--- title: "A2s vs QTo: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-qto.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-qto" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "Who is ahead, A2s or QTo? A2s leads 58.16% to 41.84% before the flop, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-44.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-j9s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-qto.md"] --- # A2s vs QTo: preflop equity Who is ahead, A2s or QTo? A2s leads 58.16% to 41.84% before the flop, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Counting every board, the equity split is 58.16% for A2s and 41.84% for QTo, so A2s leads by 16.32 points. ## A2s against QTo: the numbers **Exact preflop results for A2s against QTo, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A2s | 57.912 | 0.495 | 41.593 | 58.160 | | QTo | 41.593 | 0.495 | 57.912 | 41.840 | Here a suited hand (A2s) meets an offsuit hand (QTo). Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits. The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. Ties are 0.50% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot. Ranked by equity against a random hand, A2s is number 46 of the 169 starting hands and QTo is number 47. **Boards behind the percentages: 82,190,592 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A2s | 47,598,000 | 407,000 | 34,186,000 | | QTo | 34,186,000 | 407,000 | 47,598,000 | 48 specific deals times 1,712,304 boards gives the exact total. The won, tied and lost counts are approximations from the five-decimal percentages, rounded to the nearest thousand. **A2s against QTo read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A2s | 1.390 | 1.727 | 2.404 | 0.719 | | QTo | 0.719 | 2.404 | 1.727 | 1.390 | In the last column, a pot-to-call ratio at or above the figure makes a call break even or better at this equity. ## Who is ahead on which flops A2s prefers low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), where it holds 74.09%, and likes rainbow flops topped by a ten or better least, where it holds 50.64%. A2s stays ahead on all five textures, but the swing between them is large, so how the flop looks matters a great deal. **A2s against QTo by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | A2s wins | Ties | QTo wins | A2s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.988 | 50.562 | 0.159 | 49.279 | 50.642 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 73.587 | 1.003 | 25.410 | 74.089 | | Two-tone | 46.667 | 57.573 | 0.320 | 42.107 | 57.733 | | Monotone | 5.212 | 54.023 | 2.404 | 43.573 | 55.225 | | Paired | 17.091 | 63.884 | 0.649 | 35.467 | 64.209 | A rainbow flop shows three suits, a two-tone flop repeats one suit, a monotone flop is a single suit, and a paired flop repeats a rank. ## Compared with a random hand A random hand would give A2s 57.38% and QTo 57.29%. Against each other the change is +0.78 points for A2s and -15.45 for QTo. **A2s and QTo here compared with each against a random hand, in percent** | Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A2s, all flops | 58.160 | 57.379 | +0.781 | 1.01361 | | A2s, rainbow, ten or higher | 50.642 | 57.379 | -6.737 | 0.88259 | | A2s, rainbow, nine or lower | 74.089 | 57.379 | +16.710 | 1.29122 | | A2s, two-tone | 57.733 | 57.379 | +0.354 | 1.00617 | | A2s, monotone | 55.225 | 57.379 | -2.154 | 0.96246 | | A2s, paired | 64.209 | 57.379 | +6.830 | 1.11903 | | QTo, all flops | 41.840 | 57.291 | -15.451 | 0.73031 | | QTo, rainbow, ten or higher | 49.358 | 57.291 | -7.933 | 0.86153 | | QTo, rainbow, nine or lower | 25.911 | 57.291 | -31.380 | 0.45227 | | QTo, two-tone | 42.267 | 57.291 | -15.024 | 0.73776 | | QTo, monotone | 44.775 | 57.291 | -12.516 | 0.78154 | | QTo, paired | 35.791 | 57.291 | -21.500 | 0.62472 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Does suit overlap move the numbers? A2s has 57.81% when the hands share a suit and 58.51% when they do not. A2s does better with no shared suit, by 0.70 points. **A2s against QTo by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | A2s wins | Ties | QTo wins | A2s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 24 | 50.00 | 57.538 | 0.536 | 41.926 | 57.806 | | No shared suit | 24 | 50.00 | 58.287 | 0.452 | 41.261 | 58.513 | ## How often this matchup comes up How often does it happen? 48 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0030%) are A2s against QTo, and 96 (0.0059%) if either hand may sit in either seat. ## A worked example A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says A2s gets $116.32 of it on average and QTo gets $83.68. Over a long run, 1,000 deals split into about 579 for A2s, 416 for QTo and 5 tied. ## The same matchup from the other side If you came looking for QTo against A2s, the numbers are the same with the hands swapped: 41.84% and 58.16%. ## Keep exploring Try As2s against QhTd in the calculator: the hands share no suit, and every card can be changed. The links after it are the closest matchups in the ranking. - [Open As2s against QhTd in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=As2s&p2=QhTd) - [A2s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/a2s.md) - [QTo combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/qto.md) - [A2s vs 44](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-44.md) - [A2s vs J9s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-j9s.md) - [JTs vs QTo](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-qto.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 48 specific deals, group them by suit pattern, deal all 1,712,304 boards against each, and compare the two seven-card hands. Equity counts a tie as half a win; the flop rows use every one of a board's ten flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [A2s vs 44: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-44.md) - [A2s vs J9s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-j9s.md) - [JTs vs QTo: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-qto.md)