KK vs QQ: pocket kings against pocket queens
All in before the flop, pocket kings win 81.7%, pocket queens win 17.8%, and 0.5% of boards split the pot.
KK wins 81.7%Split 0.5%QQ wins 17.8%
The same story one step down: queens need a third queen, and kings win 81.7%.
Every board, counted
36ways to deal KK against QQ
1,712,304boards for each of them
81.9%KK’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 kings’s share of the pot runs from 81.2%, with K♠ K♥ against Q♦ Q♣, to 82.6%, with K♠ K♥ against Q♠ Q♥.
The two hands
- KK, pocket kingsNumber 2 of 169, and 82.4% 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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