AKs vs a loose-passive calling range: Equity & Strategy
Ace-King Suited (AKs) has 65.8% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — 670 combos, 50.5% of all starting hands. It wins 64.4% of runouts outright, loses 32.7% and chops 2.9%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKs | 64.4% | 2.9% | 65.8% |
| a loose-passive calling range | 32.7% | 2.9% | 34.2% |
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, 584 of those 670 combos are still available (86 are blocked by the cards AKs holds). AKs is ahead of 509 and behind 75.
Hardest parts of the range for AKs
| Hand | Combos | AKs equity |
|---|---|---|
| AA | 3 | 12.1% |
| KK | 3 | 34.1% |
| TT | 6 | 45.9% |
| 6 | 46.0% | |
| JJ | 6 | 46.0% |
Easiest parts of the range for AKs
| Hand | Combos | AKs equity |
|---|---|---|
| K9o | 9 | 77.0% |
| K8o | 9 | 76.8% |
| K7o | 9 | 76.5% |
| KQo | 9 | 75.6% |
| A9o | 9 | 75.4% |
Against a loose-passive calling range (670 combos, 50.5% of all hands), AKs runs at 65.8%. It wins 64.4% of runouts outright, loses 32.7% and splits the remaining 2.9%. Your own two cards remove 86 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 509 of the 584 combos you can still be facing (87%), which is what a 65.8% number actually looks like hand by hand.
Where does the range come from? 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. Broken down hand by hand, AKs does worst against AA (12.1%), KK (34.1%) and TT (45.9%) and best against K9o (77.0%), K8o (76.8%) and K7o (76.5%). Across the whole range AKs's equity swings from 12.1% at the bottom to 77.0% at the top — the single 65.8% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
Facing 50.5% of hands, AKs has 65.8%. Value-bet relentlessly and skip the fancy lines: a player who calls this wide pays you off, and folding them out is the only way to lose.
AKs vs calling station FAQ
What is AKs's equity against a loose-passive calling range?
AKs has 65.8% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — it wins 64.4% of runouts outright, loses 32.7% and chops 2.9%. The range holds 670 combos (50.5% of all hands); AKs blocks 86 of them, leaving 584 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a loose-passive calling range beat AKs?
AKs is behind 75 of the 584 live combos and ahead of the other 509. The worst matchups are AA (12.1%), KK (34.1%) and TT (45.9%); its best are K9o (77.0%), K8o (76.8%) and K7o (76.5%). 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 AKs runs at 65.8% against it rather than against a random hand.
Does AKs do better against a wider or a tighter range?
Wider, almost always. AKs has 65.8% equity against a loose-passive calling range (50.5% of hands) but 48.2% 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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