--- title: "AKo vs 33: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-33.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-33" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "Who is ahead, AKo or 33? 33 leads 53.38% to 46.63% before the flop, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-t8s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-t9o.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ats-vs-33.md"] --- # AKo vs 33: preflop equity Who is ahead, AKo or 33? 33 leads 53.38% to 46.63% before the flop, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Averaged over every possible board, 33 is ahead of AKo by 6.74 points of equity, 53.37% to 46.63%. ## AKo against 33: the numbers **Exact preflop results for AKo against 33, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKo | 46.346 | 0.557 | 53.097 | 46.625 | | 33 | 53.097 | 0.557 | 46.346 | 53.375 | AKo and 33 are an offsuit hand and a pocket pair, in that order. One hand holds a pair and the other holds two cards that both outrank it, which keeps the equity closer than most people expect. With only 6.74 points between them, the board decides this matchup far more than the cards in hand. About 0.56% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands. By strength against a random hand, AKo holds place 12 of 169 and 33 holds place 66. **Boards behind the percentages: 123,285,888 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKo | 57,138,000 | 687,000 | 65,461,000 | | 33 | 65,461,000 | 687,000 | 57,138,000 | 72 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. **AKo against 33 read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKo | 0.874 | 2.158 | 1.883 | 1.145 | | 33 | 1.145 | 1.883 | 2.158 | 0.874 | 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 Split by what the flop looks like, 33 peaks at 79.55% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) and bottoms out at 47.26% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. AKo is ahead on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, even though it trails 33 when every flop is counted. **AKo against 33 by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | AKo wins | Ties | 33 wins | AKo equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.717 | 52.640 | 0.208 | 47.152 | 52.744 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 19.800 | 1.297 | 78.903 | 20.448 | | Two-tone | 46.485 | 46.316 | 0.411 | 53.273 | 46.522 | | Monotone | 5.151 | 48.301 | 2.281 | 49.418 | 49.441 | | Paired | 17.333 | 46.540 | 0.665 | 52.795 | 46.872 | 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 Compared with a random opponent, this matchup shifts AKo from 65.32% by -18.69 points and 33 from 53.69% by -0.32 points. **AKo and 33 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKo, all flops | 46.625 | 65.320 | -18.695 | 0.71379 | | AKo, rainbow, ten or higher | 52.744 | 65.320 | -12.576 | 0.80747 | | AKo, rainbow, nine or lower | 20.448 | 65.320 | -44.872 | 0.31304 | | AKo, two-tone | 46.522 | 65.320 | -18.798 | 0.71222 | | AKo, monotone | 49.441 | 65.320 | -15.879 | 0.75690 | | AKo, paired | 46.872 | 65.320 | -18.448 | 0.71758 | | 33, all flops | 53.375 | 53.693 | -0.318 | 0.99408 | | 33, rainbow, ten or higher | 47.256 | 53.693 | -6.437 | 0.88011 | | 33, rainbow, nine or lower | 79.552 | 53.693 | +25.859 | 1.48161 | | 33, two-tone | 53.478 | 53.693 | -0.215 | 0.99600 | | 33, monotone | 50.559 | 53.693 | -3.134 | 0.94163 | | 33, paired | 53.128 | 53.693 | -0.565 | 0.98948 | ## Does a shared suit matter? The suit split reads 53.30% for 33 with a shared suit and 53.77% without one. 33 does better with no shared suit, by 0.47 points. **AKo against 33 by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AKo wins | Ties | 33 wins | AKo equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 60 | 83.33 | 46.420 | 0.568 | 53.012 | 46.704 | | No shared suit | 12 | 16.67 | 45.977 | 0.503 | 53.520 | 46.228 | ## How often this matchup comes up Out of 1,624,350 ways to deal two seats two cards each, 72 are AKo in one seat and 33 in the other (0.0044%); with the seats swapped too, 144 (0.0089%). ## A worked example Say each player puts $100 in before the flop, making a $200 pot. On average 33 takes back $106.74 of it, which is $6.74 more than it put in, and AKo takes back $93.26, $6.74 less than it put in. Over a long run, 1,000 deals split into about 531 for 33, 463 for AKo and 6 tied. ## The same matchup from the other side 33 versus AKo is this same page seen from the other hand: 53.37% for 33, 46.63% for AKo. ## Keep exploring Open the calculator with AsKh against 3d3c 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 AsKh against 3d3c in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=AsKh&p2=3d3c) - [AKo combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/ako.md) - [33 combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/33.md) - [AKo vs T8s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-t8s.md) - [AKo vs T9o](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-t9o.md) - [ATs vs 33](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ats-vs-33.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed The figures are counted, not estimated: 1,712,304 boards for every suit pattern of the 72 specific deals, with both seven-card hands compared each time. Equity gives half a win for a tie. For the flop rows, a board is counted once under each of the ten flops inside it. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [AKo vs T8s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-t8s.md) - [AKo vs T9o: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ako-vs-t9o.md) - [ATs vs 33: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ats-vs-33.md)