KQs
King-Queen suited
- Rank
- 16of 169
- Equity vs random
- 63.2%
- Combinations
- 4
- Better than
- 92.2%
KQs ranks 16 out of the 169 starting hands in Hold'em. Against a random hand it wins 63.2% of the time, which puts it ahead of 92.2% of all possible deals once the deck is sorted by that equity. It comes with 4 of the 1,326 possible combinations — 0.3% of the hands you will be dealt.
How to play it before the flop
The fundamentals charts open it from UTG (first position) for 2.5bb, and from MP (middle position), the cutoff and the button as well. If the button opens and you are in the big blind, the chart says call.
Two suited high cards play about as well after the flop as anything: top pairs, straights and flushes, and rarely the awkward guess about whether you are ahead. Against the button range it sits at 53.2%. This is the classic value 3-bet against late-position opens, because it brings playability as well as equity.
What this hand makes
You pair one of your two cards on 32.4% of flops. You flop a flush draw 10.9% of the time and a made flush 0.84%; seeing all five cards, you end up with a flush 6.5% of the time. An open-ended straight draw shows up on 3.0% of flops. Going to the river every time, the hand ends up as pair 42.5% of the time and stays high card 17.6%.
Where it ends up if you see all five cards
Exact enumeration, no sampling: the flop events run through all 19,600 possible flops and the final distribution through all 2,118,760 five-card boards. The distribution assumes you always reach the river, so it describes the hand’s potential rather than a real session, where most hands are folded earlier. Open-ended includes double gutshots (two distinct ranks complete it).
Against the reference ranges
| Range | Notation | Your equity |
|---|---|---|
| UTG opening range | 77+, ATs+, KQs, AJo+, KQo | 39.0% |
| MP opening range | 66+, A9s+, KTs+, QJs, ATo+, KQo | 42.3% |
| Cutoff opening range | 22+, A4s+, K9s+, Q9s+, J9s+, T9s, 98s, A9o+, KTo+, QTo+, JTo | 51.0% |
| Button opening range | 22+, A2s+, K5s+, Q7s+, J8s+, T8s+, 97s+, 86s+, 75s+, 65s, 54s, A2o+, K9o+, Q9o+, J9o+, T9o | 53.2% |
| Big blind 3-bet range | TT+, AQs+, A5s-A4s, AKo | 33.6% |
| Big blind calling range | 22-99, A2s-AJs, KTs+, QTs+, J9s+, T8s+, 97s+, 86s+, 76s, 65s, ATo+, KJo+, QJo | 51.6% |
Equity if the hand goes to the river against an opponent holding exactly that range. 120,000-hand Monte Carlo with a fixed seed, computed by our engine.
Hand versus hand
These are not estimates: they are the exact enumeration of all 1,712,304 possible boards for each matchup. Suited hands are matched up in different suits.