Texas Hold'em essentials

Starting hands, ranked

Every two-card hand, best to worst. The percentage shows how many hands yours beats — reach for the green, fold the red.

AA100%

AKs96%

AQs95%

AJs94%

ATs93%

A9s89%

A8s87%

A7s85%

A6s82%

A5s83%

A4s80%

A3s77%

A2s77%

AKo92%

KK99%

KQs93%

KJs91%

KTs90%

K9s85%

K8s79%

K7s74%

K6s74%

K5s71%

K4s68%

K3s65%

K2s61%

AQo88%

KQo86%

QQ99%

QJs90%

QTs88%

Q9s83%

Q8s76%

Q7s68%

Q6s66%

Q5s60%

Q4s59%

Q3s55%

Q2s51%

AJo84%

KJo80%

QJo78%

JJ98%

JTs86%

J9s81%

J8s73%

J7s64%

J6s56%

J5s47%

J4s46%

J3s41%

J2s39%

ATo76%

KTo75%

QTo70%

JTo69%

TT98%

T9s79%

T8s72%

T7s63%

T6s54%

T5s43%

T4s37%

T3s34%

T2s33%

A9o71%

K9o67%

Q9o63%

J9o65%

T9o58%

9997%

98s70%

97s61%

96s48%

95s43%

94s31%

93s24%

92s24%

A8o67%

K8o57%

Q8o52%

J8o53%

T8o49%

98o46%

8896%

87s57%

86s51%

85s42%

84s32%

83s21%

82s17%

A7o64%

K7o49%

Q7o44%

J7o39%

T7o40%

97o38%

87o36%

7795%

76s52%

75s42%

74s30%

73s21%

72s11%

A6o60%

K6o48%

Q6o35%

J6o30%

T6o26%

96o29%

86o26%

76o27%

6692%

65s45%

64s33%

63s23%

62s15%

A5o58%

K5o45%

Q5o32%

J5o23%

T5o17%

95o13%

85o16%

75o20%

65o19%

5589%

54s38%

53s29%

52s18%

A4o55%

K4o40%

Q4o27%

J4o20%

T4o12%

94o7%

84o6%

74o10%

64o11%

54o14%

4482%

43s28%

42s18%

A3o50%

K3o36%

Q3o25%

J3o14%

T3o10%

93o5%

83o4%

73o4%

63o8%

53o9%

43o8%

3373%

32s15%

A2o54%

K2o35%

Q2o22%

J2o13%

T2o7%

92o5%

82o1%

72o1%

62o0%

52o2%

42o3%

32o2%

2262%

Pairs on the diagonal · suited above · offsuit belowweakeststrongest

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