AA vs QQ: pocket aces against pocket queens
All in before the flop, pocket aces win 81.3%, pocket queens win 18.2%, and 0.4% of boards split the pot.
AA wins 81.3%Split 0.4%QQ wins 18.2%
Queens need one of the two queens left, or a straight or a flush: aces win 81.3%.
Every board, counted
36ways to deal AA against QQ
1,712,304boards for each of them
81.5%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 80.9%, with A♠ A♥ against Q♦ Q♣, to 82.2%, with A♠ A♥ against Q♠ Q♥.
The two hands
- AA, pocket acesNumber 1 of 169, and 85.2% of the pot against one random hand.
- QQ, pocket queensNumber 3 of 169, and 79.9% of the pot against one random hand.
More match-ups with these hands
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