--- title: "AA vs QJo: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-qjo.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-qjo" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "AA is a big favorite over QJo before the flop: 84.93% to 15.07% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-k9o.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-q9s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-qjo.md"] --- # AA vs QJo: preflop equity AA is a big favorite over QJo before the flop: 84.93% to 15.07% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Before any board card is dealt, AA holds 84.93% equity against QJo, which leaves QJo with 15.07%. ## AA against QJo: the numbers **Exact preflop results for AA against QJo, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AA | 84.738 | 0.383 | 14.879 | 84.929 | | QJo | 14.879 | 0.383 | 84.738 | 15.071 | AA and QJo are a pocket pair and an offsuit hand, in that order. The pair outranks both of the other hand's cards, which is why the pair is a strong favorite. This is one of the lopsided matchups: QJo wins only 14.88% of the boards outright. Ties are 0.38% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot. Among the 169 starting hands, AA is number 1 and QJo is number 39 by strength against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 123,285,888 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AA | 104,470,000 | 472,000 | 18,344,000 | | QJo | 18,344,000 | 472,000 | 104,470,000 | The total is exact: 72 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 QJo 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 | 5.635 | 1.180 | 6.721 | 0.177 | | QJo | 0.177 | 6.721 | 1.180 | 5.635 | 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 AA prefers low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), where it holds 94.74%, and likes monotone flops least, where it holds 79.87%. AA stays ahead on all five textures. **AA against QJo by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | AA wins | Ties | QJo wins | AA equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.260 | 81.633 | 0.111 | 18.256 | 81.689 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 94.134 | 1.212 | 4.654 | 94.740 | | Two-tone | 46.485 | 84.221 | 0.370 | 15.409 | 84.406 | | Monotone | 5.151 | 79.003 | 1.740 | 19.257 | 79.873 | | Paired | 17.333 | 87.780 | 0.007 | 12.213 | 87.784 | 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 Relative to a random opponent, AA changes by -0.27 points (baseline 85.20%) and QJo by -43.07 points (baseline 58.14%). **AA and QJo 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 | 84.929 | 85.204 | -0.275 | 0.99677 | | AA, rainbow, ten or higher | 81.689 | 85.204 | -3.515 | 0.95875 | | AA, rainbow, nine or lower | 94.740 | 85.204 | +9.536 | 1.11192 | | AA, two-tone | 84.406 | 85.204 | -0.798 | 0.99063 | | AA, monotone | 79.873 | 85.204 | -5.331 | 0.93743 | | AA, paired | 87.784 | 85.204 | +2.580 | 1.03028 | | QJo, all flops | 15.071 | 58.135 | -43.064 | 0.25924 | | QJo, rainbow, ten or higher | 18.311 | 58.135 | -39.824 | 0.31497 | | QJo, rainbow, nine or lower | 5.260 | 58.135 | -52.875 | 0.09048 | | QJo, two-tone | 15.594 | 58.135 | -42.541 | 0.26824 | | QJo, monotone | 20.127 | 58.135 | -38.008 | 0.34621 | | QJo, paired | 12.216 | 58.135 | -45.919 | 0.21013 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Two kinds of deal exist here. In 60 of them the hands share a suit and AA holds 85.08%. In 12 they do not, and it holds 84.19%. AA does better with a shared suit, by 0.89 points. **AA against QJo by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AA wins | Ties | QJo wins | AA equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 60 | 83.33 | 84.877 | 0.399 | 14.724 | 85.076 | | No shared suit | 12 | 16.67 | 84.041 | 0.303 | 15.656 | 84.193 | ## How often this matchup comes up Exactly 72 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0044% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 144, or 0.0089%. ## A worked example Take a $200 pot built from $100 each. AA's equity of 84.93% is worth $169.86, a $69.86 edge, and QJo's 15.07% is worth $30.14, which is $69.86 under its stake. A thousand deals look like this: AA takes 847, QJo takes 149, 4 are ties. ## The same matchup from the other side If you came looking for QJo against AA, the numbers are the same with the hands swapped: 15.07% and 84.93%. ## Keep exploring AsAh against QdJc 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 QdJc in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=AsAh&p2=QdJc) - [AA combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/aa.md) - [QJo combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/qjo.md) - [AA vs K9o](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-k9o.md) - [AA vs Q9s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-q9s.md) - [KK vs QJo](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-qjo.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 72 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 - [AA vs K9o: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-k9o.md) - [AA vs Q9s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aa-vs-q9s.md) - [KK vs QJo: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-qjo.md)