Hold'em odds: 2–6 players, hands or ranges, any board
Equity is the share of the pot your hand owns right now. If the hand were run out to the river a million times, that is what you would collect on average. It equals your chance to win plus your share of ties: in a two-way split each player gets half the pot.
Equity changes on every street. AKs against QQ is about 46% preflop, but on a Q-7-2 flop the same hand drops to just 2–4%, and on an A-7-2 flop it jumps to about 91%. That is why the calculator accepts a 3, 4 or 5-card board.
When you don't know the opponent's cards, you calculate equity against a range — every hand they could play this way. Card removal is handled: if you hold the ace of spades, the opponent cannot have any combo containing it, so their range gets narrower.
To decide whether a call pays, compare your equity with the pot odds: equity needed = amount to call ÷ (pot + bet + your call). Example: you hold 9♥8♥, the opponent has A♠K♣, the flop is K♥7♥2♣. The pot is 100 and the opponent bets 50, so you call 50 to play for a 200 pot.
Numbers calculated with this calculator by exact enumeration (990 and 44 possible boards).
If the flop bet is all-in, calling is profitable: 39.8% is more than the 25% you need. On the turn the same half-pot bet still needs 25% but you only have 20.5% — without extra winnings on the river (implied odds) it is a fold. A quick shortcut is the rule of 4 and 2: outs × 4 on the flop (when all-in) and outs × 2 on the turn. Nine outs give ≈36% and ≈18%, close to the exact figures.
Hand vs hand equity preflop, averaged over all suit combinations. Ties are split equally.
| Matchup | Hand 1 | Hand 2 | Tie | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA vs KK | 82.0% | 18.0% | 0.5% | Overpair vs underpair |
| AA vs AKo | 93.2% | 6.8% | 1.3% | Pair vs dominated hand |
| AA vs 87s | 77.5% | 22.5% | 0.3% | Pair vs suited connectors |
| KK vs AKs | 65.9% | 34.1% | 0.8% | Pair vs one overcard |
| QQ vs AKs | 54.0% | 46.0% | 0.4% | Coin flip: pair vs two overcards |
| QQ vs AKo | 56.8% | 43.2% | 0.4% | Coin flip: pair vs two overcards |
| JJ vs AKo | 56.9% | 43.1% | 0.4% | Coin flip: pair vs two overcards |
| 22 vs AKo | 52.7% | 47.3% | 0.6% | Small pair vs two overcards |
| AKo vs AQo | 74.4% | 25.6% | 4.7% | Kicker domination |
| AKo vs KQo | 74.8% | 25.2% | 1.2% | Domination on the top card |
| AKo vs JTs | 59.5% | 40.5% | 0.5% | Two overcards vs two undercards |
| AJo vs KQs | 56.3% | 43.7% | 0.5% | Ace vs two Broadway cards |
| AKs vs AKo | 52.5% | 47.5% | 90.7% | Same hand, different suits: usually a split |
Exact enumeration of all 1,712,304 boards for every suit combination. Specific suits move the numbers by 0.5–1.5 pp: for example, A♠A♥ vs K♠K♥ is 82.6%, and vs K♦K♣ it is 81.3%.
Equity is your share of the pot if the hand were played out to the river many times with no more betting. It is your chance to win plus your share of any ties. For example, AA has about 82% equity against KK: over the long run the aces collect 82% of every pot they share.
Pick two cards for each player (or switch a player to a range and mark hands in the 13×13 grid), then optionally add 3, 4 or 5 board cards. The calculator runs automatically and shows equity, win and tie percentages for every player. You can compare up to six players at once.
When the number of outcomes is manageable — hand vs hand preflop (1,712,304 boards) or a range vs a hand on the flop — every deal is enumerated and the answer is exact. When there are billions of outcomes (range vs range preflop) it plays up to one million random deals with Monte Carlo simulation and shows the margin of error, usually around ±0.1%.
Equity is how much of the pot your hand owns. Pot odds tell you how much equity you need for a call to break even: the amount to call ÷ the pot after your call. With 100 in the pot and a 50 bet you need 50 ÷ 200 = 25%. Calling is profitable when your equity is above that number.
Switch the opponent to Range and set their hands with the top X% slider, the 5–100% buttons, or by clicking and dragging across the grid. You can also type a range such as "TT+, AQs+, AKo". Card removal is handled: any hand that contains your cards or board cards is excluded.
Preflop, aces win about 82% of the time (81.95% averaged over all suit combinations, ties included) and kings about 18%. The exact number depends slightly on suits: from 81.3% with four different suits to 82.6% when the kings share both suits with the aces.
Nearly every poker site and club app (ClubGG, PPPoker, PokerBros and others) bans real-time assistance software during a hand, and accounts get closed with balances confiscated. Use the calculator to review hands after the session and to study.
Texas Hold'em with 2 to 6 players, each with an exact hand or a range, and a board that is empty (preflop), a flop, a turn or a river. Ties split the pot equally and count towards equity.