Q2s preflop: queen-two suited

Queen-two suited has 50.2% against a random hand, the 88th 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 Q2s a good hand?

Q2s ranks 88th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 52% 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 small blind; fold from under the gun, middle position and the cutoff; fold 55% and raise 45% from the button.

What is Q2s's equity against AA?

15.4% all in before the flop.

How often does Q2s hit the flop?

Q2s makes one pair or better on 47.0% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.6%.

Q2s against common hands

for Q2s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA15.4%
  • KK15.4%
  • QQ11.0%
  • JJ30.6%
  • TT30.7%
  • 7732.6%
  • 2236.9%
  • AKs32.8%
  • AKo35.2%
  • AQo26.9%
  • AJo38.2%
  • KQs26.6%
  • KQo27.5%
  • JTs53.9%
  • T9s54.1%
  • 72o75.2%

Q2s against every hand

Each cell is Q2s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands Q2s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

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

Q2s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 15AKs 33AQs 26AJs 36ATs 36A9s 37A8s 37A7s 37A6s 37A5s 36A4s 36A3s 36A2s 27
AKo 35KK 15KQs 27KJs 35KTs 35K9s 36K8s 37K7s 37K6s 37K5s 37K4s 37K3s 37K2s 28
AQo 27KQo 28QQ 11QJs 29QTs 30Q9s 32Q8s 35Q7s 38Q6s 41Q5s 44Q4s 47Q3s 47Q2s 50
AJo 38KJo 37QJo 30JJ 31JTs 54J9s 55J8s 56J7s 57J6s 58J5s 58J4s 59J3s 59J2s 72
ATo 38KTo 37QTo 31JTo 56TT 31T9s 54T8s 55T7s 56T6s 57T5s 58T4s 59T3s 59T2s 71
A9o 40K9o 39Q9o 34J9o 58T9o 5799 3198s 5497s 5596s 5695s 5794s 5993s 5992s 71
A8o 40K8o 40Q8o 36J8o 59T8o 5898o 5788 3287s 5486s 5585s 5684s 5883s 5982s 71
A7o 40K7o 40Q7o 40J7o 60T7o 5997o 5887o 5777 3376s 5475s 5574s 5773s 5872s 71
A6o 40K6o 40Q6o 43J6o 61T6o 6096o 5986o 5876o 5766 3365s 5564s 5663s 5762s 70
A5o 39K5o 39Q5o 47J5o 61T5o 6195o 6085o 5975o 5865o 5755 3354s 5553s 5652s 68
A4o 39K4o 39Q4o 49J4o 62T4o 6194o 6184o 6074o 5964o 5954o 5844 3443s 5742s 69
A3o 39K3o 40Q3o 50J3o 62T3o 6293o 6183o 6273o 6163o 6053o 5943o 5933 3532s 69
A2o 28K2o 29Q2o 53J2o 76T2o 7592o 7582o 7572o 7562o 7452o 7242o 7332o 7322 37

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, Q2s has and Q2o has 47.30%: 2.87 percentage points more for Q2s.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678OpponentsQ2s, 1 opponent: 50.17%Q2s, 2 opponents: 32.34%Q2s, 3 opponents: 24.26%Q2s, 4 opponents: 19.65%Q2s, 5 opponents: 16.88%Q2s, 6 opponents: 14.68%Q2s, 7 opponents: 13.04%Q2s, 8 opponents: 12.05%Q2o, 1 opponent: 47.30%Q2o, 2 opponents: 28.73%Q2o, 3 opponents: 19.79%Q2o, 4 opponents: 15.34%Q2o, 5 opponents: 12.38%Q2o, 6 opponents: 10.38%Q2o, 7 opponents: 8.96%Q2o, 8 opponents: 7.74%
  • Q2s: 50.17%
  • Q2o: 47.30%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsQ2sQ2o
150.17%47.30%
232.34%28.73%
324.26%19.79%
419.65%15.34%
516.88%12.38%
614.68%10.38%
713.04%8.96%
812.05%7.74%

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.

Q2s versus Q2o: what suited changes

Against a random hand, Q2s has 50.17% and Q2o has 47.30%: a 2.87 percentage-point advantage for Q2s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
Q2s10.94%0.84%
Q2o2.24%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.

Q2s on the flop

The best five-card hand Q2s 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 draw1.0%
  • Gutshot4.5%

How to play Q2s

The charts below show where this hand is worth playing.

First in

Raise from the small blind; fold from under the gun, middle position and the cutoff; fold 55% and raise 45% from the button.

Facing a raise

Fold from middle position, the cutoff, the button and the small blind; fold 60% and call 40% 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 Q2s

Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays Q2s 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