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Is king queen offsuit a good hand?
King queen offsuit is a playable broadway hand you open from middle and late position, making strong top pairs while staying wary of the hands that dominate it.
King Queen Offsuit
PlayableOpen it from the hijack onward, where it is comfortably ahead of the hands that defend against you, and play it more carefully from early seats. It makes two strong top pairs and broadway straights, but without the suit it loses the flush outs, so it relies more on making the best pair. Against a re-raise it is often a fold rather than a hand to play out of position.
In a balanced 6-max game this hand opens for a raise from the hijack, the cutoff, the button and the small blind.
Common mistake: Opening it under the gun or calling re-raises out of position. King queen offsuit is good in late position and a liability in early position against the players still to act.
Quick tip: A late-position hand. The same cards that crush the blinds get crushed by an early-position range.
All-in equity before the flop
How King Queen Offsuit runs against a few benchmark hands if all the money goes in preflop. Figures from the Poker Shark equity engine.
King Queen Offsuit on real flops
Precomputed equity vs a random hand once the flop is out. Each link jumps straight to the KQo row.
- KQo on T 9 8 rainbow : a middling board that hits this range
- KQo on K 9 5 two-tone : one high card with a flush draw live
- KQo on A 7 2 rainbow : the classic dry ace-high board
Know the hand? Now play it for real.
Practice these spots against opponents who punish the wrong move.