What is equity in poker?

Your share of the pot if all the remaining cards were dealt with no more betting: how often you win, plus your share of the ties.

How do I calculate equity against a range?

Enter the range in the opponent’s field — for example QQ+, AKs — and the calculator weighs every combination in it, after removing the ones your own cards and the board make impossible.

Why is my equity different from what I remember for the same matchup?

Suits matter. Aces against kings is about 82% on average, but less when the kings hold suits the aces do not block, because the kings make more flushes. Enter specific cards to see the exact suited case.

Can I calculate equity for three players?

Yes. Fill in the third player field. Multiway equity drops quickly: aces all-in against kings and queens win 66.9%, against 82% heads-up against kings alone.

Does high equity mean I should go all-in?

Not on its own. Compare your equity with the pot odds you are getting, and in tournaments with what the chips are worth in money.

Poker equity calculator

Equity is your share of the pot if the cards were dealt out from here with no more betting. Enter your hand, your opponent’s hand or range, and the board if there is one.

Your hand or range

Cards like AhKh, or a range like TT+, AQs+.

Opponent’s hand or range

QQ+, AKs is a typical range for a re-raise.

Third player (optional)

Board (optional)

Flop, turn or river, e.g. Ah 7c 2d.

Player 1: AhKh: 37.7%
Player 2: QQ+, AKs: 62.3%
Method: Simulated: 200,000 deals

equity = (wins + ties shared) / deals

All-in equity assumes the hand is checked down. With money left to bet, how much of it you actually win depends on position and the play on later streets.

How to use the equity calculator

Type hands the way players write them. Ranks are 2-9, T, J, Q, K, A; suits are s, h, d, c. Separate the parts of a range with commas.

AhKh — a specific hand: ace and king of hearts.
AKs, AKo, AK — every suited, offsuit or any ace-king.
QQ+, ATs+ — this hand and everything above it: queens or better, ace-ten suited up to ace-king suited.
22-66, A2s-A5s — every hand between the two ends.
Board: three, four or five cards, such as Ah 7c 2d. Leave it empty for preflop.

Ace-king suited against a re-raising range

Inputs: Your hand or rangeAhKh; Opponent’s hand or rangeQQ+, AKs; Third player (optional); Board (optional)

Result: Player 1: AhKh37.7%; Player 2: QQ+, AKs62.3%; MethodSimulated: 200,000 deals

Preflop equity: the classic matchups

A handful of all-in matchups come up again and again. Their equities are worth knowing by heart, because they set what a call needs to be worth:

Preflop all-in equity
Matchup	First hand	Second hand	What it is
AA vs KK	82.0%	18.0%	Overpair against an underpair
QQ vs AKs	53.9%	46.1%	The classic race: a pair against two overcards
22 vs AKo	52.5%	47.5%	The smallest pair against two overcards
AKo vs AQo	74.2%	25.8%	Domination: a shared ace, a better kicker
AKo vs JTs	59.7%	40.3%	Two overcards against two live suited cards
76s vs AKo	41.6%	58.4%	Suited connectors against big cards
KK vs A2s	67.9%	32.1%	A pair against a suited ace above it

Averaged over every suit combination of each hand. Simulated over 200,000 deals each.

A “race” is nearer a coin flip than people remember: queens against ace-king suited is 53.9% to 46.1%. Domination is the opposite — ace-king against ace-queen wins 74.2%, because the shared ace leaves the weaker hand three outs, not six.

Equity against a range

Players rarely know the exact hand they face, so equity against a single hand answers the wrong question. Against a pair of queens, ace-king of hearts has 46.2%. Against a re-raising range of QQ+ and AKs it has 37.7%: the range adds aces and kings that dominate it, and a few suited ace-kings that split with it.

Your own cards also change the range. Holding the ace and king of hearts leaves the opponent three combinations of aces instead of six, three of kings, the six of queens and three other suited ace-kings — 15 combinations in all instead of 22. That is the card-removal effect, and the calculator applies it automatically.

Equity on the flop, turn and river

After the flop the numbers move fast. Ace-king of hearts against queens on 2♥ 7♥ T♣ has a flush draw and two overcards: 54.4%. On 2♣ 7♦ T♠, with no draw, the same hand has 24.7% — six outs over two cards.

Ace-king suited against queens on a two-heart flop

Inputs: Your hand or rangeAhKh; Opponent’s hand or rangeQsQd; Third player (optional); Board (optional)2h 7h Tc

Result: Player 1: AhKh54.4%; Player 2: QsQd45.6%; MethodExact: every one of 990 deals

Once the flop is out, the calculator deals every remaining turn and river, so these figures are exact.

Equity vs pot odds

Equity on its own does not say whether to call. Compare it with the price: facing an all-in for the size of the pot, pot odds ask for 33.3%. Any hand with more equity than that against the range that shoves is a profitable call; the call EV calculator shows by how much.

All-in equity vs equity you realise

The figures here assume both hands see every card with no more betting. With chips behind, you will not always get there: a draw out of position can be bet off the hand, and a strong hand in position can win more than its share. Players call the difference equity realisation. Treat the calculator’s number as the ceiling for hands that are hard to play, and the floor for hands that play well.

How the numbers are calculated

After the flop, the calculator evaluates every remaining board for every combination of hands, so the result is exact. Before the flop a single hand against another has 1.7 million possible boards, and ranges multiply that, so it simulates 200,000 deals instead — with a fixed seed, so the same question always gets the same answer, within about 0.2 percentage points of the exact figure.

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Questions about this calculator

What is equity in poker?: Your share of the pot if all the remaining cards were dealt with no more betting: how often you win, plus your share of the ties.
How do I calculate equity against a range?: Enter the range in the opponent’s field — for example QQ+, AKs — and the calculator weighs every combination in it, after removing the ones your own cards and the board make impossible.
Why is my equity different from what I remember for the same matchup?: Suits matter. Aces against kings is about 82% on average, but less when the kings hold suits the aces do not block, because the kings make more flushes. Enter specific cards to see the exact suited case.
Is preflop equity exact?: It is simulated over 200,000 deals with a fixed seed, which lands within about 0.2 percentage points of the exact figure. After the flop every board is counted, so the result is exact.
Can I calculate equity for three players?: Yes. Fill in the third player field. Multiway equity drops quickly: aces all-in against kings and queens win 66.9%, against 82% heads-up against kings alone.
Does high equity mean I should go all-in?: Not on its own. Compare your equity with the pot odds you are getting, and in tournaments with what the chips are worth in money.

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