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Ace-king vs ace-jack: the odds

What are the odds of ace-king against ace-jack?

Hand Cards Wins Equity
Ace-king A♥ K♦ 71.4% 73.7%
Ace-jack A♠ J♣ 24.0% 26.3%
Split pot 4.58%

All-in before the flop, with five cards to come. Equity is each hand's average share of the pot — outright wins plus half of the split pots. Computed by enumerating all 1,712,304 possible boards with this site's own engine, so these are exact figures rather than a simulation.

Why the number looks like that

Two kicker ranks apart instead of one, and it barely changes anything — which is the real lesson of domination. If your kicker is behind, the size of the gap is almost irrelevant.

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