AKs
61.06%
Wins 60.83%, ties 0.47%
76s
38.94%
Wins 38.70%, ties 0.47%
AKs against 76s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKs | 60.826 | 0.465 | 38.709 | 61.059 |
| 76s | 38.709 | 0.465 | 60.826 | 38.941 |
AKs and 76s are both suited hands. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances.
AKs is ahead, but 76s is far from dead: it takes 387 of every 1,000 deals outright. A split pot comes up on 0.47% of boards, so the wins and the equity differ by half of that.
Ranked by equity against a random hand, AKs is number 8 of the 169 starting hands and 76s is number 115.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKs | 16,664,000 | 127,000 | 10,605,000 |
| 76s | 10,605,000 | 127,000 | 16,664,000 |
The board total is exact, 16 deals at 1,712,304 boards each. Won, tied and lost counts are rounded to the nearest thousand from the five-decimal percentages.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKs | 1.568 | 1.644 | 2.583 | 0.638 |
| 76s | 0.638 | 2.583 | 1.644 | 1.568 |
The final column gives the least the pot must offer for each unit called for a call to break even at this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
By flop texture, AKs' equity runs from 34.07% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) up to 67.84% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. Low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) favor 76s, the hand that is behind overall.
| Flop | Share of flops | AKs wins | Ties | 76s wins | AKs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 67.775 | 0.133 | 32.092 | 67.841 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 33.751 | 0.643 | 65.606 | 34.072 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 60.182 | 0.220 | 39.598 | 60.292 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 56.963 | 3.407 | 39.630 | 58.666 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 63.781 | 0.641 | 35.578 | 64.101 |
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
A random hand would give AKs 67.05% and 76s 45.37%. Against each other the change is -5.99 points for AKs and -6.43 for 76s.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKs, all flops | 61.059 | 67.045 | -5.986 | 0.91072 |
| AKs, rainbow, ten or higher | 67.841 | 67.045 | +0.796 | 1.01187 |
| AKs, rainbow, nine or lower | 34.072 | 67.045 | -32.973 | 0.50820 |
| AKs, two-tone | 60.292 | 67.045 | -6.753 | 0.89928 |
| AKs, monotone | 58.666 | 67.045 | -8.379 | 0.87502 |
| AKs, paired | 64.101 | 67.045 | -2.944 | 0.95609 |
| 76s, all flops | 38.941 | 45.372 | -6.431 | 0.85826 |
| 76s, rainbow, ten or higher | 32.159 | 45.372 | -13.213 | 0.70879 |
| 76s, rainbow, nine or lower | 65.928 | 45.372 | +20.556 | 1.45305 |
| 76s, two-tone | 39.708 | 45.372 | -5.664 | 0.87517 |
| 76s, monotone | 41.334 | 45.372 | -4.038 | 0.91100 |
| 76s, paired | 35.899 | 45.372 | -9.473 | 0.79121 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Suit overlap shows up in the numbers. With a suit in common AKs has 63.15% equity, and with none in common it has 60.36%. AKs does better with a shared suit, by 2.79 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AKs wins | Ties | 76s wins | AKs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 62.875 | 0.542 | 36.583 | 63.146 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 60.143 | 0.439 | 39.418 | 60.363 |
How often this matchup comes up
Counting specific cards, AKs against 76s appears in 16 of the 1,624,350 ordered heads-up deals (0.0010%), and in 32 when the seats are swapped too (0.0020%).
A worked example
A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says AKs gets $122.12 of it on average and 76s gets $77.88.
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 608 outright wins for AKs, 387 for 76s, and 5 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
Read it from the other side: 76s against AKs is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so 76s holds 38.94% and AKs holds 61.06%. That address sends you back to this page.
Keep exploring
AsKs against 7h6h 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.
How this was computed
Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 16 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.
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