77 vs a loose-passive calling range: Equity & Strategy
Pocket Sevens (77) has 58.3% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — 670 combos, 50.5% of all starting hands. It wins 57.8% of runouts outright, loses 41.3% and chops 0.8%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | 57.8% | 0.8% | 58.3% |
| a loose-passive calling range | 41.3% | 0.8% | 41.7% |
The range this is computed against
The classic recreational flatting range — a player who "likes to see a flop". Any pocket pair, any suited ace, king, queen or jack, every playable suited gapper, all the offsuit aces and a stack of offsuit broadways. Around half of all hands, and almost none of them are folded before the flop.
calling station — 670 combos, 50.5% of all starting hands: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77, 66, 55, 44, 33, 22, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9s, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5s, A4s, A3s, A2s, KQs, KJs, KTs, K9s, K8s, K7s, K6s, K5s, K4s, K3s, K2s, QJs, QTs, Q9s, Q8s, Q7s, Q6s, Q5s, Q4s, Q3s, Q2s, JTs, J9s, J8s, J7s, J6s, J5s, J4s, J3s, J2s, T9s, T8s, T7s, T6s, T5s, 98s, 97s, 96s, 95s, 87s, 86s, 85s, 84s, 76s, 75s, 74s, 65s, 64s, 63s, 54s, 53s, 43s, AKo, AQo, AJo, ATo, A9o, A8o, A7o, A6o, A5o, A4o, A3o, A2o, KQo, KJo, KTo, K9o, K8o, K7o, QJo, QTo, Q9o, Q8o, JTo, J9o, J8o, T9o, T8o, 98o
After card removal, 633 of those 670 combos are still available (37 are blocked by the cards 77 holds). 77 is ahead of 578 and behind 55.
Hardest parts of the range for 77
| Hand | Combos | 77 equity |
|---|---|---|
| 88 | 6 | 18.2% |
| 99 | 6 | 18.4% |
| TT | 6 | 18.8% |
| 6 | 19.1% | |
| JJ | 6 | 19.1% |
Easiest parts of the range for 77
| Hand | Combos | 77 equity |
|---|---|---|
| 74s | 2 | 84.7% |
| 75s | 2 | 83.0% |
| 63s | 4 | 82.3% |
| 22 | 6 | 81.9% |
| 64s | 4 | 81.8% |
77 has 58.3% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — 670 combos, 50.5% of all hands. Pocket Sevens wins the pot outright 57.8% of the time, loses 41.3% and chops 0.8%. Your own two cards remove 37 of those combos before the flop is even dealt — a blocker effect this number already accounts for, because every combo containing one of your exact cards is stripped out of the range first. You are ahead of 578 of the 633 combos you can still be facing (91%), which is what a 58.3% number actually looks like hand by hand.
The range behind this number is not a guess. The classic recreational flatting range — a player who "likes to see a flop". Any pocket pair, any suited ace, king, queen or jack, every playable suited gapper, all the offsuit aces and a stack of offsuit broadways. Around half of all hands, and almost none of them are folded before the flop. 77's worst spots in it are 88 (18.2%), 99 (18.4%) and TT (18.8%) — and its best are 74s (84.7%), 75s (83.0%) and 63s (82.3%). Across the whole range 77's equity swings from 18.2% at the bottom to 84.7% at the top — the single 58.3% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
A loose-passive calling range is the most profitable opponent in poker and 58.3% is why: 77 is ahead of the average call, but a station's range is wide enough that you will get outdrawn often — bet for value and stop bluffing.
77 vs calling station FAQ
What is 77's equity against a loose-passive calling range?
77 has 58.3% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — it wins 57.8% of runouts outright, loses 41.3% and chops 0.8%. The range holds 670 combos (50.5% of all hands); 77 blocks 37 of them, leaving 633 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a loose-passive calling range beat 77?
77 is behind 55 of the 633 live combos and ahead of the other 578. The worst matchups are 88 (18.2%), 99 (18.4%) and TT (18.8%); its best are 74s (84.7%), 75s (83.0%) and 63s (82.3%). Every figure is exact, computed against that hand's unblocked combos only.
What hands are in a loose-passive calling range?
105 hand classes and 670 combos — 50.5% of the 1,326 possible starting hands. By combo count it is 12% pocket pairs (13 pairs, 78 combos), 38% suited hands (64 classes, 256 combos) and 50% offsuit hands (28 classes, 336 combos). That shape is why 77 runs at 58.3% against it rather than against a random hand.
Does 77 do better against a wider or a tighter range?
Wider, almost always. 77 has 58.3% equity against a loose-passive calling range (50.5% of hands) but 41.5% against a 4-betting range (3.2%). Equity against a range is mostly a question of how many weak hands the range still contains — which is why the same holding can be a monster against a button open and a fold against a 4-bet.
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