--- title: "AKs vs 77: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-77.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-77" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "AKs vs 77 is close to a coin flip before the flop: 47.69% to 52.31% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-aqs.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-ajs.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-77.md"] --- # AKs vs 77: preflop equity AKs vs 77 is close to a coin flip before the flop: 47.69% to 52.31% 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, 77 finishes with 52.31% of the pot and AKs with 47.69%. ## AKs against 77: the numbers **Exact preflop results for AKs against 77, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKs | 47.497 | 0.385 | 52.118 | 47.690 | | 77 | 52.118 | 0.385 | 47.497 | 52.310 | We compare a suited hand with a pocket pair. One hand holds a pair and the other holds two cards that both outrank it, which keeps the equity closer than most people expect. 77 leads by less than 5 points of equity, so the result of any one deal is close to a toss-up. Split pots make up 0.39% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each. In the ranking of all 169 starting hands, AKs is number 8 and 77 is number 9. **Boards behind the percentages: 41,095,296 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKs | 19,519,000 | 158,000 | 21,418,000 | | 77 | 21,418,000 | 158,000 | 19,519,000 | 24 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. **AKs against 77 read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKs | 0.912 | 2.105 | 1.919 | 1.097 | | 77 | 1.097 | 1.919 | 2.105 | 0.912 | 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 If you know the kind of flop that came, the numbers shift: 77 holds 77.53% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) and 46.43% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. AKs takes over on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, so the favorite before the flop is the underdog on those boards. **AKs against 77 by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | AKs wins | Ties | 77 wins | AKs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 53.498 | 0.154 | 46.348 | 53.575 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 22.117 | 0.699 | 77.184 | 22.466 | | Two-tone | 46.545 | 49.373 | 0.245 | 50.382 | 49.495 | | Monotone | 5.212 | 47.258 | 2.386 | 50.356 | 48.451 | | Paired | 17.334 | 43.262 | 0.374 | 56.364 | 43.449 | 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 How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 67.05%, AKs changes by -19.36 points, and 77, from 66.24%, by -13.93. **AKs and 77 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKs, all flops | 47.690 | 67.045 | -19.355 | 0.71131 | | AKs, rainbow, ten or higher | 53.575 | 67.045 | -13.470 | 0.79909 | | AKs, rainbow, nine or lower | 22.466 | 67.045 | -44.579 | 0.33509 | | AKs, two-tone | 49.495 | 67.045 | -17.550 | 0.73824 | | AKs, monotone | 48.451 | 67.045 | -18.594 | 0.72266 | | AKs, paired | 43.449 | 67.045 | -23.596 | 0.64806 | | 77, all flops | 52.310 | 66.236 | -13.926 | 0.78975 | | 77, rainbow, ten or higher | 46.425 | 66.236 | -19.811 | 0.70090 | | 77, rainbow, nine or lower | 77.534 | 66.236 | +11.298 | 1.17057 | | 77, two-tone | 50.505 | 66.236 | -15.731 | 0.76250 | | 77, monotone | 51.549 | 66.236 | -14.687 | 0.77826 | | 77, paired | 56.551 | 66.236 | -9.685 | 0.85378 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Two kinds of deal exist here. In 12 of them the hands share a suit and 77 holds 52.50%. In 12 they do not, and it holds 52.12%. 77 does better with a shared suit, by 0.38 points. **AKs against 77 by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AKs wins | Ties | 77 wins | AKs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 47.285 | 0.431 | 52.284 | 47.500 | | No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 47.709 | 0.340 | 51.951 | 47.879 | ## How often this matchup comes up This page stands for 24 specific-card matchups (0.0015% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 48 once you count the seats both ways (0.0030%). ## A worked example A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says 77 gets $104.62 of it on average and AKs gets $95.38. Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 521 for 77, 475 for AKs and 4 ties. ## The same matchup from the other side Swap the hands and you get 77 with 52.31% against AKs with 47.69%. We keep one page per matchup, with the better-ranked hand first. ## Keep exploring Try AsKs against 7h7d in the calculator: the hands share no suit, and every card can be changed. The links after it are the closest matchups in the ranking. - [Open AsKs against 7h7d in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=AsKs&p2=7h7d) - [AKs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/aks.md) - [77 combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/77.md) - [AKs vs AQs](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-aqs.md) - [AKs vs AJs](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-ajs.md) - [88 vs 77](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-77.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 24 specific AKs against 77 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 - [AKs vs AQs: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-aqs.md) - [AKs vs AJs: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-ajs.md) - [88 vs 77: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-77.md)