Starting hand 42 of 169

A6o Ace-Six offsuit

Wins vs 1 random hand
57.7%
Wins vs 5 random hands
17.3%
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.

A6o pairs at least one of its cards on the flop 32.4% of the time and makes two pair or better 5.7% of the time.

The suited version, A6s, wins 60.0% heads-up, 2.2 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% 58 1 38 2 28 3 21 4 17 5 14 6 12 7 11 8 10 9
Bars: A6o'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.

A6o against common hands

OpponentA6o equityVerdict
AA Pocket Aces 6.2% Big underdog
KK Pocket Kings 28.8% Big underdog
QQ Pocket Queens 28.3% Big underdog
JJ Pocket Jacks 28.0% Big underdog
TT Pocket Tens 28.5% Big underdog
77 Pocket Sevens 29.3% Big underdog
22 Pocket Twos 46.7% Coin flip
AKs Ace-King suited 25.1% Big underdog
AKo Ace-King offsuit 26.1% Big underdog
AQo Ace-Queen offsuit 26.9% Big underdog
KQs King-Queen suited 54.5% Coin flip
JTs Jack-Ten suited 51.2% Coin flip
76s Seven-Six suited 65.7% Favourite
72o Seven-Two offsuit 64.8% Favourite

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

A6o on the flop

Pair one of your hole cards32.4%
Two pair or better5.7%
Three of a kind or better1.7%
Straight or better0.1%
Flush draw or better (four or more of a suit)2.2%

Exact, counted over all 19,600 possible flops.

Questions players ask

Is A6o a good poker hand?
A6o (Ace-Six offsuit) ranks 42 of 169 by heads-up equity and 76 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 A6o?
There are 12 ways to be dealt A6o 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 A6o against Aces?
All-in before the flop, A6o wins about 6.2% against AA (equity including split pots).