AA vs a loose-passive calling range: Equity & Strategy
Pocket Aces (AA) has 84.3% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — 670 combos, 50.5% of all starting hands. It wins 83.9% of runouts outright, loses 15.4% and chops 0.7%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA | 83.9% | 0.7% | 84.3% |
| a loose-passive calling range | 15.4% | 0.7% | 15.7% |
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, 569 of those 670 combos are still available (101 are blocked by the cards AA holds). AA is ahead of 568 and behind 1.
Hardest parts of the range for AA
| Hand | Combos | AA equity |
|---|---|---|
| AA | 1 | 50.0% |
| 87s | 4 | 77.5% |
| 76s | 4 | 77.5% |
| 65s | 4 | 77.5% |
| T9s | 4 | 77.8% |
Easiest parts of the range for AA
| Hand | Combos | AA equity |
|---|---|---|
| A9o | 6 | 93.8% |
| A6o | 6 | 93.6% |
| A7o | 6 | 93.3% |
| A8o | 6 | 93.3% |
| A2o | 6 | 93.2% |
AA has 84.3% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — 670 combos, 50.5% of all hands. Pocket Aces wins the pot outright 83.9% of the time, loses 15.4% and chops 0.7%. Your own two cards remove 101 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 568 of the 569 combos you can still be facing (100%), which is what a 84.3% 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. AA's worst spots in it are AA (50.0%), 87s (77.5%) and 76s (77.5%) — and its best are A9o (93.8%), A6o (93.6%) and A7o (93.3%). Across the whole range AA's equity swings from 50.0% at the bottom to 93.8% at the top — the single 84.3% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
A loose-passive calling range is the most profitable opponent in poker and 84.3% is why: AA crushes the whole thing, so the entire plan is to build the pot while they are calling with hands they should be folding.
AA vs calling station FAQ
What is AA's equity against a loose-passive calling range?
AA has 84.3% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — it wins 83.9% of runouts outright, loses 15.4% and chops 0.7%. The range holds 670 combos (50.5% of all hands); AA blocks 101 of them, leaving 569 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a loose-passive calling range beat AA?
AA is behind 1 of the 569 live combos and ahead of the other 568. The worst matchups are AA (50.0%), 87s (77.5%) and 76s (77.5%); its best are A9o (93.8%), A6o (93.6%) and A7o (93.3%). 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 AA runs at 84.3% against it rather than against a random hand.
Does AA do better against a wider or a tighter range?
Wider, almost always. AA has 84.3% equity against a loose-passive calling range (50.5% of hands) but 84.5% 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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