Preflop equity
AQs vs 22
All in before the flop, AQs (ace-queen suited) wins 50.2% of the pot against 22 (pocket deuces), which takes the other 49.9%. A coin flip: neither hand has an edge worth playing for on its own.
Equity counts ties as half. Figures are from 200,000 simulated deals per matchup, accurate to about a tenth of a percent, with card removal applied; the calculator below enumerates every runout exactly for specific suits.
Run it with a board
Preflop equity is only the starting point. The same matchup on a flop swings from near-lock to near-dead depending on which cards land. Open this pair in the calculator, pick suits, and add a flop, turn or river to see the number move.
AQs against other hands
| Matchup | Favourite | Underdog |
|---|---|---|
| AA vs AQs | 87.4% | 12.6% |
| KK vs AQs | 68.1% | 31.9% |
| QQ vs AQs | 65.9% | 34.1% |
| JJ vs AQs | 54.1% | 46.0% |
| TT vs AQs | 54.3% | 45.8% |
| 99 vs AQs | 52.9% | 47.1% |
| 88 vs AQs | 52.5% | 47.5% |
| 77 vs AQs | 51.9% | 48.1% |
| AKs vs AQs | 71.4% | 28.6% |
| AQs vs AJs | 70.8% | 29.2% |
Read more
- How to play AQs preflop · opening frequency by seat and short-stack jams
- How to play 22 preflop
- Multiway equity for all 169 hands · how each hand decays from two to six players
- All hand-vs-hand matchups
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