TT
56.88%
Wins 56.68%, ties 0.39%
AKo
43.12%
Wins 42.93%, ties 0.39%
TT against AKo: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT | 56.681 | 0.391 | 42.928 | 56.877 |
| AKo | 42.928 | 0.391 | 56.681 | 43.123 |
The matchup pits a pocket pair against an offsuit hand. One hand holds a pair and the other holds two cards that both outrank it, which keeps the equity closer than most people expect.
TT is ahead, but AKo is far from dead: it takes 429 of every 1,000 deals outright. The tie share is 0.39%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright.
Ranked by equity against a random hand, TT is number 5 of the 169 starting hands and AKo is number 12.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| TT | 69,880,000 | 482,000 | 52,924,000 |
| AKo | 52,924,000 | 482,000 | 69,880,000 |
Exact total: 72 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT | 1.319 | 1.764 | 2.329 | 0.758 |
| AKo | 0.758 | 2.329 | 1.764 | 1.319 |
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
The flop changes the picture. TT does best on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), at 74.39%, and worst on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, at 50.01%. TT 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 | TT wins | Ties | AKo wins | TT equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.260 | 49.940 | 0.143 | 49.917 | 50.012 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 73.882 | 1.024 | 25.094 | 74.394 |
| Two-tone | 46.485 | 55.546 | 0.349 | 44.105 | 55.721 |
| Monotone | 5.151 | 51.877 | 1.724 | 46.399 | 52.739 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 62.488 | 0.156 | 37.356 | 62.566 |
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
Relative to a random opponent, TT changes by -18.13 points (baseline 75.01%) and AKo by -22.20 points (baseline 65.32%).
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT, all flops | 56.877 | 75.012 | -18.135 | 0.75824 |
| TT, rainbow, ten or higher | 50.012 | 75.012 | -25.000 | 0.66672 |
| TT, rainbow, nine or lower | 74.394 | 75.012 | -0.618 | 0.99176 |
| TT, two-tone | 55.721 | 75.012 | -19.291 | 0.74283 |
| TT, monotone | 52.739 | 75.012 | -22.273 | 0.70307 |
| TT, paired | 62.566 | 75.012 | -12.446 | 0.83408 |
| AKo, all flops | 43.123 | 65.320 | -22.197 | 0.66018 |
| AKo, rainbow, ten or higher | 49.988 | 65.320 | -15.332 | 0.76528 |
| AKo, rainbow, nine or lower | 25.606 | 65.320 | -39.714 | 0.39201 |
| AKo, two-tone | 44.279 | 65.320 | -21.041 | 0.67788 |
| AKo, monotone | 47.261 | 65.320 | -18.059 | 0.72353 |
| AKo, paired | 37.434 | 65.320 | -27.886 | 0.57309 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Looking only at deals where the hands share a suit, TT has 56.80%; looking only at deals where they do not, 57.28%. TT does better with no shared suit, by 0.48 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | TT wins | Ties | AKo wins | TT equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 60 | 83.33 | 56.594 | 0.407 | 42.999 | 56.797 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 16.67 | 57.120 | 0.311 | 42.569 | 57.276 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 72 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0044%) are TT against AKo, and 144 (0.0089%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
Take a $200 pot built from $100 each. TT's equity of 56.88% is worth $113.76, a $13.76 edge, and AKo's 43.12% is worth $86.24, which is $13.76 under its stake.
Think in thousands: about 567 of 1,000 go to TT, about 429 go to AKo, and about 4 are chopped.
The same matchup from the other side
AKo versus TT is this same page seen from the other hand: 43.12% for AKo, 56.88% for TT.
Keep exploring
Try TsTh against AdKc 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
Method: exact enumeration. The 72 specific deals are grouped by suit pattern, each is run against all 1,712,304 boards, and both seven-card hands are scored. Equity adds half of every tie, and flop textures are tallied over the ten flops inside each board.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
Bring your own hands to a session
Review the spots you actually play against these numbers in a Game Assessment, and leave with a one-page written plan.
Book a session