AQs
61.85%
Wins 61.62%, ties 0.48%
98s
38.15%
Wins 37.90%, ties 0.48%
AQs against 98s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQs | 61.616 | 0.476 | 37.908 | 61.854 |
| 98s | 37.908 | 0.476 | 61.616 | 38.146 |
Two suited hands meet here: AQs against 98s. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits.
The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. Ties are 0.48% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
AQs ranks number 10 of 169 starting hands, and 98s ranks number 83, by equity against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| AQs | 16,881,000 | 130,000 | 10,386,000 |
| 98s | 10,386,000 | 130,000 | 16,881,000 |
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 | 1.622 | 1.623 | 2.638 | 0.617 |
| 98s | 0.617 | 2.638 | 1.623 | 1.622 |
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
Break the boards down by their first three cards and AQs is strongest on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better (67.48%) and weakest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (40.57%). On low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) the numbers flip and 98s is the one ahead.
| Flop | Share of flops | AQs wins | Ties | 98s wins | AQs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 67.407 | 0.149 | 32.444 | 67.481 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 40.230 | 0.681 | 59.089 | 40.571 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 61.048 | 0.234 | 38.718 | 61.165 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 57.523 | 3.400 | 39.077 | 59.223 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 63.996 | 0.628 | 35.376 | 64.310 |
A rainbow flop shows three suits, a two-tone flop repeats one suit, a monotone flop is a single suit, and a paired flop repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 66.21%, AQs changes by -4.36 points, and 98s, from 50.80%, by -12.65.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQs, all flops | 61.854 | 66.209 | -4.355 | 0.93422 |
| AQs, rainbow, ten or higher | 67.481 | 66.209 | +1.272 | 1.01921 |
| AQs, rainbow, nine or lower | 40.571 | 66.209 | -25.638 | 0.61277 |
| AQs, two-tone | 61.165 | 66.209 | -5.044 | 0.92382 |
| AQs, monotone | 59.223 | 66.209 | -6.986 | 0.89449 |
| AQs, paired | 64.310 | 66.209 | -1.899 | 0.97132 |
| 98s, all flops | 38.146 | 50.801 | -12.655 | 0.75089 |
| 98s, rainbow, ten or higher | 32.519 | 50.801 | -18.282 | 0.64013 |
| 98s, rainbow, nine or lower | 59.429 | 50.801 | +8.628 | 1.16984 |
| 98s, two-tone | 38.835 | 50.801 | -11.966 | 0.76445 |
| 98s, monotone | 40.777 | 50.801 | -10.024 | 0.80268 |
| 98s, paired | 35.690 | 50.801 | -15.111 | 0.70255 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Split by suits, the deals give AQs 64.06% when the hands overlap in a suit and 61.12% when they do not. AQs does better with a shared suit, by 2.94 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AQs wins | Ties | 98s wins | AQs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 63.781 | 0.553 | 35.666 | 64.058 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 60.894 | 0.450 | 38.656 | 61.119 |
How often this matchup comes up
This page stands for 16 specific-card matchups (0.0010% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 32 once you count the seats both ways (0.0020%).
A worked example
Say each player puts $100 in before the flop, making a $200 pot. On average AQs takes back $123.70 of it, which is $23.70 more than it put in, and 98s takes back $76.30, $23.70 less than it put in.
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 616 for AQs, 379 for 98s and 5 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From 98s' side the equity is 38.15%, and from AQs' side it is 61.85%.
Keep exploring
AsQs against 9h8h 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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