AK vs QJ
Ace-king against queen-jack, all in before the flop. No shared card, and ace-king holds the two highest cards of the four.
Also written as ace-king vs queen-jack. Suitedness variants: AKs vs QJs, AKs vs QJo, AKo vs QJs and AKo vs QJo.
The numbers
AK
ace-king
64.3%
equity
QJ
queen-jack
35.7%
equity
| Outcome | Share of boards |
|---|---|
| AK wins | 64.1% |
| QJ wins | 35.4% |
| Split pot | 0.5% |
Exact, not simulated. AK means ace-king and QJ means queen-jack: 256 legal ways to deal the two hands, and every one of the 1,712,304 possible five-card boards dealt for each — 438,349,824 board-and-hand combinations in total, each one scored by the same evaluator the calculator uses. Combinations that are the same hand with the suits renamed were counted once and weighted by how many they stand for: 15 distinct suit patterns stand in for all 256, which is the same answer for 17 times less work.
Why it comes out this way
Neither hand has made anything yet, but ace-king holds the two highest cards of the four: even its king beats both of queen-jack's cards. Queen-jack has to pair up while ace-king does not, or make a straight or a flush.
Ace-king wins 64.1% and queen-jack wins 35.4%, and the pot is split 0.5% of the time.
Open it in the calculator
The link below deals one typical version of this matchup — Aof spadesKof spades against Qof heartsJof diamonds — into the calculator, with both hands set and the board empty. Add community cards one at a time to watch the equity move, or change a card to see how much the suits are worth.