KK vs a UTG opening range: Equity & Strategy
Pocket Kings (KK) has 75.0% equity all-in preflop against a UTG opening range — 202 combos, 15.2% of all starting hands. It wins 74.5% of runouts outright, loses 24.4% and chops 1.0%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| KK | 74.5% | 1.0% | 75.0% |
| a UTG opening range | 24.4% | 1.0% | 25.0% |
The range this is computed against
Under the gun a competent 6-max regular opens roughly the top 15% of hands: every pocket pair, the suited aces (nut-flush and wheel blockers), suited broadways down to J9s, the strongest suited connectors, and only AJo+ / KQo offsuit — offsuit hands realise their equity badly from the worst seat at the table.
UTG open — 202 combos, 15.2% of all starting hands: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77, 66, 55, 44, 33, 22, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9s, A5s, A4s, A3s, KQs, KJs, KTs, QJs, QTs, JTs, J9s, T9s, 98s, 87s, 76s, AKo, AQo, AJo, KQo
After card removal, 177 of those 202 combos are still available (25 are blocked by the cards KK holds). KK is ahead of 170 and behind 7.
Hardest parts of the range for KK
| Hand | Combos | KK equity |
|---|---|---|
| AA | 6 | 18.1% |
| KK | 1 | 50.0% |
| AKs | 2 | 65.9% |
| A5s | 4 | 66.7% |
| A4s | 4 | 67.0% |
Easiest parts of the range for KK
| Hand | Combos | KK equity |
|---|---|---|
| KQo | 6 | 91.3% |
| KQs | 2 | 86.1% |
| KJs | 2 | 85.7% |
| KTs | 2 | 85.3% |
| QJs | 4 | 82.3% |
KK has 75.0% equity all-in preflop against a UTG opening range — 202 combos, 15.2% of all hands. Pocket Kings wins the pot outright 74.5% of the time, loses 24.4% and chops 1.0%. Your own two cards remove 25 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 170 of the 177 combos you can still be facing (96%), which is what a 75.0% number actually looks like hand by hand.
The range behind this number is not a guess. Under the gun a competent 6-max regular opens roughly the top 15% of hands: every pocket pair, the suited aces (nut-flush and wheel blockers), suited broadways down to J9s, the strongest suited connectors, and only AJo+ / KQo offsuit — offsuit hands realise their equity badly from the worst seat at the table. KK's worst spots in it are AA (18.1%), KK (50.0%) and AKs (65.9%) — and its best are KQo (91.3%), KQs (86.1%) and KJs (85.7%). Across the whole range KK's equity swings from 18.1% at the bottom to 91.3% at the top — the single 75.0% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
Facing a UTG opening range, 75.0% is a raise-or-fold number, not a call-and-see number: KK is far ahead of the range as a whole, so building the pot before the flop is worth more than disguising the hand. Against 15.2% of hands, you are priced in against a pot-sized bet (which needs about 33%).
KK vs UTG open FAQ
What is KK's equity against a UTG opening range?
KK has 75.0% equity all-in preflop against a UTG opening range — it wins 74.5% of runouts outright, loses 24.4% and chops 1.0%. The range holds 202 combos (15.2% of all hands); KK blocks 25 of them, leaving 177 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a UTG opening range beat KK?
KK is behind 7 of the 177 live combos and ahead of the other 170. The worst matchups are AA (18.1%), KK (50.0%) and AKs (65.9%); its best are KQo (91.3%), KQs (86.1%) and KJs (85.7%). Every figure is exact, computed against that hand's unblocked combos only.
What hands are in a UTG opening range?
36 hand classes and 202 combos — 15.2% of the 1,326 possible starting hands. By combo count it is 39% pocket pairs (13 pairs, 78 combos), 38% suited hands (19 classes, 76 combos) and 24% offsuit hands (4 classes, 48 combos). That shape is why KK runs at 75.0% against it rather than against a random hand.
Does KK do better against a wider or a tighter range?
Wider, almost always. KK has 78.7% equity against a loose-passive calling range (50.5% of hands) but 59.9% 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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