Poker Odds and Equity Calculator
Use this poker odds calculator to see how often any Texas Hold’em hand wins against other hands, a random hand or a range. Pick the cards for each player and the board, and the calculator checks every possible deal to give you the exact equity of each hand, its share of the pot. Detailed view adds ranges, up to 9 players and the river cards that decide the hand.
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For Texas Hold'em. Results are exact whenever every deal can be checked in a moment, otherwise they come from up to 750,000 random deals.
How to Use the Poker Odds Calculator
Results appear as soon as every player has a hand, and the link under the results saves the spot so you can share it.
- 1Pick your hand: the card picker opens on your first card, so just tap your two cards. To change a card later, tap its slot.
- 2Set your opponent: the picker moves on to the opponent, so pick their two cards, or tap Random to play against any two cards. Cards already in use are greyed out.
- 3Add the board (optional): tap the first board slot and pick the three flop cards, then a turn and river if you want them. Leave it empty for preflop odds.
- 4Simple or Detailed: Simple shows the equity of each hand. Detailed adds win and tie splits, up to 9 players, ranges, your final hand chances and the outs on the turn, and the calculator remembers your choice.
- 5Ranges (Detailed): tap Range for any player, then pick a preset such as Top 10%, tap hands in the grid or type a range such as QQ+, AKs, ATs+.
What Your Results Mean
Each player row shows that hand’s equity, and Detailed view adds the win and tie split underneath.
| Result | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Equity | Your share of the pot once all five board cards are dealt. In a two player pot it is your win chance plus half your tie chance. |
| Win | How often your hand takes the whole pot. |
| Tie | How often the pot is split. |
| Exact or simulated | Exact means every possible deal was checked. Simulated means up to 750,000 random deals, with the margin of error shown. |
| Final hand chances (Detailed) | How often your hand ends as each hand type by the river, from high card to straight flush. |
| Outs (Detailed) | On the turn, the river cards that win the pot for each player. |
Equity assumes nobody folds before the river. When a bet can make your opponent fold, our fold equity guide shows how to add that to the maths. If a hand type in the results is new to you, see our poker hand rankings.
Preflop Equity for Common Matchups
These are exact results from the calculator, checking all 1,712,304 boards for each matchup. Suits change the numbers slightly, so the table shows the suits used.
| Matchup | First hand | Second hand |
|---|---|---|
| A♠ A♥ vs K♦ K♣ | 81.3% | 18.7% |
| A♥ K♥ vs Q♠ Q♣ | 46.2% | 53.8% |
| 2♣ 2♦ vs A♠ K♥ | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| A♠ K♣ vs A♥ Q♦ | 74.0% | 26.0% |
| K♠ K♥ vs A♦ K♣ | 70.0% | 30.0% |
| A♠ A♥ vs J♦ 10♦ | 78.3% | 21.7% |
| J♠ J♥ vs A♦ K♣ | 57.3% | 42.7% |
| 9♠ 9♥ vs 8♦ 8♣ | 81.2% | 18.8% |
Best and Worst Hands Against a Random Hand
We worked out all 169 starting hands against a random hand by checking every possible deal. Pocket aces lead at 85.2%, and the worst hand is 32 offsuit, not 72 offsuit.
| Hand | Equity against a random hand |
|---|---|
| AA | 85.2% |
| KK | 82.4% |
| 79.9% | |
| AKs | 67.0% |
| AKo | 65.3% |
| 22 | 50.3% |
| 72o | 34.6% |
| 32o | 32.3% |
Worked Example: Flush Draw and Gutshot Against Top Pair
You hold J♥ 10♥ against A♠ K♠ on a K♥ 9♥ 2♣ flop. Any heart gives you a flush and any queen a straight, so you have 12 outs.
- Flop: J♥ 10♥ has 48.3% equity, exact from all 990 turn and river cards. You are behind right now, but close to a coin flip.
- Turn 3♦: equity falls to 27.3%. Detailed view lists the 12 river cards that win: nine hearts and the three other queens.
- Rule of 2 and 4: 12 outs times 4 gives 48% on the flop, close to the exact 48.3%. On the turn, 12 times 2 gives 24%, short of the exact 27.3%.
To decide whether a call is worth it, compare that 27.3% with the price of the call in our pot odds calculator.
How the Poker Equity Calculator Works
Each hand is scored as the best five card hand out of seven, and the calculator counts how often each player wins or splits the pot. When the number of possible deals is small enough, it checks all of them, which is exhaustive enumeration. Otherwise it deals up to 750,000 random hands and boards, the Monte Carlo method, and shows the margin of error.
| Spot | Method | Deals checked |
|---|---|---|
| Two hands, preflop | Exact | 1,712,304 boards |
| Three hands, preflop | Exact | 1,370,754 boards |
| Nine hands, preflop | Exact | 278,256 boards |
| A hand against a random hand, preflop | Exact, from our table of all 169 starting hands | 2,097,572,400 deals |
| A hand against a random hand on the flop | Exact | 1,070,190 deals |
| Ranges or several random hands, preflop | Simulated | Up to 750,000 deals |
How We Tested It
Before publishing, we checked the calculator in four ways.
- Every hand type: we scored all 133,784,560 possible seven card hands, and the totals match the known counts exactly, for example 41,584 straight flushes and 4,047,644 flushes.
- Independent evaluator: 400,000 random hands were ranked in exactly the same order by our evaluator and by an independent open source evaluator.
- Exact spots: 10 test spots, from A♥ K♥ vs Q♠ Q♣ preflop to range against range on the turn, matched a separate exact calculation to the last digit.
- Simulation: on 9 spots we forced the simulation and compared it with the exact answer, and every result fell within normal sampling error.
Poker Equity Calculator FAQ
What is the difference between a poker odds calculator and an equity calculator?
For one hand against another they answer the same question: how often each hand wins once all five board cards are dealt. Equity is your share of the pot, so it adds your part of every split pot to your wins, and that is the number this calculator shows next to each hand. Pot odds are different: they are the price of a call, which you compare with your equity to decide whether calling pays.
Can I calculate hand vs range equity?
Yes. In Detailed view it works as a range equity calculator: tap Range for any player, then pick a preset such as Top 10%, tap hands in the grid or type a range like QQ+, AKs, ATs+. You can give up to 9 players a hand, a range or a random hand, and our guide to poker ranges shows how to build ranges for each position.
Is this equity calculator exact or Monte Carlo?
Both. When every possible deal can be checked in about a second, it uses exhaustive enumeration and the result is exact, for example all 1,712,304 boards for two hands preflop. Bigger jobs such as a range against a range preflop use up to 750,000 random deals, and the calculator shows the margin of error, usually ±0.1 to ±0.2 points.
How accurate is the rule of 2 and 4?
It is close on the flop and low on the turn. With 12 outs, J♥10♥ against A♠K♠ on K♥9♥2♣ has 48.3% equity, against 48% from the rule of 4. After a 3♦ turn the exact figure is 27.3%, or 12 of the 44 unseen cards, while the rule of 2 gives 24%.
Does it work for PLO or short deck?
No. It is built for Texas Hold’em, where each player has two hole cards and can use any five of the seven cards. Omaha players must use exactly two of four or more hole cards, and short deck removes the 2s to 5s and changes the hand rankings, so both need their own calculator.
Can I use an equity calculator while playing online?
No. Most online poker sites ban tools that give advice during a hand, so use it for study and hand review away from the tables. In tournaments, chips near the bubble are not worth the same as money, which our ICM calculator accounts for.