AKs
70.93%
Wins 68.95%, ties 3.96%
A6s
29.07%
Wins 27.09%, ties 3.96%
AKs against A6s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKs | 68.948 | 3.961 | 27.091 | 70.929 |
| A6s | 27.091 | 3.961 | 68.948 | 29.071 |
AKs and A6s are both suited hands. Because the hands share one rank, the one with the higher kicker is ahead when that rank pairs and the other hand is mostly drawing.
That is a clear edge, 70.93% to 29.07%, but A6s still wins often enough that one hand proves nothing. The tie share is 3.96%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright.
AKs ranks number 8 of 169 starting hands, and A6s ranks number 31, by equity against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKs | 14,167,000 | 814,000 | 5,567,000 |
| A6s | 5,567,000 | 814,000 | 14,167,000 |
The total is exact: 12 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.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKs | 2.440 | 1.450 | 3.691 | 0.410 |
| A6s | 0.410 | 3.691 | 1.450 | 2.440 |
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
AKs prefers rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, where it holds 77.74%, and likes low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) least, where it holds 56.91%. AKs stays ahead on all five textures, but the swing between them is large, so how the flop looks matters a great deal.
| Flop | Share of flops | AKs wins | Ties | A6s wins | AKs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 76.635 | 2.203 | 21.162 | 77.736 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 55.503 | 2.812 | 41.685 | 56.909 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 69.056 | 2.120 | 28.824 | 70.116 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 62.378 | 4.265 | 33.357 | 64.511 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 65.513 | 11.701 | 22.786 | 71.363 |
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
Relative to a random opponent, AKs changes by +3.88 points (baseline 67.05%) and A6s by -30.84 points (baseline 59.91%).
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AKs, all flops | 70.929 | 67.045 | +3.884 | 1.05793 |
| AKs, rainbow, ten or higher | 77.736 | 67.045 | +10.691 | 1.15946 |
| AKs, rainbow, nine or lower | 56.909 | 67.045 | -10.136 | 0.84882 |
| AKs, two-tone | 70.116 | 67.045 | +3.071 | 1.04581 |
| AKs, monotone | 64.511 | 67.045 | -2.534 | 0.96220 |
| AKs, paired | 71.363 | 67.045 | +4.318 | 1.06440 |
| A6s, all flops | 29.071 | 59.906 | -30.835 | 0.48528 |
| A6s, rainbow, ten or higher | 22.264 | 59.906 | -37.642 | 0.37165 |
| A6s, rainbow, nine or lower | 43.091 | 59.906 | -16.815 | 0.71931 |
| A6s, two-tone | 29.884 | 59.906 | -30.022 | 0.49885 |
| A6s, monotone | 35.489 | 59.906 | -24.417 | 0.59241 |
| A6s, paired | 28.637 | 59.906 | -31.269 | 0.47803 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Every legal deal of AKs against A6s leaves the hands with no suit in common, so the suit split does not apply here.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AKs wins | Ties | A6s wins | AKs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 68.948 | 3.961 | 27.091 | 70.929 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 12 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0007%) are AKs against A6s, and 24 (0.0015%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, AKs' average share is $141.86 (a gain of $41.86) and A6s' is $58.14 (a loss of $41.86).
Think in thousands: about 689 of 1,000 go to AKs, about 271 go to A6s, and about 40 are chopped.
The same matchup from the other side
Read it from the other side: A6s against AKs is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so A6s holds 29.07% and AKs holds 70.93%. That address sends you back to this page.
Keep exploring
Try AsKs against Ah6h 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.
How this was computed
Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 12 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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