22 vs AKo: pocket twos against ace-king offsuit
All in before the flop, pocket twos win 52.3%, ace-king offsuit wins 47.0%, and 0.6% of boards split the pot.
22 wins 52.3%Split 0.6%AKo wins 47.0%
The smallest pair still wins 52.3% against ace-king, the race at its closest.
Every board, counted
72ways to deal 22 against AKo
1,712,304boards for each of them
52.6%22’s share of the pot, a split counted as half
Nothing here is sampled: every five-card board was dealt for every way the two hands can be held, and each showdown scored with the hand ranking Quads teaches.
Suits move it a little. Pocket twos’s share of the pot runs from 52.3%, with 2♠ 2♥ against A♠ K♥, to 53.0%, with 2♠ 2♥ against A♦ K♣.
The two hands
- 22, pocket twosNumber 87 of 169, and 50.3% of the pot against one random hand.
- AKo, ace-king offsuitNumber 12 of 169, and 65.3% of the pot against one random hand.
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