--- title: "AJs vs 65s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-65s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-65s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "AJs is a big favorite over 65s before the flop: 61.56% to 38.44% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-54s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-64s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-65s.md"] --- # AJs vs 65s: preflop equity AJs is a big favorite over 65s before the flop: 61.56% to 38.44% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Over all 1,712,304 boards that can follow this deal, AJs finishes with 61.56% of the pot and 65s with 38.44%. ## AJs against 65s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for AJs against 65s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJs | 61.309 | 0.508 | 38.183 | 61.563 | | 65s | 38.183 | 0.508 | 61.309 | 38.437 | This is a contest between two suited hands, AJs and 65s. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other. AJs is ahead, but 65s is far from dead: it takes 382 of every 1,000 deals outright. A split pot comes up on 0.51% of boards, so the wins and the equity differ by half of that. Place 11 of 169 belongs to AJs and place 128 belongs to 65s in the ranking against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJs | 16,797,000 | 139,000 | 10,461,000 | | 65s | 10,461,000 | 139,000 | 16,797,000 | 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. **AJs 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJs | 1.602 | 1.631 | 2.619 | 0.624 | | 65s | 0.624 | 2.619 | 1.631 | 1.602 | 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 Rainbow flops topped by a ten or better are the best for AJs (68.91%); low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the worst (32.82%). On low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) the numbers flip and 65s is the one ahead. **AJs against 65s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | AJs wins | Ties | 65s wins | AJs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 68.829 | 0.168 | 31.003 | 68.913 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 32.441 | 0.755 | 66.804 | 32.818 | | Two-tone | 46.727 | 60.677 | 0.264 | 39.059 | 60.809 | | Monotone | 5.273 | 57.317 | 3.465 | 39.218 | 59.049 | | Paired | 17.091 | 64.114 | 0.657 | 35.229 | 64.443 | 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 The table below sets each hand against its own random-hand baseline: a change of -3.83 points for AJs, from 65.39%, and -4.69 for 65s, from 43.13%. **AJs 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJs, all flops | 61.563 | 65.393 | -3.830 | 0.94143 | | AJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 68.913 | 65.393 | +3.520 | 1.05383 | | AJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 32.818 | 65.393 | -32.575 | 0.50186 | | AJs, two-tone | 60.809 | 65.393 | -4.584 | 0.92990 | | AJs, monotone | 59.049 | 65.393 | -6.344 | 0.90299 | | AJs, paired | 64.443 | 65.393 | -0.950 | 0.98547 | | 65s, all flops | 38.437 | 43.133 | -4.696 | 0.89113 | | 65s, rainbow, ten or higher | 31.087 | 43.133 | -12.046 | 0.72072 | | 65s, rainbow, nine or lower | 67.182 | 43.133 | +24.049 | 1.55755 | | 65s, two-tone | 39.191 | 43.133 | -3.942 | 0.90861 | | 65s, monotone | 40.951 | 43.133 | -2.182 | 0.94941 | | 65s, paired | 35.557 | 43.133 | -7.576 | 0.82436 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Suit overlap shows up in the numbers. With a suit in common AJs has 63.70% equity, and with none in common it has 60.85%. AJs does better with a shared suit, by 2.85 points. **AJs against 65s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AJs wins | Ties | 65s wins | AJs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 63.404 | 0.587 | 36.009 | 63.698 | | No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 60.611 | 0.481 | 38.908 | 60.852 | ## How often this matchup comes up This page stands for 16 specific-card matchups (0.0010% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 32 once you count the seats both ways (0.0020%). ## A worked example Say each player puts $100 in before the flop, making a $200 pot. On average AJs takes back $123.12 of it, which is $23.12 more than it put in, and 65s takes back $76.88, $23.12 less than it put in. Over a long run, 1,000 deals split into about 613 for AJs, 382 for 65s and 5 tied. ## The same matchup from the other side 65s versus AJs is this same page seen from the other hand: 38.44% for 65s, 61.56% for AJs. ## Keep exploring AsJs against 6h5h 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 AsJs against 6h5h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=AsJs&p2=6h5h) - [AJs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/ajs.md) - [65s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/65s.md) - [AJs vs 54s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-54s.md) - [AJs vs 64s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-64s.md) - [AKo vs 65s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-65s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 16 specific AJs against 65s deals meets all 1,712,304 boards, and the better five-card hand wins; a split pot is half a win each. The flop table reads each board under all ten of its three-card flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [AJs vs 54s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-54s.md) - [AJs vs 64s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-64s.md) - [AKo vs 65s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-65s.md)