AQs
62.90%
Wins 62.67%, ties 0.47%
97s
37.10%
Wins 36.86%, ties 0.47%
AQs against 97s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQs | 62.665 | 0.473 | 36.862 | 62.902 |
| 97s | 36.862 | 0.473 | 62.665 | 37.098 |
Two suited hands meet here: AQs against 97s. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other.
AQs is ahead, but 97s is far from dead: it takes 368 of every 1,000 deals outright. Split pots make up 0.47% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each.
Among the 169 starting hands, AQs is number 10 and 97s is number 94 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| AQs | 17,168,000 | 130,000 | 10,099,000 |
| 97s | 10,099,000 | 130,000 | 17,168,000 |
Exact total: 16 deals times 1,712,304 boards. The other three counts come from the five-decimal percentages and are rounded to the nearest thousand, so read them as approximate.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQs | 1.696 | 1.596 | 2.713 | 0.590 |
| 97s | 0.590 | 2.713 | 1.596 | 1.696 |
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
Rainbow flops topped by a ten or better are the best for AQs (69.25%); low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the worst (39.63%). Watch for low rainbow flops (nine high or lower): on those flops 97s holds the better equity.
| Flop | Share of flops | AQs wins | Ties | 97s wins | AQs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 69.164 | 0.162 | 30.674 | 69.245 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 39.327 | 0.604 | 60.069 | 39.629 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 62.155 | 0.230 | 37.615 | 62.270 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 58.425 | 3.399 | 38.176 | 60.124 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 64.639 | 0.633 | 34.728 | 64.956 |
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
Each hand has a baseline against a random hand: 66.21% for AQs, 49.12% for 97s. Here the change is -3.31 and -12.02 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQs, all flops | 62.902 | 66.209 | -3.307 | 0.95005 |
| AQs, rainbow, ten or higher | 69.245 | 66.209 | +3.036 | 1.04585 |
| AQs, rainbow, nine or lower | 39.629 | 66.209 | -26.580 | 0.59854 |
| AQs, two-tone | 62.270 | 66.209 | -3.939 | 0.94051 |
| AQs, monotone | 60.124 | 66.209 | -6.085 | 0.90809 |
| AQs, paired | 64.956 | 66.209 | -1.253 | 0.98108 |
| 97s, all flops | 37.098 | 49.118 | -12.020 | 0.75528 |
| 97s, rainbow, ten or higher | 30.755 | 49.118 | -18.363 | 0.62615 |
| 97s, rainbow, nine or lower | 60.371 | 49.118 | +11.253 | 1.22910 |
| 97s, two-tone | 37.730 | 49.118 | -11.388 | 0.76815 |
| 97s, monotone | 39.876 | 49.118 | -9.242 | 0.81184 |
| 97s, paired | 35.044 | 49.118 | -14.074 | 0.71347 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Of the deals of this matchup, 4 share a suit (AQs at 65.20%) and 12 do not (62.14%). AQs does better with a shared suit, by 3.06 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AQs wins | Ties | 97s wins | AQs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 64.927 | 0.550 | 34.523 | 65.202 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 61.911 | 0.447 | 37.642 | 62.135 |
How often this matchup comes up
The class pair covers 16 combinations of specific cards in a fixed seat order, 0.0010% of 1,624,350, and 32 (0.0020%) in either order.
A worked example
A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says AQs gets $125.80 of it on average and 97s gets $74.20.
Per 1,000 deals: AQs wins about 627, 97s wins about 368, and about 5 end in a split pot.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From 97s' side the equity is 37.10%, and from AQs' side it is 62.90%.
Keep exploring
Try AsQs against 9h7h 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
All 1,712,304 five-card boards are dealt for every suit pattern among the 16 specific deals of AQs against 97s, and both hands are scored on each. That is a full count, so the percentages are exact. Ties are half a win each, and each board appears once per flop it contains.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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