AA vs AKo: pocket aces against ace-king offsuit
All in before the flop, pocket aces win 92.5%, ace-king offsuit wins 6.2%, and 1.3% of boards split the pot.
AA wins 92.5%Split 1.3%AKo wins 6.2%
Aces hold two of the four aces, so ace-king’s ace is no help: it needs two more kings, a straight or a flush, and wins 6.2%.
Every board, counted
36ways to deal AA against AKo
1,712,304boards for each of them
93.2%AA’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 aces’s share of the pot runs from 92.6%, with A♠ A♥ against A♦ K♣, to 93.5%, with A♠ A♥ against A♦ K♠.
The two hands
- AA, pocket acesNumber 1 of 169, and 85.2% 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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