AQs
70.42%
Wins 67.90%, ties 5.04%
A6s
29.58%
Wins 27.06%, ties 5.04%
AQs against A6s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQs | 67.902 | 5.044 | 27.054 | 70.424 |
| A6s | 27.054 | 5.044 | 67.902 | 29.576 |
Two suited hands meet here: AQs against A6s. The two hands share a rank, and the one with the better other card dominates: it wins most kicker battles when that shared rank hits.
A lead of 40.84 points is large but not decisive: A6s still takes about 271 of every 1,000 deals. Ties are 5.04% 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 A6s is number 31.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| AQs | 13,952,000 | 1,036,000 | 5,559,000 |
| A6s | 5,559,000 | 1,036,000 | 13,952,000 |
12 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.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQs | 2.381 | 1.473 | 3.696 | 0.420 |
| A6s | 0.420 | 3.696 | 1.473 | 2.381 |
The last column is the smallest pot odds, written as a pot-to-call ratio, at which a call breaks even with 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 (77.26%) and weakest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (56.95%). 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 | A6s wins | AQs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 75.618 | 3.278 | 21.104 | 77.257 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 55.554 | 2.782 | 41.664 | 56.945 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 68.309 | 2.910 | 28.781 | 69.764 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 61.690 | 4.983 | 33.327 | 64.182 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 63.068 | 14.146 | 22.786 | 70.141 |
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
A random hand would give AQs 66.21% and A6s 59.91%. Against each other the change is +4.21 points for AQs and -30.33 for A6s.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AQs, all flops | 70.424 | 66.209 | +4.215 | 1.06366 |
| AQs, rainbow, ten or higher | 77.257 | 66.209 | +11.048 | 1.16687 |
| AQs, rainbow, nine or lower | 56.945 | 66.209 | -9.264 | 0.86008 |
| AQs, two-tone | 69.764 | 66.209 | +3.555 | 1.05369 |
| AQs, monotone | 64.182 | 66.209 | -2.027 | 0.96938 |
| AQs, paired | 70.141 | 66.209 | +3.932 | 1.05939 |
| A6s, all flops | 29.576 | 59.906 | -30.330 | 0.49371 |
| A6s, rainbow, ten or higher | 22.743 | 59.906 | -37.163 | 0.37964 |
| A6s, rainbow, nine or lower | 43.055 | 59.906 | -16.851 | 0.71871 |
| A6s, two-tone | 30.236 | 59.906 | -29.670 | 0.50472 |
| A6s, monotone | 35.818 | 59.906 | -24.088 | 0.59790 |
| A6s, paired | 29.859 | 59.906 | -30.047 | 0.49843 |
Does a shared suit matter?
These two classes cannot share a suit in any legal deal, so there is only one row to read: AQs holds 70.42% in every deal of this matchup.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AQs wins | Ties | A6s wins | AQs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 67.902 | 5.044 | 27.054 | 70.424 |
How often this matchup comes up
Exactly 12 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0007% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 24, or 0.0015%.
A worked example
With $100 from each side, the $200 pot is split on average as $140.84 for AQs and $59.16 for A6s; the first side gains $40.84 per all-in and the second gives up $40.84.
In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 679 won outright by AQs, about 271 won outright by A6s and about 50 split.
The same matchup from the other side
If you came looking for A6s against AQs, the numbers are the same with the hands swapped: 29.58% and 70.42%.
Keep exploring
Try AsQs 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
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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