QQ vs a nit's range: Equity & Strategy
Pocket Queens (QQ) has 63.9% equity all-in preflop against a nit's range — 104 combos, 7.8% of all starting hands. It wins 63.1% of runouts outright, loses 35.3% and chops 1.6%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63.1% | 1.6% | 63.9% | |
| a nit's range | 35.3% | 1.6% | 36.1% |
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, 89 of those 104 combos are still available (15 are blocked by the cards QQ holds). QQ is ahead of 76 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 |
|---|---|---|
| JJ | 6 | 82.0% |
| TT | 6 | 81.6% |
| 99 | 6 | 81.2% |
| 77 | 6 | 80.9% |
| 88 | 6 | 80.9% |
Against a nit's range (104 combos, 7.8% of all hands), QQ runs at 63.9%. It wins 63.1% of runouts outright, loses 35.3% and splits the remaining 1.6%. Your own two cards remove 15 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 76 of the 89 combos you can still be facing (85%), which is what a 63.9% number actually looks like hand by hand.
Where does the range come from? 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. Broken down hand by hand, QQ does worst against KK (18.1%), AA (18.5%) and QQ (50.0%) and best against JJ (82.0%), TT (81.6%) and 99 (81.2%). Across the whole range QQ's equity swings from 18.1% at the bottom to 82.0% at the top — the single 63.9% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
Against a nit, the range is the whole story: 7.8% of hands, no bluffs, and QQ at 63.9%. Being ahead of even a nit's range is rare — this is a hand you happily play a big pot with.
QQ vs nit FAQ
What is QQ's equity against a nit's range?
QQ has 63.9% equity all-in preflop against a nit's range — it wins 63.1% of runouts outright, loses 35.3% and chops 1.6%. The range holds 104 combos (7.8% of all hands); QQ blocks 15 of them, leaving 89 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a nit's range beat QQ?
QQ is behind 13 of the 89 live combos and ahead of the other 76. The worst matchups are KK (18.1%), AA (18.5%) and QQ (50.0%); its best are JJ (82.0%), TT (81.6%) and 99 (81.2%). 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 QQ runs at 63.9% 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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