Is ace-king or pocket queens the favourite?
Pocket queens are the favourite: ace-king suited has 46.2% equity against queens preflop, queens 53.8%.
Probability
46.21%
about 1 time in 2.2
Qs Qc equity
53.79%
Exact. Every one of the 1,712,304 possible boards was evaluated.
A pair against two overcards is the definitive coin flip, and the pair is the slight favourite. Ace-king needs to pair up (six outs, twice) or make a straight or flush; queens just need the board to miss.
Offsuit ace-king does about 3 percentage points worse than suited. Against a lower pair like 77, the overcards do a little better because the pair makes fewer straights — see the related page.
- Ah Kh wins46.02%
- Tie0.39%
- Qs Qc wins53.59%
- Ah Kh equity46.21%win + tie ÷ 2
- Boards enumerated1,712,304
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