How often do pocket aces beat pocket kings?
Pocket aces win 82.6% of the time against pocket kings preflop; kings win 17.4%.
The classic cooler. Kings need to make a set, a straight or a flush that aces cannot match. The figures here are for aces and kings sharing suits (As Ah vs Ks Kh); with no suits in common the kings can make flushes the aces cannot, and their equity rises to 18.7%.
Roughly 4.5 to 1 is worth remembering: it is the ceiling for how big a favourite one made hand can be over another preflop, apart from a pair dominating a smaller pair.
- As Ah wins82.36%
- Tie0.54%
- Ks Kh wins17.09%
- As Ah equity82.64%win + tie ÷ 2
- Boards enumerated1,712,304
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Roughly what are the odds of AA against KK preflop?
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About 83% — around 4.5 to 1.
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