AKs vs a nit's range: Equity & Strategy
Ace-King Suited (AKs) has 55.5% equity all-in preflop against a nit's range — 104 combos, 7.8% of all starting hands. It wins 49.7% of runouts outright, loses 38.7% and chops 11.6%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| AKs | 49.7% | 11.6% | 55.5% |
| a nit's range | 38.7% | 11.6% | 44.5% |
The range this is computed against
The rock at the table: 77+, ATs+, KQs and AJo+, a shade under 8% of hands. A nit almost never has a marginal holding — when they put money in voluntarily, the range is close to this and their bluff frequency is close to zero.
nit — 104 combos, 7.8% of all starting hands: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, KQs, AKo, AQo, AJo
After card removal, 81 of those 104 combos are still available (23 are blocked by the cards AKs holds). AKs is ahead of 36 and behind 45.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AQo | 9 | 75.4% |
| AJo | 9 | 75.1% |
| KQs | 3 | 71.4% |
| AQs | 3 | 71.3% |
| AJs | 3 | 71.0% |
Against a nit's range (104 combos, 7.8% of all hands), AKs runs at 55.5%. It wins 49.7% of runouts outright, loses 38.7% and splits the remaining 11.6%. Your own two cards remove 23 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 36 of the 81 combos you can still be facing (44%), which is what a 55.5% number actually looks like hand by hand.
The range behind this number is not a guess. The rock at the table: 77+, ATs+, KQs and AJo+, a shade under 8% of hands. A nit almost never has a marginal holding — when they put money in voluntarily, the range is close to this and their bluff frequency is close to zero. AKs's worst spots in it are AA (12.1%), KK (34.1%) and TT (45.9%) — and its best are AQo (75.4%), AJo (75.1%) and KQs (71.4%). Across the whole range AKs's equity swings from 12.1% at the bottom to 75.4% at the top — the single 55.5% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
AKs vs a nit's range: 55.5%. You are in front of a range that only shows up with real hands — get value while you have it.
AKs vs nit FAQ
What is AKs's equity against a nit's range?
AKs has 55.5% equity all-in preflop against a nit's range — it wins 49.7% of runouts outright, loses 38.7% and chops 11.6%. The range holds 104 combos (7.8% of all hands); AKs blocks 23 of them, leaving 81 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a nit's range beat AKs?
AKs is behind 45 of the 81 live combos and ahead of the other 36. The worst matchups are AA (12.1%), KK (34.1%) and TT (45.9%); its best are AQo (75.4%), AJo (75.1%) and KQs (71.4%). Every figure is exact, computed against that hand's unblocked combos only.
What hands are in a nit's range?
16 hand classes and 104 combos — 7.8% of the 1,326 possible starting hands. By combo count it is 46% pocket pairs (8 pairs, 48 combos), 19% suited hands (5 classes, 20 combos) and 35% offsuit hands (3 classes, 36 combos). That shape is why AKs runs at 55.5% 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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