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Heads Up Odds Chart

There are a suite of poker calculators at Turning River.com, and one of them will tell you how good your two starting cards are vs a random hand in a Heads Up situation.

After playing with that tool for a while, I started a chart tracking the different hands I would usually raise with, and those I might call with. In the end, here is a complete chart of the hands that have a positive Expected Value in a Heads Up Holdem match.

If a hand is not on the chart, it has a negative expected value. The chart includes the win %, the loss %, information on ties, and a column for the expected return (return being wins - losses).

Cards

Win

Lose

Tie

Return

Pair of A's

84.93%

14.52%

0.54%

70.41%

Pair of K's

82.12%

17.33%

0.56%

64.79%

Pair of Q's

79.63%

19.78%

0.59%

59.85%

Pair of J's

77.15%

22.21%

0.63%

54.94%

Pair of T's

74.66%

24.64%

0.70%

50.02%

Pair of 9's

71.67%

27.55%

0.78%

44.11%

Pair of 8's

68.72%

30.39%

0.89%

38.33%

K/A suited

66.22%

32.13%

1.65%

34.09%

Pair of 7's

65.73%

33.25%

1.02%

32.47%

Q/A suited

65.31%

32.90%

1.79%

32.42%

J/A suited

64.40%

33.61%

1.99%

30.79%

K/A unsuited

64.47%

33.83%

1.70%

30.64%

T/A suited

63.49%

34.28%

2.23%

29.20%

Q/A unsuited

63.51%

34.65%

1.85%

28.86%

J/A unsuited

62.54%

35.41%

2.06%

27.13%

Q/K suited

62.41%

35.61%

1.98%

26.80%

Pair of 6's

62.70%

36.13%

1.17%

26.57%

9/A suited

61.51%

35.95%

2.54%

25.56%

T/A unsuited

61.57%

36.12%

2.31%

25.44%

J/K suited

61.48%

36.34%

2.18%

25.13%

8/A suited

60.51%

36.62%

2.87%

23.89%

T/K suited

60.59%

37.01%

2.40%

23.58%

Q/K unsuited

60.43%

37.52%

2.05%

22.91%

7/A suited

59.39%

37.42%

3.19%

21.97%

9/A unsuited

59.45%

37.90%

2.65%

21.55%

J/K unsuited

59.44%

38.30%

2.25%

21.14%

Pair of 5's

59.64%

38.99%

1.37%

20.65%

J/Q suited

59.07%

38.55%

2.38%

20.52%

9/K suited

58.64%

38.66%

2.70%

19.98%

5/A suited

58.06%

38.22%

3.72%

19.85%

6/A suited

58.18%

38.37%

3.45%

19.81%

8/A unsuited

58.37%

38.63%

3%

19.75%

T/K unsuited

58.49%

39.02%

2.49%

19.48%

T/Q suited

58.17%

39.24%

2.59%

18.94%

4/A suited

57.14%

39.07%

3.79%

18.07%

7/A unsuited

57.17%

39.49%

3.34%

17.68%

8/K suited

56.79%

40.17%

3.04%

16.62%

3/A suited

56.34%

39.89%

3.77%

16.44%

J/Q unsuited

56.91%

40.64%

2.46%

16.27%

9/K unsuited

56.41%

40.78%

2.81%

15.62%

5/A unsuited

55.74%

40.35%

3.91%

15.39%

6/A unsuited

55.87%

40.51%

3.62%

15.36%

9/Q suited

56.22%

40.89%

2.88%

15.33%

7/K suited

55.85%

40.77%

3.38%

15.08%

T/J suited

56.15%

41.10%

2.75%

15.06%

2/A suited

55.51%

40.75%

3.75%

14.76%

T/Q unsuited

55.95%

41.37%

2.69%

14.58%

Pair of 4's

56.26%

42.21%

1.53%

14.05%

4/A unsuited

54.73%

41.27%

3.99%

13.46%

6/K suited

54.80%

41.52%

3.67%

13.28%

8/K unsuited

54.43%

42.39%

3.18%

12.04%

8/Q suited

54.42%

42.38%

3.20%

12.04%

3/A unsuited

53.86%

42.17%

3.98%

11.69%

5/K suited

53.83%

42.25%

3.92%

11.59%

9/J suited

54.11%

42.79%

3.10%

11.32%

9/Q unsuited

53.86%

43.14%

3%

10.72%

T/J unsuited

53.83%

43.33%

2.84%

10.50%

7/K unsuited

53.42%

43.04%

3.54%

10.37%

2/A unsuited

52.95%

43.09%

3.96%

9.86%

4/K suited

52.89%

43.12%

3.99%

9.77%

7/Q suited

52.52%

43.92%

3.56%

8.60%

6/K unsuited

52.30%

43.85%

3.85%

8.45%

3/K suited

52.07%

43.96%

3.97%

8.11%

9/T suited

52.38%

44.32%

3.30%

8.06%

8/J suited

52.31%

44.28%

3.41%

8.03%

Pair of 3's

52.84%

45.45%

1.71%

7.39%

6/Q suited

51.68%

44.45%

3.87%

7.23%

8/Q unsuited

51.93%

44.73%

3.34%

7.20%

5/K unsuited

51.25%

44.63%

4.12%

6.63%

9/J unsuited

51.64%

45.14%

3.22%

6.50%

2/K suited

51.24%

44.82%

3.94%

6.42%

5/Q suited

50.71%

45.17%

4.11%

5.54%

8/T suited

50.51%

45.84%

3.65%

4.67%

4/K unsuited

50.23%

45.57%

4.20%

4.65%

7/J suited

50.45%

45.80%

3.74%

4.65%

4/Q suited

49.76%

46.05%

4.18%

3.71%

7/Q unsuited

49.90%

46.37%

3.72%

3.53%

9/T unsuited

49.82%

46.75%

3.43%

3.06%

8/J unsuited

49.71%

46.73%

3.55%

2.98%

3/K unsuited

49.33%

46.48%

4.19%

2.85%

6/Q unsuited

49%

46.95%

4.06%

2.05%

3/Q suited

48.94%

46.90%

4.16%

2.04%

8/9 suited

48.86%

47.25%

3.89%

1.60%

7/T suited

48.65%

47.37%

3.98%

1.28%

6/J suited

48.57%

47.36%

4.06%

1.21%

2/K unsuited

48.42%

47.41%

4.17%

1.02%

Pair of 2's

49.39%

48.72%

1.90%

0.67%

2/Q suited

48.10%

47.76%

4.13%

0.34%

5/Q unsuited

47.96%

47.72%

4.32%

0.24%


This same information is available at the Wizard of Odds, and you can get it in a printer ready version right here.

 
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