KQo
60.45%
Wins 60.13%, ties 0.64%
86s
39.55%
Wins 39.23%, ties 0.64%
KQo against 86s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KQo | 60.134 | 0.635 | 39.231 | 60.452 |
| 86s | 39.231 | 0.635 | 60.134 | 39.548 |
KQo is an offsuit hand and 86s is a suited hand. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits.
A 20.90 point lead is real, and 86s still takes about 392 of every 1,000 deals outright. Ties are 0.64% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
Ranked by equity against a random hand, KQo is number 23 of the 169 starting hands and 86s is number 110.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KQo | 49,424,000 | 522,000 | 32,244,000 |
| 86s | 32,244,000 | 522,000 | 49,424,000 |
48 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KQo | 1.529 | 1.663 | 2.549 | 0.654 |
| 86s | 0.654 | 2.549 | 1.663 | 1.529 |
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
KQo prefers rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, where it holds 68.93%, and likes low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) least, where it holds 33.94%. Low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) favor 86s, the hand that is behind overall.
| Flop | Share of flops | KQo wins | Ties | 86s wins | KQo equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.717 | 68.803 | 0.262 | 30.935 | 68.934 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.313 | 33.581 | 0.717 | 65.702 | 33.940 |
| Two-tone | 46.667 | 58.781 | 0.338 | 40.881 | 58.950 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 57.455 | 2.439 | 40.106 | 58.674 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 61.921 | 1.403 | 36.676 | 62.623 |
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
Compared with a random opponent, this matchup shifts KQo from 61.46% by -1.01 points and 86s from 46.24% by -6.69 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KQo, all flops | 60.452 | 61.456 | -1.004 | 0.98366 |
| KQo, rainbow, ten or higher | 68.934 | 61.456 | +7.478 | 1.12168 |
| KQo, rainbow, nine or lower | 33.940 | 61.456 | -27.516 | 0.55227 |
| KQo, two-tone | 58.950 | 61.456 | -2.506 | 0.95922 |
| KQo, monotone | 58.674 | 61.456 | -2.782 | 0.95473 |
| KQo, paired | 62.623 | 61.456 | +1.167 | 1.01899 |
| 86s, all flops | 39.548 | 46.243 | -6.695 | 0.85522 |
| 86s, rainbow, ten or higher | 31.066 | 46.243 | -15.177 | 0.67180 |
| 86s, rainbow, nine or lower | 66.060 | 46.243 | +19.817 | 1.42854 |
| 86s, two-tone | 41.050 | 46.243 | -5.193 | 0.88770 |
| 86s, monotone | 41.326 | 46.243 | -4.917 | 0.89367 |
| 86s, paired | 37.377 | 46.243 | -8.866 | 0.80827 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Suit overlap shows up in the numbers. With a suit in common KQo has 61.17% equity, and with none in common it has 59.74%. KQo does better with a shared suit, by 1.43 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KQo wins | Ties | 86s wins | KQo equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 24 | 50.00 | 60.831 | 0.676 | 38.493 | 61.169 |
| No shared suit | 24 | 50.00 | 59.438 | 0.593 | 39.969 | 59.735 |
How often this matchup comes up
This page stands for 48 specific-card matchups (0.0030% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 96 once you count the seats both ways (0.0059%).
A worked example
Try it with money: two players each put in $100 and the whole board runs out every possible way. KQo averages $120.90 from the $200, up $20.90; 86s averages $79.10, down $20.90.
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 601 outright wins for KQo, 392 for 86s, and 7 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
The reversed view, 86s against KQo, shows 39.55% for 86s and 60.45% for KQo. It is the same count, so it redirects here.
Keep exploring
Try KsQh against 8d6d 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
Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 48 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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