--- title: "AJs vs A6s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-a6s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-a6s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "AJs is a big favorite over A6s before the flop: 69.89% to 30.11% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-kto.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-qts.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-a6s.md"] --- # AJs vs A6s: preflop equity AJs is a big favorite over A6s before the flop: 69.89% to 30.11% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. In equity, AJs against A6s stands at 69.89% to 30.11%, a gap of 39.78 points. ## AJs against A6s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for AJs against A6s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJs | 66.464 | 6.857 | 26.679 | 69.893 | | A6s | 26.679 | 6.857 | 66.464 | 30.107 | Here suited hands face each other, AJs on one side and A6s on the other. Sharing a rank is the signature of a dominated hand, since the weaker hand is usually out-kicked when the shared rank shows up. A lead of 39.78 points is large but not decisive: A6s still takes about 267 of every 1,000 deals. Ties are 6.86% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot. By strength against a random hand, AJs holds place 11 of 169 and A6s holds place 31. **Boards behind the percentages: 20,547,648 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJs | 13,657,000 | 1,409,000 | 5,482,000 | | A6s | 5,482,000 | 1,409,000 | 13,657,000 | 12 specific deals times 1,712,304 boards gives the exact total. The won, tied and lost counts are approximations from the five-decimal percentages, rounded to the nearest thousand. **AJs 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJs | 2.321 | 1.505 | 3.748 | 0.431 | | A6s | 0.431 | 3.748 | 1.505 | 2.321 | 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 Across the five flop textures AJs' equity moves by 19.12 points, from 57.58% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) to 76.70% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. AJs stays ahead on all five textures, but the swing between them is large, so how the flop looks matters a great deal. **AJs against A6s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | AJs wins | Ties | A6s wins | AJs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 74.059 | 5.285 | 20.656 | 76.702 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 56.226 | 2.717 | 41.057 | 57.584 | | Two-tone | 46.543 | 67.322 | 4.303 | 28.375 | 69.474 | | Monotone | 5.215 | 60.873 | 6.062 | 33.065 | 63.904 | | Paired | 17.333 | 59.546 | 17.796 | 22.658 | 68.444 | 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 Compared with a random opponent, this matchup shifts AJs from 65.39% by +4.50 points and A6s from 59.91% by -29.80 points. **AJs 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJs, all flops | 69.893 | 65.393 | +4.500 | 1.06881 | | AJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 76.702 | 65.393 | +11.309 | 1.17294 | | AJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 57.584 | 65.393 | -7.809 | 0.88058 | | AJs, two-tone | 69.474 | 65.393 | +4.081 | 1.06241 | | AJs, monotone | 63.904 | 65.393 | -1.489 | 0.97723 | | AJs, paired | 68.444 | 65.393 | +3.051 | 1.04666 | | A6s, all flops | 30.107 | 59.906 | -29.799 | 0.50257 | | A6s, rainbow, ten or higher | 23.298 | 59.906 | -36.608 | 0.38891 | | A6s, rainbow, nine or lower | 42.416 | 59.906 | -17.490 | 0.70804 | | A6s, two-tone | 30.526 | 59.906 | -29.380 | 0.50956 | | A6s, monotone | 36.096 | 59.906 | -23.810 | 0.60254 | | A6s, paired | 31.556 | 59.906 | -28.350 | 0.52676 | ## Does a shared suit matter? The hands cannot hold a suit in common here, which leaves a single case and a single number: 69.89% for AJs. **AJs against A6s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AJs wins | Ties | A6s wins | AJs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible | | No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 66.464 | 6.857 | 26.679 | 69.893 | ## How often this matchup comes up Exactly 12 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0007% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 24, or 0.0015%. ## A worked example Say each player puts $100 in before the flop, making a $200 pot. On average AJs takes back $139.78 of it, which is $39.78 more than it put in, and A6s takes back $60.22, $39.78 less than it put in. In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 665 won outright by AJs, about 267 won outright by A6s and about 68 split. ## The same matchup from the other side Read it from the other side: A6s against AJs is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so A6s holds 30.11% and AJs holds 69.89%. That address sends you back to this page. ## Keep exploring Open the calculator with AsJs against Ah6h already entered, a deal with no shared suit, and change any card to try your own hand. The matchups after it each swap one hand for a nearby one in the ranking. - [Open AsJs against Ah6h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=AsJs&p2=Ah6h) - [AJs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/ajs.md) - [A6s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/a6s.md) - [AJs vs KTo](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-kto.md) - [AJs vs QTs](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-qts.md) - [AKo vs A6s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-a6s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Nothing here is simulated. The 12 deals of AJs against A6s fall into a few suit patterns, each dealt against all 1,712,304 boards, with both best five-card hands compared on every board. Ties give each hand half a win, and the flop rows count a board under each of its ten flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [AJs vs KTo: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-kto.md) - [AJs vs QTs: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajs-vs-qts.md) - [AKo vs A6s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-a6s.md)