KK preflop: pair of kings

Pair of kings has 82.4% against a random hand, the 2nd 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.

Lesson: Work out the price of a call (needs an invite). In the glossary: Equity, Hand classes, Combo. How the numbers are made.

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Quick answers

Is KK a good hand?

KK ranks 2nd of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 1% 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 KK's equity against AA?

18.1% all in before the flop. KK vs AA in full

How often does KK hit the flop?

KK flops a set or better on 12.0% of flops.

KK against common hands

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

KK against every hand

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

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

KK equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 18AKs 66AQs 68AJs 68ATs 67A9s 68A8s 68A7s 68A6s 68A5s 67A4s 67A3s 67A2s 68
AKo 70KK 50KQs 86KJs 86KTs 85K9s 87K8s 88K7s 88K6s 88K5s 88K4s 88K3s 89K2s 89
AQo 72KQo 91QQ 82QJs 82QTs 82Q9s 82Q8s 83Q7s 84Q6s 83Q5s 83Q4s 84Q3s 84Q2s 85
AJo 71KJo 91QJo 86JJ 82JTs 80J9s 81J8s 81J7s 82J6s 83J5s 83J4s 83J3s 84J2s 84
ATo 71KTo 90QTo 86JTo 84TT 81T9s 79T8s 79T7s 80T6s 82T5s 83T4s 83T3s 83T2s 84
A9o 72K9o 92Q9o 86J9o 85T9o 8399 8198s 7897s 7996s 8095s 8294s 8393s 8392s 84
A8o 72K8o 94Q8o 87J8o 85T8o 8398o 8288 8187s 7886s 7985s 8084s 8283s 8482s 84
A7o 71K7o 93Q7o 88J7o 86T7o 8497o 8387o 8277 8076s 7875s 7974s 8073s 8272s 84
A6o 72K6o 93Q6o 88J6o 88T6o 8696o 8486o 8376o 8166 8065s 7864s 7963s 8162s 82
A5o 70K5o 93Q5o 88J5o 87T5o 8795o 8685o 8475o 8365o 8155 8054s 7753s 7952s 81
A4o 71K4o 94Q4o 88J4o 88T4o 8794o 8784o 8674o 8464o 8354o 8144 8143s 8042s 81
A3o 71K3o 94Q3o 88J3o 88T3o 8893o 8783o 8873o 8663o 8553o 8343o 8333 8132s 82
A2o 71K2o 95Q2o 89J2o 88T2o 8892o 8882o 8872o 8862o 8752o 8542o 8532o 8622 82

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, KK has and AA has 85.20%: 2.81 percentage points less for KK.

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%12345678OpponentsKK, 1 opponent: 82.40%KK, 2 opponents: 68.77%KK, 3 opponents: 58.31%KK, 4 opponents: 49.83%KK, 5 opponents: 43.04%KK, 6 opponents: 37.91%KK, 7 opponents: 32.71%KK, 8 opponents: 29.22%AA, 1 opponent: 85.20%AA, 2 opponents: 73.27%AA, 3 opponents: 63.90%AA, 4 opponents: 55.94%AA, 5 opponents: 49.15%AA, 6 opponents: 43.51%AA, 7 opponents: 38.82%AA, 8 opponents: 34.78%
  • KK: 82.40%
  • AA: 85.20%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsKKAA
182.40%85.20%
268.77%73.27%
358.31%63.90%
449.83%55.94%
543.04%49.15%
637.91%43.51%
732.71%38.82%
829.22%34.78%

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.

KK on the flop

The best five-card hand KK holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • One pair71.8%
  • Two pair16.2%
  • Three of a kind10.8%
  • Full house1.0%
  • Four of a kind0.2%
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 draw0.3%
  • Gutshot2.0%

How to play KK

A pocket pair is made before the flop. It flops a set or better on 12.0% of flops; the rest of the time it plays as one pair.

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 KK

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