Q5o preflop: queen-five offsuit

Queen-five offsuit has 50.1% against a random hand, the 89th 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 Q5o a good hand?

Q5o ranks 89th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 53% of hand classes. Classes have different numbers of card combinations; this is not a deal-frequency percentile. First in at 100bb, the charts say: fold from every seat.

What is Q5o's equity against AA?

12.5% all in before the flop.

How often does Q5o hit the flop?

Q5o makes one pair or better on 46.1% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 5.7%.

Q5o against common hands

for Q5o all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA12.5%
  • KK12.5%
  • QQ7.0%
  • JJ28.1%
  • TT27.8%
  • 7730.0%
  • 2247.1%
  • AKs30.8%
  • AKo32.3%
  • AQo24.0%
  • AJo35.5%
  • KQs23.7%
  • KQo24.6%
  • JTs51.2%
  • T9s51.3%
  • 72o64.8%

Q5o against every hand

Each cell is Q5o's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands Q5o is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

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

Q5o equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 12AKs 31AQs 23AJs 34ATs 33A9s 35A8s 35A7s 35A6s 35A5s 24A4s 37A3s 37A2s 38
AKo 32KK 12KQs 24KJs 33KTs 33K9s 34K8s 35K7s 35K6s 34K5s 24K4s 38K3s 38K2s 39
AQo 24KQo 25QQ 7QJs 26QTs 27Q9s 29Q8s 32Q7s 35Q6s 39Q5s 48Q4s 53Q3s 53Q2s 53
AJo 36KJo 35QJo 27JJ 28JTs 51J9s 53J8s 54J7s 56J6s 57J5s 70J4s 60J3s 60J2s 61
ATo 35KTo 34QTo 28JTo 54TT 28T9s 51T8s 53T7s 54T6s 55T5s 70T4s 60T3s 60T2s 60
A9o 37K9o 36Q9o 31J9o 56T9o 5499 2998s 5297s 5396s 5595s 6894s 6093s 6092s 60
A8o 36K8o 37Q8o 33J8o 58T8o 5698o 5588 2987s 5386s 5485s 6784s 5983s 6082s 60
A7o 37K7o 37Q7o 37J7o 59T7o 5797o 5787o 5677 3076s 5375s 6674s 5973s 6072s 61
A6o 36K6o 36Q6o 41J6o 60T6o 5996o 5886o 5776o 5766 3065s 6564s 5763s 5962s 60
A5o 25K5o 25Q5o 50J5o 74T5o 7495o 7385o 7175o 7065o 6855 3254s 6553s 6752s 69
A4o 39K4o 40Q4o 56J4o 64T4o 6494o 6484o 6374o 6264o 6154o 6944 4543s 6142s 62
A3o 39K3o 40Q3o 56J3o 64T3o 6493o 6483o 6473o 6363o 6253o 7143o 6433 4632s 62
A2o 40K2o 41Q2o 56J2o 64T2o 6492o 6482o 6472o 6562o 6452o 7342o 6632o 6622 47

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, Q5o has and Q5s has 52.77%: 2.65 percentage points less for Q5o.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678OpponentsQ5o, 1 opponent: 50.12%Q5o, 2 opponents: 31.18%Q5o, 3 opponents: 22.11%Q5o, 4 opponents: 17.36%Q5o, 5 opponents: 13.84%Q5o, 6 opponents: 11.61%Q5o, 7 opponents: 9.47%Q5o, 8 opponents: 8.46%Q5s, 1 opponent: 52.77%Q5s, 2 opponents: 34.67%Q5s, 3 opponents: 26.22%Q5s, 4 opponents: 21.52%Q5s, 5 opponents: 18.05%Q5s, 6 opponents: 15.46%Q5s, 7 opponents: 13.98%Q5s, 8 opponents: 12.40%
  • Q5o: 50.12%
  • Q5s: 52.77%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsQ5oQ5s
150.12%52.77%
231.18%34.67%
322.11%26.22%
417.36%21.52%
513.84%18.05%
611.61%15.46%
79.47%13.98%
88.46%12.40%

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.

Q5s versus Q5o: what suited changes

Against a random hand, Q5s has 52.77% and Q5o has 50.12%: a 2.65 percentage-point advantage for Q5s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
Q5o2.24%0.00%
Q5s10.94%0.84%

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.

Q5o on the flop

The best five-card hand Q5o holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • High card53.9%
  • One pair40.4%
  • Two pair4.0%
  • Three of a kind1.6%
  • 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 draw2.2%
  • Open-ended straight draw2.0%
  • Gutshot6.5%

How to play Q5o

The charts below show where this hand is worth playing.

First in

Fold from every seat.

Facing a raise

Fold from every seat.

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 Q5o

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