How to play A6o

Ace-Six Offsuit

A♠
6♥
Rank by playability
#49
#41 by equity vs a random hand
Top
29%
of all starting hands
Equity vs random
57.8%
heads-up
CategoryPlayable

Profitable from late position; tighten in early seats.

Equity vs random opponents

OpponentsEquity
vs 1 random hand57.8%
vs 3 random hands27.4%
vs 5 random hands17.5%

Monte Carlo simulation using our own hand evaluator — 300,000 trials per matchup with full boards dealt and ties split evenly.

By position

PositionAction
UTG
Under the Gun
fold
Outside the UTG opening range. Don't open.
MP
Middle Position
fold
Outside the MP opening range. Don't open.
CO
Cutoff
fold (or steal vs blinds)
Below CO open threshold. Steal from BTN/CO if folded to you, otherwise fold.
BTN
Button
open-raise
Standard open from BTN. Mostly fold to 3-bets unless deep.
SB
Small Blind
open-raise / sometimes call
Marginal opener from SB. Tighten vs strong regs, open-fold vs aggressive 3-betters.
BB
Big Blind (vs late open)
open-raise
Standard open from BB. Mostly fold to 3-bets unless deep.

Postflop notes

  • Offsuit holding — relies primarily on top-pair/over-pair value when it hits.
  • Offsuit ace — be careful with kicker problems on ace-high boards. AK and AQ are clear value; lower kickers are reverse implied odds magnets.

What A6o flops

Exact: all 19,600 possible flops dealt to A6o. Rows overlap — a flush draw can come with a pair.

A pair or better32.43%
Top pair or better19.79%
Two pair or better3.47%
Open-ended straight draw1.31%
Gutshot straight draw5.22%
Nothing — no pair, no draw61.04%

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