KK
68.15%
Wins 67.94%, ties 0.43%
AQs
31.85%
Wins 31.63%, ties 0.43%
KK against AQs: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KK | 67.938 | 0.433 | 31.629 | 68.154 |
| AQs | 31.629 | 0.433 | 67.938 | 31.846 |
KK is a pocket pair and AQs is a suited hand. One of the other hand's cards outranks the pair and one is below it, which makes this a closer race than a pair against two small cards.
That is a clear edge, 68.15% to 31.85%, but AQs still wins often enough that one hand proves nothing. The tie share is 0.43%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright.
KK ranks number 2 of 169 starting hands, and AQs ranks number 10, by equity against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KK | 27,919,000 | 178,000 | 12,998,000 |
| AQs | 12,998,000 | 178,000 | 27,919,000 |
The board total is exact, 24 deals at 1,712,304 boards each. Won, tied and lost counts are rounded to the nearest thousand from the five-decimal percentages.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KK | 2.140 | 1.472 | 3.162 | 0.467 |
| AQs | 0.467 | 3.162 | 1.472 | 2.140 |
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
Low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the best for KK (82.07%); monotone flops are the worst (63.40%). KK 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 | KK wins | Ties | AQs wins | KK equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.138 | 65.348 | 0.123 | 34.529 | 65.409 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 81.426 | 1.297 | 17.277 | 82.074 |
| Two-tone | 46.545 | 66.109 | 0.377 | 33.514 | 66.298 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 62.181 | 2.437 | 35.382 | 63.399 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 71.989 | 0.010 | 28.001 | 71.994 |
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
Start from the random-hand figures, 82.40% for KK and 66.21% for AQs. This opponent changes them by -14.25 and -34.36 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KK, all flops | 68.154 | 82.396 | -14.242 | 0.82715 |
| KK, rainbow, ten or higher | 65.409 | 82.396 | -16.987 | 0.79384 |
| KK, rainbow, nine or lower | 82.074 | 82.396 | -0.322 | 0.99609 |
| KK, two-tone | 66.298 | 82.396 | -16.098 | 0.80463 |
| KK, monotone | 63.399 | 82.396 | -18.997 | 0.76944 |
| KK, paired | 71.994 | 82.396 | -10.402 | 0.87376 |
| AQs, all flops | 31.846 | 66.209 | -34.363 | 0.48099 |
| AQs, rainbow, ten or higher | 34.591 | 66.209 | -31.618 | 0.52245 |
| AQs, rainbow, nine or lower | 17.926 | 66.209 | -48.283 | 0.27075 |
| AQs, two-tone | 33.702 | 66.209 | -32.507 | 0.50902 |
| AQs, monotone | 36.601 | 66.209 | -29.608 | 0.55281 |
| AQs, paired | 28.006 | 66.209 | -38.203 | 0.42299 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Does suit overlap move the numbers? KK has 68.43% when the hands share a suit and 67.88% when they do not. KK does better with a shared suit, by 0.55 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KK wins | Ties | AQs wins | KK equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 68.193 | 0.474 | 31.333 | 68.430 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 67.683 | 0.393 | 31.924 | 67.879 |
How often this matchup comes up
Out of 1,624,350 ways to deal two seats two cards each, 24 are KK in one seat and AQs in the other (0.0015%); with the seats swapped too, 48 (0.0030%).
A worked example
A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says KK gets $136.30 of it on average and AQs gets $63.70.
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 680 outright wins for KK, 316 for AQs, and 4 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
Read it from the other side: AQs against KK is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so AQs holds 31.85% and KK holds 68.15%. That address sends you back to this page.
Keep exploring
Open the calculator with KsKh against AdQd already entered, a deal with no shared suit, and change any card to try your own hand. The matchups after it each swap one hand for a nearby one in the ranking.
How this was computed
Nothing here is simulated. The 24 deals of KK against AQs fall into a few suit patterns, each dealt against all 1,712,304 boards, with both best five-card hands compared on every board. Ties give each hand half a win, and the flop rows count a board under each of its ten flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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