A5s
66.98%
Wins 65.95%, ties 2.06%
65s
33.02%
Wins 31.99%, ties 2.06%
A5s against 65s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A5s | 65.952 | 2.061 | 31.987 | 66.983 |
| 65s | 31.987 | 2.061 | 65.952 | 33.017 |
The matchup is suited hands on both sides, A5s against 65s. Sharing a rank is the signature of a dominated hand, since the weaker hand is usually out-kicked when the shared rank shows up.
A5s is well ahead, and 65s needs a specific kind of board to catch up. Split pots make up 2.06% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each.
For context, A5s sits at number 30 of 169 starting hands and 65s at number 128 when each is run against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| A5s | 13,552,000 | 423,000 | 6,573,000 |
| 65s | 6,573,000 | 423,000 | 13,552,000 |
Exact total: 12 deals times 1,712,304 boards. The other three counts come from the five-decimal percentages and are rounded to the nearest thousand, so read them as approximate.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A5s | 2.029 | 1.516 | 3.126 | 0.493 |
| 65s | 0.493 | 3.126 | 1.516 | 2.029 |
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
Break the boards down by their first three cards and A5s is strongest on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better (72.30%) and weakest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (46.12%). On low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) the numbers flip and 65s is the one ahead.
| Flop | Share of flops | A5s wins | Ties | 65s wins | A5s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.254 | 71.791 | 1.020 | 27.189 | 72.301 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.654 | 42.889 | 6.452 | 50.659 | 46.115 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 64.539 | 1.762 | 33.699 | 65.420 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 59.054 | 4.240 | 36.706 | 61.174 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 70.838 | 2.291 | 26.871 | 71.983 |
Rainbow flops have three suits, two-tone flops repeat one suit, monotone flops are all one suit, and paired flops repeat a rank.
Compared with a random hand
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 59.92%, A5s changes by +7.06 points, and 65s, from 43.13%, by -10.11.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A5s, all flops | 66.983 | 59.923 | +7.060 | 1.11782 |
| A5s, rainbow, ten or higher | 72.301 | 59.923 | +12.378 | 1.20657 |
| A5s, rainbow, nine or lower | 46.115 | 59.923 | -13.808 | 0.76957 |
| A5s, two-tone | 65.420 | 59.923 | +5.497 | 1.09173 |
| A5s, monotone | 61.174 | 59.923 | +1.251 | 1.02088 |
| A5s, paired | 71.983 | 59.923 | +12.060 | 1.20126 |
| 65s, all flops | 33.017 | 43.133 | -10.116 | 0.76547 |
| 65s, rainbow, ten or higher | 27.699 | 43.133 | -15.434 | 0.64218 |
| 65s, rainbow, nine or lower | 53.885 | 43.133 | +10.752 | 1.24928 |
| 65s, two-tone | 34.580 | 43.133 | -8.553 | 0.80171 |
| 65s, monotone | 38.826 | 43.133 | -4.307 | 0.90015 |
| 65s, paired | 28.017 | 43.133 | -15.116 | 0.64955 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Every legal deal of A5s against 65s leaves the hands with no suit in common, so the suit split does not apply here.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | A5s wins | Ties | 65s wins | A5s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 65.952 | 2.061 | 31.987 | 66.983 |
How often this matchup comes up
This page stands for 12 specific-card matchups (0.0007% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 24 once you count the seats both ways (0.0015%).
A worked example
Say each player puts $100 in before the flop, making a $200 pot. On average A5s takes back $133.96 of it, which is $33.96 more than it put in, and 65s takes back $66.04, $33.96 less than it put in.
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 659 for A5s, 320 for 65s and 21 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
65s against A5s adds nothing new: it is 33.02% for 65s and 66.98% for A5s, the same figures reversed.
Keep exploring
Try As5s against 6h5h 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.
How this was computed
The page is built from a full enumeration: 1,712,304 boards, every suit pattern of the 12 specific deals, both seven-card hands evaluated. A tie is worth half a win to each hand, and a board is tallied under each of its ten possible flops for the texture rows.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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