--- title: "AA vs 65s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-65s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-65s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "AA is a big favorite over 65s before the flop: 77.50% to 22.50% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-54s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-64s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-65s.md"] --- # AA vs 65s: preflop equity AA is a big favorite over 65s before the flop: 77.50% to 22.50% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Counting every board, the equity split is 77.50% for AA and 22.50% for 65s, so AA leads by 55.00 points. ## AA against 65s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for AA against 65s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AA | 77.294 | 0.415 | 22.291 | 77.501 | | 65s | 22.291 | 0.415 | 77.294 | 22.499 | Here a pocket pair (AA) meets a suited hand (65s). The pair outranks both of the other hand's cards, which is why the pair is a strong favorite. AA is well ahead, and 65s needs a specific kind of board to catch up. Split pots make up 0.42% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each. For context, AA sits at number 1 of 169 starting hands and 65s at number 128 when each is run against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 41,095,296 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AA | 31,764,000 | 171,000 | 9,161,000 | | 65s | 9,161,000 | 171,000 | 31,764,000 | The total is exact: 24 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. **AA against 65s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AA | 3.445 | 1.294 | 4.486 | 0.290 | | 65s | 0.290 | 4.486 | 1.294 | 3.445 | 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, AA's equity runs from 59.57% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) up to 83.71% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. AA stays ahead on all five textures, but the swing between them is large, so how the flop looks matters a great deal. **AA against 65s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | AA wins | Ties | 65s wins | AA equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 83.581 | 0.249 | 16.170 | 83.706 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 59.115 | 0.903 | 39.982 | 59.566 | | Two-tone | 46.545 | 75.290 | 0.359 | 24.351 | 75.470 | | Monotone | 5.212 | 71.307 | 2.467 | 26.226 | 72.541 | | Paired | 17.334 | 82.172 | 0.007 | 17.821 | 82.176 | 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 AA from 85.20% by -7.70 points and 65s from 43.13% by -20.63 points. **AA and 65s 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AA, all flops | 77.501 | 85.204 | -7.703 | 0.90959 | | AA, rainbow, ten or higher | 83.706 | 85.204 | -1.498 | 0.98242 | | AA, rainbow, nine or lower | 59.566 | 85.204 | -25.638 | 0.69910 | | AA, two-tone | 75.470 | 85.204 | -9.734 | 0.88576 | | AA, monotone | 72.541 | 85.204 | -12.663 | 0.85138 | | AA, paired | 82.176 | 85.204 | -3.028 | 0.96446 | | 65s, all flops | 22.499 | 43.133 | -20.634 | 0.52162 | | 65s, rainbow, ten or higher | 16.294 | 43.133 | -26.839 | 0.37776 | | 65s, rainbow, nine or lower | 40.434 | 43.133 | -2.699 | 0.93743 | | 65s, two-tone | 24.530 | 43.133 | -18.603 | 0.56871 | | 65s, monotone | 27.459 | 43.133 | -15.674 | 0.63661 | | 65s, paired | 17.824 | 43.133 | -25.309 | 0.41323 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Looking only at deals where the hands share a suit, AA has 78.06%; looking only at deals where they do not, 76.94%. AA does better with a shared suit, by 1.12 points. **AA against 65s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AA wins | Ties | 65s wins | AA equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 77.830 | 0.456 | 21.714 | 78.058 | | No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 76.756 | 0.375 | 22.869 | 76.944 | ## How often this matchup comes up This page stands for 24 specific-card matchups (0.0015% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 48 once you count the seats both ways (0.0030%). ## A worked example Take a $200 pot built from $100 each. AA's equity of 77.50% is worth $155.00, a $55.00 edge, and 65s' 22.50% is worth $45.00, which is $55.00 under its stake. In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 773 won outright by AA, about 223 won outright by 65s and about 4 split. ## The same matchup from the other side 65s against AA adds nothing new: it is 22.50% for 65s and 77.50% for AA, the same figures reversed. ## Keep exploring AsAh against 6d5d 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 AsAh against 6d5d in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=AsAh&p2=6d5d) - [AA combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/aa.md) - [65s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/65s.md) - [AA vs 54s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-54s.md) - [AA vs 64s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-64s.md) - [KK vs 65s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-65s.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 24 specific deals of AA against 65s, 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 - [AA vs 54s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-54s.md) - [AA vs 64s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-64s.md) - [KK vs 65s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-65s.md)