How often do suited connectors beat pocket aces?
Jack-ten suited has 21.7% equity against pocket aces preflop — the best any non-pair can do against aces, because it makes straights and flushes the aces cannot.
Probability
21.72%
about 1 time in 4.6
As Ac equity
78.28%
Exact. Every one of the 1,712,304 possible boards was evaluated.
Jack-ten suited is the classic 'best hand against aces' because every one of its ways to win is a hand the aces cannot make: four straights and a flush. It still loses four times in five.
That is the whole argument about suited connectors multi-way: heads-up they are underdogs to everything, but they hold their equity as opponents are added better than any big unpaired hand does.
- Jh Th wins21.55%
- Tie0.34%
- As Ac wins78.12%
- Jh Th equity21.72%win + tie ÷ 2
- Boards enumerated1,712,304
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