Starting Hand Expected Values (EV)

These statistics are based on 122,031,244 pair of pocket cards dealt in real money tables. The unit for EV is average profit in big bets. Note, these numbers are not adjusted for position or the number of players at the table. In other words, a hand like KQ from early position has a lower EV than the same starting hand from late position and is different again when playing against 9 players or 3 players. I use and recommend a tool called Tournament Indicator which automatically shows the actual EV of each hand adjusted for table position and number of players.

Hand EV Hand EV Hand EV
AA 2.32 QJ 0.03 98 -0.1
KK 1.67 QJ s 0.23 98 s 0
QQ 1.22 QT -0.02 97 -0.1
JJ 0.86 QT s 0.17 97 s -0.04
TT 0.58 Q9 -0.08 96 -0.12
99 0.38 Q9 s 0.06 96 s -0.09
88 0.25 Q8 -0.11 95 -0.12
77 0.16 Q8 s -0.02 95 s -0.12
66 0.07 Q7 -0.12 94 -0.12
55 0.02 Q7 s -0.06 94 s -0.15
44 -0.03 Q6 -0.13 93 -0.12
33 -0.07 Q6 s -0.08 93 s -0.14
22 -0.09 Q5 -0.13 92 -0.12
AK 0.51 Q5 s -0.09 92 s -0.14
AK s 0.77 Q4 -0.13 87 -0.12
AQ 0.31 Q4 s -0.1 87 s -0.02
AQ s 0.59 Q3 -0.13 86 -0.11
AJ 0.19 Q3 s -0.11 86 s -0.07
AJ s 0.43 Q2 -0.13 85 -0.11
AT 0.08 Q2 s -0.12 85 s -0.11
AT s 0.33 JT -0.03 84 -0.12
A9 -0.03 JT s 0.15 84 s -0.13
A9 s 0.18 J9 -0.08 83 -0.12
A8 -0.07 J9 s 0.04 83 s -0.15
A8 s 0.1 J8 -0.1 82 -0.12
A7 -0.1 J8 s -0.03 82 s -0.14
A7 s 0.08 J7 -0.12 76 -0.11
A6 -0.12 J7 s -0.07 76 s -0.03
A6 s 0.03 J6 -0.12 75 -0.11
A5 -0.12 J6 s -0.11 75 s -0.09
A5 s 0.08 J5 -0.13 74 -0.12
A4 -0.12 J5 s -0.11 74 s -0.11
A4 s 0.06 J4 -0.13 73 -0.12
A3 -0.13 J4 s -0.11 73 s -0.14
A3 s 0.02 J3 -0.13 72 -0.12
A2 -0.15 J3 s -0.13 72 s -0.15
A2 s 0 J2 -0.13 65 -0.12
KQ 0.16 J2 s -0.14 65 s -0.07
KQ s 0.39 T9 -0.08 64 -0.12
KJ 0.07 T9 s 0.05 64 s -0.09
KJ s 0.29 T8 -0.09 63 -0.12
KT 0.01 T8 s 0 63 s -0.11
KT s 0.2 T7 -0.1 62 -0.12
K9 -0.07 T7 s -0.05 62 s -0.14
K9 s 0.09 T6 -0.11 54 -0.13
K8 -0.11 T6 s -0.11 54 s -0.08
K8 s 0.01 T5 -0.12 53 -0.12
K7 -0.11 T5 s -0.12 53 s -0.11
K7 s 0 T4 -0.12 52 -0.12
K6 -0.12 T4 s -0.13 52 s -0.14
K6 s -0.04 T3 -0.12 43 -0.13
K5 -0.13 T3 s -0.13 43 s -0.13
K5 s -0.05 T2 -0.12 42 -0.12
K4 -0.13 T2 s -0.14 42 s -0.14
K4 s -0.05 32 -0.14
K3 -0.14 32 s -0.16
K3 s -0.08
K2 -0.14
K2 s -0.08