KQs
63.23%
Wins 62.85%, ties 0.77%
43s
36.77%
Wins 36.38%, ties 0.77%
KQs against 43s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KQs | 62.846 | 0.774 | 36.380 | 63.233 |
| 43s | 36.380 | 0.774 | 62.846 | 36.767 |
Both hands are suited hands: KQs and 43s. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances.
The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. The tie share is 0.77%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright.
The hand ranking puts KQs at 16 and 43s at 150 out of 169 starting hands.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KQs | 17,218,000 | 212,000 | 9,967,000 |
| 43s | 9,967,000 | 212,000 | 17,218,000 |
16 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KQs | 1.720 | 1.591 | 2.749 | 0.581 |
| 43s | 0.581 | 2.749 | 1.591 | 1.720 |
The last column is the break-even price: the pot odds a call needs to offer, as a ratio of pot to call.
Who is ahead on which flops
Across the five flop textures KQs' equity moves by 32.01 points, from 37.98% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) to 69.99% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. 43s is ahead on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), even though it trails KQs when every flop is counted.
| Flop | Share of flops | KQs wins | Ties | 43s wins | KQs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 69.843 | 0.299 | 29.858 | 69.992 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 37.414 | 1.141 | 61.445 | 37.984 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 62.292 | 0.426 | 37.282 | 62.505 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 58.544 | 3.720 | 37.736 | 60.404 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 65.013 | 1.368 | 33.619 | 65.697 |
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
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 63.40%, KQs changes by -0.17 points, and 43s, from 38.64%, by -1.87.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KQs, all flops | 63.233 | 63.400 | -0.167 | 0.99737 |
| KQs, rainbow, ten or higher | 69.992 | 63.400 | +6.592 | 1.10397 |
| KQs, rainbow, nine or lower | 37.984 | 63.400 | -25.416 | 0.59912 |
| KQs, two-tone | 62.505 | 63.400 | -0.895 | 0.98588 |
| KQs, monotone | 60.404 | 63.400 | -2.996 | 0.95274 |
| KQs, paired | 65.697 | 63.400 | +2.297 | 1.03623 |
| 43s, all flops | 36.767 | 38.642 | -1.875 | 0.95148 |
| 43s, rainbow, ten or higher | 30.008 | 38.642 | -8.634 | 0.77656 |
| 43s, rainbow, nine or lower | 62.016 | 38.642 | +23.374 | 1.60489 |
| 43s, two-tone | 37.495 | 38.642 | -1.147 | 0.97032 |
| 43s, monotone | 39.596 | 38.642 | +0.954 | 1.02469 |
| 43s, paired | 34.303 | 38.642 | -4.339 | 0.88771 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Two kinds of deal exist here. In 4 of them the hands share a suit and KQs holds 65.56%. In 12 they do not, and it holds 62.46%. KQs does better with a shared suit, by 3.10 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KQs wins | Ties | 43s wins | KQs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 65.126 | 0.862 | 34.012 | 65.557 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 62.086 | 0.745 | 37.169 | 62.459 |
How often this matchup comes up
Out of 1,624,350 ways to deal two seats two cards each, 16 are KQs in one seat and 43s in the other (0.0010%); with the seats swapped too, 32 (0.0020%).
A worked example
Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, KQs' average share is $126.46 (a gain of $26.46) and 43s' is $73.54 (a loss of $26.46).
In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 628 won outright by KQs, about 364 won outright by 43s and about 8 split.
The same matchup from the other side
If you came looking for 43s against KQs, the numbers are the same with the hands swapped: 36.77% and 63.23%.
Keep exploring
KsQs against 4h3h 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
The page is built from a full enumeration: 1,712,304 boards, every suit pattern of the 16 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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