AKs preflop: ace-king suited

Ace-king suited has 67.0% against a random hand, the 8th 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 AKs a good hand?

AKs ranks 8th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 5% 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 AKs's equity against AA?

12.1% all in before the flop. AKs vs AA in full

How often does AKs hit the flop?

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

AKs against common hands

for AKs all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.

AKs against every hand

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

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

AKs equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 12AKs 50AQs 71AJs 71ATs 71A9s 71A8s 71A7s 71A6s 71A5s 70A4s 70A3s 71A2s 71
AKo 52KK 34KQs 71KJs 71KTs 71K9s 73K8s 72K7s 72K6s 72K5s 73K4s 73K3s 74K2s 74
AQo 75KQo 76QQ 46QJs 64QTs 63Q9s 64Q8s 65Q7s 66Q6s 66Q5s 66Q4s 66Q3s 67Q2s 67
AJo 75KJo 75QJo 66JJ 46JTs 62J9s 63J8s 64J7s 65J6s 66J5s 66J4s 66J3s 66J2s 67
ATo 75KTo 75QTo 66JTo 65TT 46T9s 62T8s 63T7s 64T6s 65T5s 66T4s 66T3s 66T2s 67
A9o 75K9o 77Q9o 67J9o 66T9o 6599 4798s 6397s 6396s 6395s 6594s 6693s 6692s 66
A8o 75K8o 77Q8o 68J8o 67T8o 6698o 6688 4887s 6186s 6285s 6384s 6583s 6682s 66
A7o 75K7o 76Q7o 69J7o 68T7o 6797o 6687o 6477 4876s 6175s 6274s 6473s 6572s 66
A6o 75K6o 77Q6o 69J6o 69T6o 6896o 6686o 6576o 6466 4865s 6164s 6263s 6462s 65
A5o 74K5o 77Q5o 69J5o 69T5o 6995o 6885o 6675o 6565o 6455 4854s 6153s 6352s 64
A4o 74K4o 77Q4o 70J4o 69T4o 6994o 6984o 6874o 6664o 6554o 6444 4943s 6342s 64
A3o 75K3o 78Q3o 70J3o 70T3o 6993o 6983o 6973o 6863o 6753o 6543o 6633 4932s 65
A2o 75K2o 78Q2o 70J2o 70T2o 7092o 6982o 6972o 6962o 6852o 6742o 6732o 6822 50

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, AKs has and AKo has 65.32%: 1.72 percentage points more for AKs.

against one to eight random opponents

Hover or tap the plot to inspect a value. Use the opponent slider with the arrow keys for the same values.

0%25%50%75%100%12345678OpponentsAKs, 1 opponent: 67.04%AKs, 2 opponents: 50.93%AKs, 3 opponents: 41.39%AKs, 4 opponents: 35.23%AKs, 5 opponents: 30.92%AKs, 6 opponents: 27.64%AKs, 7 opponents: 24.78%AKs, 8 opponents: 22.59%AKo, 1 opponent: 65.32%AKo, 2 opponents: 48.36%AKo, 3 opponents: 38.37%AKo, 4 opponents: 32.26%AKo, 5 opponents: 27.90%AKo, 6 opponents: 24.38%AKo, 7 opponents: 21.75%AKo, 8 opponents: 19.20%
  • AKs: 67.04%
  • AKo: 65.32%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsAKsAKo
167.04%65.32%
250.93%48.36%
341.39%38.37%
435.23%32.26%
530.92%27.90%
627.64%24.38%
724.78%21.75%
822.59%19.20%

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.

AKs versus AKo: what suited changes

Against a random hand, AKs has 67.04% and AKo has 65.32%: a 1.72 percentage-point advantage for AKs. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
AKs10.94%0.84%
AKo2.24%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.

AKs on the flop

The best five-card hand AKs 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 AKs

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

3-bet from every seat.

Facing a 3-bet

4-bet from every seat.

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

What each chart does with AKs

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