AKo vs KQo: ace-king offsuit against king-queen offsuit

All in before the flop, ace-king offsuit wins 74.2%, king-queen offsuit wins 24.6%, and 1.2% of boards split the pot.

A♠K♥74.2%wins AKo, ace-king
K♠Q♥24.6%wins KQo, king-queen

AKo wins 74.2%Split 1.2%KQo wins 24.6%

The same king, and the ace is the kicker: king-queen mostly needs one of the three queens left, and ace-king wins 74.2%.

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Every board, counted

108ways to deal AKo against KQo

1,712,304boards for each of them

74.8%AKo’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. Ace-king offsuit’s share of the pot runs from 74.2%, with A♠ K♥ against K♦ Q♣, to 75.5%, with A♠ K♥ against K♠ Q♥.

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