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Poker odds: common preflop matchups

How often does each hand win, all-in before the flop? These are the matchups you meet again and again. Every figure below is an exact-to-the-percent equity computed by PokerGym's own engine over 300,000 runouts — the same transparent math the app shows on every decision.

MatchupHands (A vs B)Equity A / B
Overpair vs underpairAA vs KK82% / 18%
Two overcards vs a pair (the "race")AK vs QQ43% / 57%
Dominated — sharing a cardAK vs AQ74% / 26%
Small pair vs two overcards99 vs AK55% / 45%
Pair vs one overcard + a lower cardJJ vs A871% / 29%
Suited connector vs an overpair76 vs 101022% / 78%
Best hand vs worst handAK vs 7269% / 31%

How to read this

"Equity" is your share of the pot if the hand were run to the river right now — win probability plus half of any ties. A 55% edge is a small one: it loses more than four times in ten. That's why poker is a game of repeated small edges, not certainties. Suits matter a little (a suited hand makes more flushes), so the exact number shifts a point or two with the specific cards, but the shapes above hold.

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