--- title: "A7s vs A6s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a7s-vs-a6s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a7s-vs-a6s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "A7s is a big favorite over A6s before the flop: 61.53% to 38.47% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a7s-vs-kto.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a7s-vs-qts.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a9o-vs-a6s.md"] --- # A7s vs A6s: preflop equity A7s is a big favorite over A6s before the flop: 61.53% to 38.47% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. The exact count puts A7s at 61.53% and A6s at 38.47% when the two hands see all five board cards. ## A7s against A6s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for A7s against A6s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A7s | 49.110 | 24.843 | 26.047 | 61.531 | | A6s | 26.047 | 24.843 | 49.110 | 38.469 | A7s and A6s are both suited hands. The two hands share a rank, and the one with the better other card dominates: it wins most kicker battles when that shared rank hits. A7s is ahead, but A6s is far from dead: it takes 261 of every 1,000 deals outright. About 24.84% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands. In the ranking of all 169 starting hands, A7s is number 24 and A6s is number 31. **Boards behind the percentages: 20,547,648 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A7s | 10,091,000 | 5,105,000 | 5,352,000 | | A6s | 5,352,000 | 5,105,000 | 10,091,000 | 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. **A7s against A6s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A7s | 1.599 | 2.036 | 3.839 | 0.625 | | A6s | 0.625 | 3.839 | 2.036 | 1.599 | The last column is the smallest pot odds, written as a pot-to-call ratio, at which a call breaks even with this equity. ## Who is ahead on which flops By flop texture, A7s' equity runs from 56.73% on paired flops up to 65.47% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). A7s stays ahead on all five textures. **A7s against A6s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | A7s wins | Ties | A6s wins | A7s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.526 | 49.984 | 27.056 | 22.960 | 63.512 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.383 | 61.318 | 8.299 | 30.383 | 65.467 | | Two-tone | 46.543 | 51.831 | 20.460 | 27.709 | 62.061 | | Monotone | 5.215 | 49.898 | 17.434 | 32.668 | 58.615 | | Paired | 17.333 | 35.832 | 41.804 | 22.364 | 56.734 | Flop types: rainbow means three different suits, two-tone means one suit twice, monotone means one suit three times, paired means a repeated rank. ## Compared with a random hand Each hand has a baseline against a random hand: 60.98% for A7s, 59.91% for A6s. Here the change is +0.55 and -21.44 points. **A7s and A6s 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A7s, all flops | 61.531 | 60.984 | +0.547 | 1.00897 | | A7s, rainbow, ten or higher | 63.512 | 60.984 | +2.528 | 1.04145 | | A7s, rainbow, nine or lower | 65.467 | 60.984 | +4.483 | 1.07351 | | A7s, two-tone | 62.061 | 60.984 | +1.077 | 1.01766 | | A7s, monotone | 58.615 | 60.984 | -2.369 | 0.96115 | | A7s, paired | 56.734 | 60.984 | -4.250 | 0.93031 | | A6s, all flops | 38.469 | 59.906 | -21.437 | 0.64216 | | A6s, rainbow, ten or higher | 36.488 | 59.906 | -23.418 | 0.60909 | | A6s, rainbow, nine or lower | 34.533 | 59.906 | -25.373 | 0.57645 | | A6s, two-tone | 37.939 | 59.906 | -21.967 | 0.63331 | | A6s, monotone | 41.385 | 59.906 | -18.521 | 0.69083 | | A6s, paired | 43.266 | 59.906 | -16.640 | 0.72223 | ## Does a shared suit matter? For this pair the shared-suit row is empty: the two hands cannot both own a card of one suit without reusing a card. **A7s against A6s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | A7s wins | Ties | A6s wins | A7s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible | | No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 49.110 | 24.843 | 26.047 | 61.531 | ## How often this matchup comes up Counting specific cards, A7s against A6s appears in 12 of the 1,624,350 ordered heads-up deals (0.0007%), and in 24 when the seats are swapped too (0.0015%). ## A worked example Try it with money: two players each put in $100 and the whole board runs out every possible way. A7s averages $123.06 from the $200, up $23.06; A6s averages $76.94, down $23.06. Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 491 outright wins for A7s, 261 for A6s, and 248 split pots. ## The same matchup from the other side The mirror image, A6s against A7s, is 38.47% to 61.53%, and its address redirects to this page. ## Keep exploring The calculator link fills in As7s against Ah6h, a deal where the two hands share no suit. Change any card to test your own hand. The neighboring matchups below swap one of the two hands for one of similar strength. - [Open As7s against Ah6h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=As7s&p2=Ah6h) - [A7s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/a7s.md) - [A6s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/a6s.md) - [A7s vs KTo](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a7s-vs-kto.md) - [A7s vs QTs](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a7s-vs-qts.md) - [A9o vs A6s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a9o-vs-a6s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed All 1,712,304 five-card boards are dealt for every suit pattern among the 12 specific deals of A7s against A6s, and both hands are scored on each. That is a full count, so the percentages are exact. Ties are half a win each, and each board appears once per flop it contains. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [A7s vs KTo: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a7s-vs-kto.md) - [A7s vs QTs: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a7s-vs-qts.md) - [A9o vs A6s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a9o-vs-a6s.md)