QQ vs a loose-passive calling range: Equity & Strategy
Pocket Queens (QQ) has 75.2% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — 670 combos, 50.5% of all starting hands. It wins 74.8% of runouts outright, loses 24.5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74.8% | 0.7% | 75.2% | |
| a loose-passive calling range | 24.5% | 0.7% | 24.8% |
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, 605 of those 670 combos are still available (65 are blocked by the cards QQ holds). QQ is ahead of 592 and behind 13.
Hardest parts of the range for QQ
| Hand | Combos | QQ equity |
|---|---|---|
| KK | 6 | 18.1% |
| AA | 6 | 18.5% |
| 1 | 50.0% | |
| AKs | 4 | 54.0% |
| AKo | 12 | 56.8% |
Easiest parts of the range for QQ
| Hand | Combos | QQ equity |
|---|---|---|
| Q8o | 6 | 92.1% |
| Q9o | 6 | 90.7% |
| QJo | 6 | 89.2% |
| Q2s | 2 | 89.0% |
| QTo | 6 | 88.7% |
Against a loose-passive calling range (670 combos, 50.5% of all hands), QQ runs at 75.2%. It wins 74.8% of runouts outright, loses 24.5% and splits the remaining 0.7%. Your own two cards remove 65 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 592 of the 605 combos you can still be facing (98%), which is what a 75.2% number actually looks like hand by hand.
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. Inside that range, the combos that hurt QQ most are KK (18.1%), AA (18.5%) and QQ (50.0%); the ones you want to see are Q8o (92.1%), Q9o (90.7%) and QJo (89.2%). Across the whole range QQ's equity swings from 18.1% at the bottom to 92.1% at the top — the single 75.2% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
A loose-passive calling range is the most profitable opponent in poker and 75.2% is why: QQ crushes the whole thing, so the entire plan is to build the pot while they are calling with hands they should be folding.
QQ vs calling station FAQ
What is QQ's equity against a loose-passive calling range?
QQ has 75.2% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — it wins 74.8% of runouts outright, loses 24.5% and chops 0.7%. The range holds 670 combos (50.5% of all hands); QQ blocks 65 of them, leaving 605 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a loose-passive calling range beat QQ?
QQ is behind 13 of the 605 live combos and ahead of the other 592. The worst matchups are KK (18.1%), AA (18.5%) and QQ (50.0%); its best are Q8o (92.1%), Q9o (90.7%) and QJo (89.2%). 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 QQ runs at 75.2% against it rather than against a random hand.
Does QQ do better against a wider or a tighter range?
Wider, almost always. QQ has 75.2% equity against a loose-passive calling range (50.5% of hands) but 46.0% 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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