call 55%, 3-bet 40% and fold 5% from the small blind.
Facing a 3-bet
Call from the button and the big blind; fold 75% and call 25% from under the gun; call 75% and fold 25% from middle position; call 85% and fold 15% from the cutoff.
From the six-handed 100bb charts. A percentage means the chart mixes actions with this hand.
Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays A9s 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.
