43s
A suited connector — straight and flush draws in the same holding.
- Heads-up (1 opponent)
- 38.7% · #150
- 6-handed (5 opponents)
- 14.9% · #113
- 9-handed (8 opponents)
- 11.1% · #95
- Chen score
- 5
- Combos
- 4 / 1,326
- Dealt frequency
- 0.3%
- Favourite against
- 8 of 168 hands
43s (four-three suited) wins 38.7% of the time against a single random opponent, which places it 150th out of the 169 starting hands — the top 88.8% of the range. At a six-handed table (five opponents) its equity falls to 14.9% and its rank moves to 113; nine-handed (eight opponents) it holds 11.1% for rank 95. A suited connector — straight and flush draws in the same holding.
Its suited/offsuit twin 43o runs at 35.2% (rank 164), a gap of 3.5 points. Sharing a suit is worth exactly those 3.5 points here — nothing about the ranks changes. The hand directly above it in the ranking is 92o at 39.2%, and directly below is 74o at 38.6%, so three hands are packed into a band of 0.6 points.
Played heads-up against each of the other 168 hands, 43s is a favourite against 8 of them and an underdog against 160. Its best matchup is 32o at 56.8% and its worst is 55 at 16.9% — a spread of 39.9 points, which is why calling 43s simply "strong" or "weak" says very little. 4 opponents land inside one point of a coinflip, the closest being 52s at 50.3%.
It is dominated by 8 hands in return, the worst of them A4s, which leaves 43s with only 29.1%. A single kicker can move the number by tens of points, and the full table below lists every one of those opponents.
Within the 78 suited hands it comes 73 of 78. The strongest hand in that group, AKs, is 28.5 points away, and the weakest, 32s, sits 2.8 points below. Measured against the average equity of all 169 hands, 51%, 43s lands -12.3 points from the middle of the pack, and 149 hands in the full ranking are still ahead of it.
Adding players costs equity steadily: 38.7% against one opponent, 26.4% against two, 16.9% against four and 11.1% against eight. That last figure is 100% of an even nine-way share (11.1%). The Chen formula scores this hand at 5 points, and it arrives 0.3% of the time (4 of 1,326 combinations).
One caveat worth repeating: every number on this page assumes the opponent holds a completely random hand and that the pot goes to showdown. Real opponents hold ranges, and a range that has already put money in is stronger than random — which is exactly why 43s reads as 38.7% here but plays worse than that against a raise. Use the 168 rows in the table below to see which specific holdings are the problem, rather than treating the headline figure as a verdict on the hand.
Equity by opponent count
From 38.7% against one opponent down to 11.1% against eight. The x-axis is the number of opponents.
Against all 168 other hands
200,000 simulated showdowns per pairing. Opponent names link to that hand's page; the shape column links to the matchup page where one exists.
| Opponent hand | Opp. rank | 43s equity | vs 50% | Shape |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | 1 | 19.1% | -30.9 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| KK | 2 | 20.4% | -29.6 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| 3 | 20.6% | -29.4 | PAIR VS CARDS | |
| JJ | 4 | 20.5% | -29.5 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| TT | 5 | 20.6% | -29.4 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| 99 | 6 | 20.3% | -29.7 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| 88 | 7 | 19.8% | -30.2 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| AKs | 8 | 37.0% | -13.0 | HIGH CARD |
