--- title: "KQo Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kqo.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kqo" last_updated: "2026-10-21" type: "reference" summary: "KQo is 12 combos of the 1,326 starting hands (0.90%). See how a known card or a board pair changes the count, plus its rank and equity." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/combos.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kts.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/a7s.md"] --- # KQo Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs KQo is 12 combos of the 1,326 starting hands (0.90%). See how a known card or a board pair changes the count, plus its rank and equity. Count 12 combos for KQo: 0.90% of the 1,326 starting hands you can be dealt. Ranked by equity against a random hand (61.46%), it is number 23 of 169. - Combos: 12 - Share of 1,326: 0.90% - Rank of 169: 23 - Equity vs random: 61.46% - This hand and stronger: 11.31% ## KQo: the 12 combos An offsuit hand pairs any king with any queen of a different suit: 4 x 4 = 16 pairings, minus the 4 suited ones, leaves 12. Below are the 12 exact two-card holdings in KQo. When a range chart marks KQo, it marks all of them together. The 12 combos of KQo: Ks Qh, Ks Qd, Ks Qc, Kh Qs, Kh Qd, Kh Qc, Kd Qs, Kd Qh, Kd Qc, Kc Qs, Kc Qh, Kc Qd. ## How cards you can see change the count How many KQo combos can an opponent still hold? It depends on the cards you can see, and the table gives the answer for one card of each rank. KQo combos left after one known card of each rank: | Known card | KQo combos left | | --- | --- | | Ace | 12 | | King | 9 | | Queen | 9 | | Jack | 12 | | Ten | 12 | | Nine | 12 | | Eight | 12 | | Seven | 12 | | Six | 12 | | Five | 12 | | Four | 12 | | Three | 12 | | Two | 12 | Holding a king or a queen takes KQo from 12 combos down to 9, a cut of 25%. Any card of a different rank leaves all 12 combos in play. ## When the board is paired Board pairs take away more combos than a single card does. The table lists the KQo count for each possible pair on the board. KQo combos left after a pair of each rank on the board: | Board pair | KQo combos left | | --- | --- | | Aces | 12 | | Kings | 6 | | Queens | 6 | | Jacks | 12 | | Tens | 12 | | Nines | 12 | | Eights | 12 | | Sevens | 12 | | Sixes | 12 | | Fives | 12 | | Fours | 12 | | Threes | 12 | | Twos | 12 | Kings or queens paired on the board leave 6 combos of KQo, and no other pair changes the count of 12. ## A worked example Here is the count in a real spot. You hold a king and a two, which leaves 1,225 hands for your opponent. KQo is 9 of them, a 0.73% chance. A hand with no king in it would give 12 combos, 0.98%. ## How strong is KQo? Number 23 of 169: that is where KQo sits when hands are ordered by equity against a random hand, inside the top 30 classes. The figure is 61.46%, wins plus half the ties. Counting from the top, KQo is where the running total reaches 150 combos (11.31% of 1,326). The 138 combos before it are all stronger classes. ## KQo against ranges of hands Equity against a range is a weighted average of the matchups with every hand in it. The numbers for KQo: 35.43% against the top 5 percent (60 combos), 36.80% against the top 10 percent (130 combos), 45.23% against the top 20 percent (264 combos), 48.56% against the top 30 percent (386 combos) and 56.28% against the top 50 percent (658 combos). KQo equity against the strongest hands: | Opponent range | Combos in range | KQo equity | | --- | --- | --- | | Top 5 percent | 60 | 35.43% | | Top 10 percent | 130 | 36.80% | | Top 20 percent | 264 | 45.23% | | Top 30 percent | 386 | 48.56% | | Top 50 percent | 658 | 56.28% | The line sits between the top 30 and top 50 percent: KQo is behind the narrower range and ahead of the wider one. How much of the top 10 percent can an opponent still hold? Across the 12 combos of KQo you might hold, 113.00 of its 130 combos remain on average. That is 17.00 combos fewer than the 130 an opponent has before you look. ## Hands next to KQo The hands on either side of KQo in the ranking make a useful pair of comparisons. KQo has 69.45% equity against KTs, the hand ranked number 22: it wins 66.76% of boards, ties 5.37% and loses 27.87%. It is the favorite in that matchup. KQo has 40.22% equity against A7s, the hand ranked number 24: it wins 40.00% of boards, ties 0.45% and loses 59.56%. It is the underdog in that matchup. The suited form, KQs, ranks number 16 with 63.40% equity against a random hand. KQo has 3 times as many combos as KQs and is 1.94 points weaker against a random hand. Related to KQo: - [KTs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kts.md) - [A7s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/a7s.md) - [KQs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kqs.md) - [Top 15 percent range](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/range/15.md) - [All starting hands](https://georgelipoker.com/combos.md) - [Hand ranking calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/hand-ranking-calculator.md) - [Poker equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md) - [KTs vs KQo: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-kqo.md) - [KQo vs A7s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqo-vs-a7s.md) - [KQo vs A9o: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqo-vs-a9o.md) ## Questions about KQo combos **How many combos of KQo are there?** 12 combos, which is 0.90% of the 1,326 two-card starting hands, so you are dealt KQo about 1 time in 110.5. **How many KQo combos are left if I hold a king?** 9 combos of KQo remain out of 12. With a two as your other card, an opponent has it about 1 time in 136. **Is KQo stronger than KQs?** No: KQo has 61.46% equity against a random hand and ranks number 23, while KQs has 63.40% and ranks number 16. KQs has 4 combos to KQo's 12. ## How this was computed Counting is done on the deck: 1,326 hands, 169 classes. The rows of each table apply the same rule, delete any combo that uses a card now visible, and report what is left. For rank and equity, the page reads a table of preflop matchups with all 1,712,304 boards counted per pair of classes. Ties are halves and ranges use live-combo weights. Source: GeorgeLiPoker's own count of the 52-card deck and its preflop matchup table. ## Related - [Poker Combos: Count Every Starting Hand](https://georgelipoker.com/combos.md) - [KTs Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kts.md) - [A7s Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/a7s.md)