KQs preflop: king-queen suited

King-queen suited has 63.4% against a random hand, the 16th 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 KQs a good hand?

KQs ranks 16th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 9% 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 KQs's equity against AA?

17.1% all in before the flop. KQs vs AA in full

How often does KQs hit the flop?

KQs makes one pair or better on 47.6% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 7.2%.

KQs against common hands

for KQs all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA17.1%
  • KK13.9%
  • QQ35.3%
  • JJ46.3%
  • TT46.3%
  • 7748.9%
  • 2251.3%
  • AKs28.6%
  • AKo29.6%
  • AQo29.6%
  • AJo43.7%
  • KQo52.5%
  • JTs63.3%
  • T9s63.1%
  • 72o69.6%

KQs against every hand

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

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

KQs equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 17AKs 29AQs 29AJs 41ATs 41A9s 43A8s 43A7s 43A6s 43A5s 43A4s 43A3s 43A2s 43
AKo 30KK 14KQs 50KJs 71KTs 71K9s 71K8s 71K7s 71K6s 71K5s 71K4s 71K3s 71K2s 72
AQo 30KQo 52QQ 35QJs 71QTs 71Q9s 71Q8s 72Q7s 72Q6s 72Q5s 72Q4s 72Q3s 73Q2s 73
AJo 44KJo 75QJo 75JJ 46JTs 63J9s 64J8s 65J7s 66J6s 67J5s 67J4s 67J3s 67J2s 68
ATo 44KTo 75QTo 75JTo 66TT 46T9s 63T8s 64T7s 65T6s 66T5s 67T4s 67T3s 67T2s 67
A9o 45K9o 75Q9o 75J9o 67T9o 6699 4798s 6397s 6396s 6495s 6594s 6693s 6692s 67
A8o 46K8o 75Q8o 77J8o 68T8o 6798o 6688 4987s 6386s 6385s 6484s 6583s 6682s 66
A7o 46K7o 75Q7o 76J7o 69T7o 6897o 6687o 6677 4976s 6275s 6374s 6473s 6572s 66
A6o 46K6o 75Q6o 76J6o 70T6o 6996o 6786o 6676o 6566 4965s 6264s 6363s 6462s 65
A5o 45K5o 75Q5o 76J5o 70T5o 7095o 6885o 6775o 6665o 6455 4954s 6253s 6352s 64
A4o 45K4o 75Q4o 77J4o 70T4o 7094o 6984o 6874o 6764o 6654o 6444 5043s 6342s 64
A3o 45K3o 76Q3o 77J3o 70T3o 7093o 6983o 7073o 6863o 6753o 6643o 6633 5132s 65
A2o 46K2o 76Q2o 78J2o 71T2o 7192o 7082o 7072o 7062o 6852o 6742o 6732o 6822 51

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, KQs has and KQo has 61.46%: 1.94 percentage points more for KQs.

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%12345678OpponentsKQs, 1 opponent: 63.40%KQs, 2 opponents: 47.27%KQs, 3 opponents: 38.07%KQs, 4 opponents: 32.26%KQs, 5 opponents: 28.15%KQs, 6 opponents: 24.91%KQs, 7 opponents: 22.57%KQs, 8 opponents: 20.45%KQo, 1 opponent: 61.46%KQo, 2 opponents: 44.59%KQo, 3 opponents: 35.11%KQo, 4 opponents: 29.39%KQo, 5 opponents: 24.90%KQo, 6 opponents: 21.69%KQo, 7 opponents: 18.97%KQo, 8 opponents: 16.93%
  • KQs: 63.40%
  • KQo: 61.46%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsKQsKQo
163.40%61.46%
247.27%44.59%
338.07%35.11%
432.26%29.39%
528.15%24.90%
624.91%21.69%
722.57%18.97%
820.45%16.93%

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.

KQs versus KQo: what suited changes

Against a random hand, KQs has 63.40% and KQo has 61.46%: a 1.94 percentage-point advantage for KQs. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
KQs10.94%0.83%
KQo2.24%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.

KQs on the flop

The best five-card hand KQs holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • High card52.4%
  • One pair40.4%
  • Two pair4.0%
  • Three of a kind1.6%
  • Straight0.6%
  • 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 draw3.0%
  • Gutshot12.6%

How to play KQs

Suited cards close in rank make straights and flushes more often than other unpaired hands, and seldom make a strong one pair.

First in

Raise from every seat.

Facing a raise

3-bet from every seat.

Facing a 3-bet

Call from every seat.

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

What each chart does with KQs

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