🧠 Pre-Flop Hand Strength Table (Average Win % vs Random Hand)

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Rank	Hand	Type	Avg. Win % (vs random)	Comment
1	AA	—	85%	The best possible starting hand
2	KK	—	82%	Only crushed by AA
3	QQ	—	80%	Strong, but careful post-flop
4	AKs	Suited	67%	Premium hand, top tier
5	JJ	—	77%	Powerful but vulnerable to overcards
6	AQs	Suited	66%	Excellent for 3-bets
7	TT	—	75%	Solid medium pair
8	AKo	Off-suit	65%	Just below AKs, no flush potential
9	AJs	Suited	64%	Plays very well in position
10	KQs	Suited	63%	Great connectivity & flush draws
11	99	—	71%	Great for set-mining
12	ATs	Suited	62%	Dominates weaker Ax hands
13	AQo	Off-suit	64%	Slightly weaker than suited version
14	KJs	Suited	62%	Strong semi-bluff potential
15	88	—	69%	Good but marginal
16	QJs	Suited	61%	Excellent for straight & flush potential
17	JTs	Suited	60%	Great for multiway pots
18	77	—	67%	Best played for set value
19	66	—	65%	Similar to 77
20	A9s	Suited	60%	Decent flush equity
21	T9s	Suited	59%	Strong drawing hand
22	AJo	Off-suit	63%	Dominates many Ax hands
23	KQo	Off-suit	61%	Playable in position
24	KTs	Suited	60%	Good semi-bluff potential
25	QTs	Suited	59%	Decent connectivity
26	J9s	Suited	58%	Good in connected flops
27	A8s	Suited	59%	OK flush/top pair hand
28	98s	Suited	57%	Great implied odds
29	55	—	64%	Play for sets
30	44	—	62%	—
31	33	—	60%	—
32	22	—	58%	—
33	A7s–A2s	Suited	56–58%	Playable in position
34	87s, 76s	Suited	56–57%	Good connected draws
35	ATo	Off-suit	60%	Average strength
36	KJo	Off-suit	59%	Slightly dominated
37	QJo	Off-suit	58%	Decent flop playability
38	KTo	Off-suit	57%	Weak out of position
39	A9o	Off-suit	57%	Marginal hand
40+	K9s, Q9s, J9s, 65s, etc.	Suited	52–56%	Speculative hands
—	Any weak off-suit (K7o, Q8o, etc.)	Off	<52%	Avoid entirely

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[Johnvaka]

Good content

 

[Matt_Burns88]

Is this against one random hand?

How are these percentages affected when you're early to act in a full ring game?

 

[dannystanks]

Nice work!

 

[Mig32]

Nice work — thanks for putting this together! A clear pre-flop strength table is always helpful, especially for beginners who want a quick reference. It’s great to have the numbers laid out like this, so thanks for taking the time to share it with everyone.