AA vs 72o: the best hand against the worst
Pocket aces beat seven-deuce offsuit about 88% of the time, so the hand known as the worst in poker still beats the best about one time in eight.
AA
72o
Aces against the most famous bad hand in poker looks like the most lopsided matchup the game can build, but the underdog still wins 12% of the time, more often than offsuit ace-king does against the same aces. Seven-deuce gets there with two pair, trips, and the occasional straight the aces cannot see coming, because the aces play only their one pair on most boards. That 12% is the whole personality of no-limit poker in one number. No hand is dead preflop, which is why bad calls get rewarded just often enough to keep bad callers calling. If the game let favorites win every time, nobody would pay off the aces at all.
Quick tip: When a terrible hand cracks your aces, remember the 12% was always part of the deal. The aces are printing money on the other 88.
All numbers are all-in preflop equity vs one opponent, computed by the Poker Shark equity engine from the full 169 by 169 hand matrix, weighted across suited and offsuit combos.
Common questions
AA vs 72o: the best hand against the worst +
Pocket aces beat seven-deuce offsuit about 88% of the time, so the hand known as the worst in poker still beats the best about one time in eight. Exactly measured, AA has 88.2% equity against 72o all-in preflop, computed with the Poker Shark equity engine.
What are the odds in AA vs 72o? +
AA is roughly a 7.5-to-1 favorite over 72o preflop, winning 88.2% of the time to 11.8%.
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