Starting hand 49 of 169

A4o Ace-Four offsuit

Wins vs 1 random hand
56.8%
Wins vs 5 random hands
17.2%
Dealt
1 in 110
Opening guide
Late position

How to play it. Raise from the cutoff and the button, or when the table folds to you.

A4o pairs at least one of its cards on the flop 32.4% of the time and makes two pair or better 6.0% of the time.

The suited version, A4s, wins 59.1% heads-up, 2.3 points more.

When you pair your Ace, a weak kicker is the danger: an opponent with a better Ace will often win the big pots.

Win percentage by number of opponents

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 57 1 37 2 27 3 21 4 17 5 14 6 13 7 11 8 10 9
Bars: A4o's equity against 1 to 9 random opponents. Dashed lines: a fair share of the pot (50% heads-up, 10% against nine). Above the line means the hand wins more than its share.

A4o against common hands

OpponentA4o equityVerdict
AA Pocket Aces 7.6% Big underdog
KK Pocket Kings 29.7% Big underdog
QQ Pocket Queens 29.7% Big underdog
JJ Pocket Jacks 29.3% Big underdog
TT Pocket Tens 29.8% Big underdog
77 Pocket Sevens 30.6% Underdog
22 Pocket Twos 47.4% Coin flip
AKs Ace-King suited 25.5% Big underdog
AKo Ace-King offsuit 26.9% Big underdog
AQo Ace-Queen offsuit 27.3% Big underdog
KQs King-Queen suited 54.8% Coin flip
JTs Jack-Ten suited 51.4% Coin flip
76s Seven-Six suited 52.7% Coin flip
72o Seven-Two offsuit 65.3% Favourite

All-in before the flop, averaged over every suit combination. 40,000 simulated boards per matchup.

A4o on the flop

Pair one of your hole cards32.4%
Two pair or better6.0%
Three of a kind or better2.0%
Straight or better0.4%
Flush draw or better (four or more of a suit)2.2%

Exact, counted over all 19,600 possible flops.

Questions players ask

Is A4o a good poker hand?
A4o (Ace-Four offsuit) ranks 49 of 169 by heads-up equity and 77 of 169 against five opponents. Our simple opening guide puts it in the "Late position" group: Raise from the cutoff and the button, or when the table folds to you.
How often are you dealt A4o?
There are 12 ways to be dealt A4o out of 1,326 possible starting hands, so it comes about 0.90% of the time, or 1 in 110 hands.
What are the odds of A4o against Aces?
All-in before the flop, A4o wins about 7.6% against AA (equity including split pots).