Here we have how certain hands will hold out vs
other hands when heads up. Heads up is when there are only two people
in the pot to see the flop. Generally you should not call a raise
cold (2 bets or more) without a premium hand or with lots of other
people in the pot that called the raise and only with certain hands.
This is especially true if the raise came from an early position
player. But there are occasions when you have a very aggressive
player in late position or in the small blind that keeps trying
to take your big blind when all fold to him. These cases are when
it is important to know how your hand will stand up to other hands.
The chart shows the percentage chance that you will make a hand
that will beat your opponent.
| Pair vs Pair * |
QQ vs 66 |
80 |
4:1 |
87 |
6.7:1 |
| Pair vs Pair * |
QQ vs JJ |
81 |
4:1 |
87 |
6.7:1 |
| Overcards vs Pair |
AKs vs 88 |
48 |
1:1 |
33 |
1:2 |
| Dominated Hand |
AK vs KQ |
74 |
3:1 |
81 |
4:1 |
| Pair vs Overpair |
44 vs 88 |
20 |
1:4 |
13 |
1:6.7 |
| Suited connectors vs Underpair |
9Ts vs 55 |
52 |
1:1 |
33 |
1:2 |
| Suited connectors vs Overpair # |
45s vs JJ |
23 |
1:3 |
4 |
1:24 |
| Suited connectors vs Overpair # |
45s vs 66 |
19 |
1:4 |
3 |
1:32 |
| Suited connectors vs same |
45s vs JTs |
37 |
1:1.5 |
31 |
1:2.3 |
| Poor Ace vs Suited connector |
A2 vs JTs |
49 |
1:1 |
40 |
1:1.5 |
| 2 Under cards vs 2 Over cards |
72 vs K8 |
32 |
1:3 |
28 |
1:2.7 |
| 1 under/over vs same |
5T vs 7J |
35 |
1:2 |
29 |
1:2.5 |
| Poor Ace vs 2 Middle cards |
A2 vs Q6 |
59 |
3:2 |
71 |
2.5:1 |
| Pair vs Under/Over |
88 vs A2 |
70 |
2:1 |
80 |
4:1 |
| Trash vs High Pair |
72s vs AA |
17 |
1:5.5 |
5 |
1:19 |
| Trash vs High Pair sharing suits |
72 vs AA |
11 |
1:8 |
4 |
1:24 |
| Trash vs Overpair |
72 vs KQ |
31 |
1:2 |
25 |
1:3 |
| Trash vs SC |
84 vs JTs |
30 |
1:2 |
26 |
1:2.9 |
| Ahead |
98% |
89% |
55% |
22% |
0% |
25% |
12% |
0% |
| Coin Flip |
2% |
2% |
26% |
51% |
62% |
59% |
42% |
26% |
| Behind |
0% |
9% |
18% |
28% |
38% |
16% |
45% |
74% |
| AK-AJ |
vs
22-99 poor players will call you down to the end so
you have to hit a pair or a draw to win.
vs a hand like Ax or K(face) you are a 75%
favorite seeing all 5 cards and an 80% favorite on the flop. |
| TT |
vs 22-99 poor players
will call you down to the end which is good because you are
an 80% favorite
vs a hand like 2 face cards A to T you are
a slight favorute seeing all 5 cards and an 66% favorite on
the flop if they don't hit a pair or a good draw. |
The table above shows the most common hands that you would consider
raising with. We assumed opponents will be calling with similar
hands. We have also included dominated hands poor players call with.
