Texas Hold'em Starting Hand Chart (All 169 Hands)

This chart shows each starting hand's equity all-in heads-up against one random hand: AA is best at 85.2%, 32o worst at 32.3%. The upper-right half is suited hands (s), the lower-left half offsuit (o), and the diagonal is pairs.

Updated: 2026-10-30 · natural8.cn editors

Each cell shows the hand on top and its rounded equity (%) below. Hover or long-press to see the value to one decimal place.

How this chart was calculated

We used our own hand evaluator (the same one as the poker odds calculator) to run 400,000 Monte Carlo simulations per starting hand: the opponent gets 2 random cards, all 5 board cards are dealt at random, and we record your average equity, with ties counted as a share. The simulation error is about ±0.2 percentage points.

Each pair has 6 combinations, each suited hand 4 and each offsuit hand 12, so the 169 hand types add up to 1,326 specific two-card hands.

How to read the chart

• Pairs are the most solid: from AA at 85.2% all the way down to 22 at 50.3%; even the smallest pair is a slight favourite against a random hand.
• Any ace is decent: even A2o has 55.0%, because your opponent often has no ace.
• High cards beat connectors: heads-up all-in, K2o (50.6%) is ahead of 76s (45.4%), because a high card often wins on its own.
• Suited adds 2–3 points: A2s 57.3% vs A2o 55.0%, T9s 54.0% vs T9o 51.6%.

Limits: multiway pots, position and stack depth

The more players, the lower every hand's equity, and the order changes. Here is all-in equity from a separate simulation we ran (300,000 runs each):

Heads-up, 22 is stronger than 76s, but in a 9-way all-in 76s comes out ahead (13.2% vs 12.4%), because it can make straights and flushes to win big multiway pots. The chart also ignores:

• Position: in late position (on the button) you see everyone else act first, so you can play more hands; in early position, tighten up.
• Stack depth: with deep stacks, small pairs and suited connectors win big pots by hitting strong hands, and all-in equity undervalues them; with short stacks, high cards are worth more.
• Your opponent's range: once an opponent raises, their hand is no longer random; recalculate against the hands they could have in the poker odds calculator.

natural8.cn is an independent guide, not the official Natural8 website, and is not affiliated with Run Good N.V. or the GGPoker network. Sign-up, deposits and play all happen in the official Natural8 client. Online poker carries financial risk and is restricted or illegal in some countries — check your local law first.