AQs
69.31%
Wins 66.61%, ties 5.40%
A5s
30.69%
Wins 27.99%, ties 5.40%
AQs against A5s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQs | 66.607 | 5.403 | 27.990 | 69.308 |
| A5s | 27.990 | 5.403 | 66.607 | 30.692 |
Each side holds one of the suited hands: AQs and A5s. 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.
A lead of 38.62 points is large but not decisive: A5s still takes about 280 of every 1,000 deals. Ties are 5.40% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
Ranked by equity against a random hand, AQs is number 10 of the 169 starting hands and A5s is number 30.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| AQs | 13,686,000 | 1,110,000 | 5,751,000 |
| A5s | 5,751,000 | 1,110,000 | 13,686,000 |
Exact total: 12 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 | 2.258 | 1.501 | 3.573 | 0.443 |
| A5s | 0.443 | 3.573 | 1.501 | 2.258 |
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
If you know the kind of flop that came, the numbers shift: AQs holds 76.29% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and 54.20% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). AQs 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 | AQs wins | Ties | A5s wins | AQs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 74.550 | 3.476 | 21.974 | 76.288 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 52.175 | 4.054 | 43.771 | 54.202 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 66.956 | 3.296 | 29.748 | 68.604 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 60.798 | 5.264 | 33.938 | 63.430 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 62.342 | 14.304 | 23.354 | 69.494 |
Read the flop types this way: rainbow has three suits, two-tone has two cards of one suit, monotone has three, and paired repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
The table below sets each hand against its own random-hand baseline: a change of +3.10 points for AQs, from 66.21%, and -29.23 for A5s, from 59.92%.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQs, all flops | 69.308 | 66.209 | +3.099 | 1.04681 |
| AQs, rainbow, ten or higher | 76.288 | 66.209 | +10.079 | 1.15223 |
| AQs, rainbow, nine or lower | 54.202 | 66.209 | -12.007 | 0.81865 |
| AQs, two-tone | 68.604 | 66.209 | +2.395 | 1.03617 |
| AQs, monotone | 63.430 | 66.209 | -2.779 | 0.95803 |
| AQs, paired | 69.494 | 66.209 | +3.285 | 1.04962 |
| A5s, all flops | 30.692 | 59.923 | -29.231 | 0.51219 |
| A5s, rainbow, ten or higher | 23.712 | 59.923 | -36.211 | 0.39571 |
| A5s, rainbow, nine or lower | 45.798 | 59.923 | -14.125 | 0.76428 |
| A5s, two-tone | 31.396 | 59.923 | -28.527 | 0.52394 |
| A5s, monotone | 36.570 | 59.923 | -23.353 | 0.61028 |
| A5s, paired | 30.506 | 59.923 | -29.417 | 0.50909 |
Does a shared suit matter?
The hands cannot hold a suit in common here, which leaves a single case and a single number: 69.31% for AQs.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AQs wins | Ties | A5s wins | AQs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 66.607 | 5.403 | 27.990 | 69.308 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 12 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0007%) are AQs against A5s, and 24 (0.0015%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
To see what the equity is worth, imagine $100 each in a $200 pot. AQs is worth $138.62 on average (+$38.62); A5s is worth $61.38 (-$38.62).
In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 666 won outright by AQs, about 280 won outright by A5s and about 54 split.
The same matchup from the other side
If you came looking for A5s against AQs, the numbers are the same with the hands swapped: 30.69% and 69.31%.
Keep exploring
Try AsQs against Ah5h 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
The page is built from a full enumeration: 1,712,304 boards, every suit pattern of the 12 specific deals, both seven-card hands evaluated. A tie is worth half a win to each hand, and a board is tallied under each of its ten possible flops for the texture rows.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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