--- title: "A5s vs 76s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a5s-vs-76s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a5s-vs-76s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "Who is ahead, A5s or 76s? A5s leads 56.07% to 43.93% before the flop, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a5s-vs-75s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a5s-vs-65s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-76s.md"] --- # A5s vs 76s: preflop equity Who is ahead, A5s or 76s? A5s leads 56.07% to 43.93% before the flop, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Dealt all in against each other, A5s takes 56.07% of the pot on average and 76s takes the other 43.93%. ## A5s against 76s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for A5s against 76s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A5s | 55.811 | 0.510 | 43.679 | 56.066 | | 76s | 43.679 | 0.510 | 55.811 | 43.934 | Both hands are suited hands: A5s and 76s. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits. A 12.14 point lead is real, and 76s still takes about 437 of every 1,000 deals outright. Split pots make up 0.51% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each. A5s ranks number 30 of 169 starting hands, and 76s ranks number 115, by equity against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A5s | 15,290,000 | 140,000 | 11,967,000 | | 76s | 11,967,000 | 140,000 | 15,290,000 | The total is exact: 16 specific deals times 1,712,304 boards. The three counts are approximate, worked out from the percentages to five decimals and rounded to the nearest thousand. **A5s against 76s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A5s | 1.276 | 1.792 | 2.289 | 0.784 | | 76s | 0.784 | 2.289 | 1.792 | 1.276 | 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 By flop texture, A5s' equity runs from 36.27% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) up to 61.94% on paired flops. On low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) the numbers flip and 76s is the one ahead. **A5s against 76s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | A5s wins | Ties | 76s wins | A5s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.220 | 59.294 | 0.228 | 40.478 | 59.408 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 35.988 | 0.570 | 63.442 | 36.273 | | Two-tone | 46.727 | 54.659 | 0.265 | 45.076 | 54.792 | | Monotone | 5.273 | 51.955 | 3.435 | 44.610 | 53.673 | | Paired | 17.091 | 61.608 | 0.673 | 37.719 | 61.944 | 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 Compared with a random opponent, this matchup shifts A5s from 59.92% by -3.85 points and 76s from 45.37% by -1.44 points. **A5s and 76s 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A5s, all flops | 56.066 | 59.923 | -3.857 | 0.93563 | | A5s, rainbow, ten or higher | 59.408 | 59.923 | -0.515 | 0.99141 | | A5s, rainbow, nine or lower | 36.273 | 59.923 | -23.650 | 0.60533 | | A5s, two-tone | 54.792 | 59.923 | -5.131 | 0.91437 | | A5s, monotone | 53.673 | 59.923 | -6.250 | 0.89570 | | A5s, paired | 61.944 | 59.923 | +2.021 | 1.03373 | | 76s, all flops | 43.934 | 45.372 | -1.438 | 0.96831 | | 76s, rainbow, ten or higher | 40.592 | 45.372 | -4.780 | 0.89465 | | 76s, rainbow, nine or lower | 63.727 | 45.372 | +18.355 | 1.40454 | | 76s, two-tone | 45.208 | 45.372 | -0.164 | 0.99639 | | 76s, monotone | 46.327 | 45.372 | +0.955 | 1.02105 | | 76s, paired | 38.056 | 45.372 | -7.316 | 0.83876 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Of the deals of this matchup, 4 share a suit (A5s at 57.86%) and 12 do not (55.47%). A5s does better with a shared suit, by 2.39 points. **A5s against 76s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | A5s wins | Ties | 76s wins | A5s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 57.567 | 0.587 | 41.846 | 57.861 | | No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 55.226 | 0.484 | 44.290 | 55.468 | ## How often this matchup comes up How often does it happen? 16 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0010%) are A5s against 76s, and 32 (0.0020%) if either hand may sit in either seat. ## A worked example Take a $200 pot built from $100 each. A5s' equity of 56.07% is worth $112.14, a $12.14 edge, and 76s' 43.93% is worth $87.86, which is $12.14 under its stake. In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 558 won outright by A5s, about 437 won outright by 76s and about 5 split. ## The same matchup from the other side 76s versus A5s is this same page seen from the other hand: 43.93% for 76s, 56.07% for A5s. ## Keep exploring As5s against 7h6h is a ready-made deal for the calculator, with no suit in common between the hands. The neighboring matchups below replace one hand with another of similar strength. - [Open As5s against 7h6h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=As5s&p2=7h6h) - [A5s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/a5s.md) - [76s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/76s.md) - [A5s vs 75s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a5s-vs-75s.md) - [A5s vs 65s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a5s-vs-65s.md) - [A6s vs 76s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-76s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed The page is built from a full enumeration: 1,712,304 boards, every suit pattern of the 16 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. ## Related - [A5s vs 75s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a5s-vs-75s.md) - [A5s vs 65s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a5s-vs-65s.md) - [A6s vs 76s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-76s.md)