| 77 | 9 | 19.5% | -30.5 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| AQs | 10 | 37.0% | -13.0 | HIGH CARD |
| AJs | 11 | 36.8% | -13.2 | HIGH CARD |
| AKo | 12 | 39.5% | -10.5 | HIGH CARD |
| ATs | 13 | 36.8% | -13.2 | HIGH CARD |
| AQo | 14 | 39.4% | -10.6 | HIGH CARD |
| AJo | 15 | 39.6% | -10.4 | HIGH CARD |
| KQs | 16 | 36.6% | -13.4 | HIGH CARD |
| 66 | 17 | 18.3% | -31.7 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| A9s | 18 | 36.8% | -13.2 | HIGH CARD |
| ATo | 19 | 39.2% | -10.8 | HIGH CARD |
| KJs | 20 | 36.5% | -13.5 | HIGH CARD |
| A8s | 21 | 36.6% | -13.4 | HIGH CARD |
| KTs | 22 | 36.8% | -13.2 | HIGH CARD |
| KQo | 23 | 39.3% | -10.7 | HIGH CARD |
| A7s | 24 | 36.9% | -13.1 | HIGH CARD |
| A9o | 25 | 39.4% | -10.6 | HIGH CARD |
| KJo | 26 | 39.1% | -10.9 | HIGH CARD |
| 55 | 27 | 16.9% | -33.1 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| QJs | 28 | 36.1% | -13.9 | HIGH CARD |
| A6s | 29 | 37.0% | -13.0 | HIGH CARD |
| K9s | 30 | 36.9% | -13.1 | HIGH CARD |
| A8o | 31 | 39.2% | -10.8 | HIGH CARD |
| A5s | 32 | 35.5% | -14.5 | HIGH CARD |
| KTo | 33 | 39.2% | -10.8 | HIGH CARD |
| QTs | 34 | 36.2% | -13.8 | HIGH CARD |
| A4s | 35 | 29.1% | -20.9 | DOMINATED |
| A7o | 36 | 39.2% | -10.8 | HIGH CARD |
| K8s | 37 | 36.9% | -13.1 | HIGH CARD |
| A3s | 38 | 30.1% | -19.9 | DOMINATED |
| QJo | 39 | 38.7% | -11.3 | HIGH CARD |
| K9o | 40 | 39.1% | -10.9 | HIGH CARD |
| Q9s | 41 | 36.4% | -13.6 | HIGH CARD |
| A5o | 42 | 38.1% | -11.9 | HIGH CARD |
| A2s | 43 | 42.3% | -7.7 | HIGH CARD |
| K7s | 44 | 37.1% | -12.9 | HIGH CARD |
| A6o | 45 | 39.5% | -10.5 | HIGH CARD |
| JTs | 46 | 35.9% | -14.1 | HIGH CARD |
| QTo | 47 | 38.7% | -11.3 | HIGH CARD |
| 44 | 48 | 17.5% | -32.5 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| K6s | 49 | 37.0% | -13.0 | HIGH CARD |
| A4o | 50 | 30.2% | -19.8 | DOMINATED |
| Q8s | 51 | 36.7% | -13.3 | HIGH CARD |
| K8o | 52 | 39.6% | -10.4 | HIGH CARD |
| A3o | 53 | 31.1% | -18.9 | DOMINATED |
| K5s | 54 | 37.1% | -12.9 | HIGH CARD |
| J9s | 55 | 36.2% | -13.8 | HIGH CARD |
| Q9o | 56 | 39.0% | -11.0 | HIGH CARD |
| JTo | 57 | 38.2% | -11.8 | HIGH CARD |
| K7o | 58 | 39.6% | -10.4 | HIGH CARD |
| K4s | 59 | 31.0% | -19.0 | DOMINATED |
| A2o | 60 | 45.2% | -4.8 | HIGH CARD |
| Q7s | 61 | 37.3% | -12.7 | HIGH CARD |
| K6o | 62 | 39.5% | -10.5 | HIGH CARD |
| K3s | 63 | 31.9% | -18.1 | DOMINATED |
| J8s | 64 | 36.3% | -13.7 | HIGH CARD |
| T9s | 65 | 35.9% | -14.1 | HIGH CARD |
| Q8o | 66 | 39.1% | -10.9 | HIGH CARD |
| 33 | 67 | 38.7% | -11.3 | PAIR VS CARDS |
| Q6s | 68 | 37.1% | -12.9 | HIGH CARD |
| K2s | 69 | 43.4% | -6.6 | HIGH CARD |
| J9o | 70 | 38.6% | -11.4 | HIGH CARD |
| K5o | 71 | 39.2% | -10.8 | HIGH CARD |
| Q5s | 72 | 36.9% | -13.1 | HIGH CARD |
| J7s | 73 | 37.1% | -12.9 | HIGH CARD |
| T8s | 74 | 36.0% | -14.0 | HIGH CARD |
| K4o | 75 | 32.1% | -17.9 | DOMINATED |
| Q7o | 76 | 39.6% | -10.4 | HIGH CARD |
| Q4s | 77 | 31.7% | -18.3 | DOMINATED |
| J8o | 78 | 38.7% | -11.3 | HIGH CARD |
| T9o | 79 | 38.7% | -11.3 | HIGH CARD |
| K3o | 80 | 33.1% | -16.9 | DOMINATED |
| Q3s | 81 | 32.4% | -17.6 | DOMINATED |
| Q6o | 82 | 39.4% | -10.6 | HIGH CARD |
| 98s | 83 | 34.8% | -15.2 | HIGH CARD |
| T7s | 84 | 36.9% | -13.1 | HIGH CARD |
| J6s | 85 | 37.3% | -12.7 | HIGH CARD |
| K2o | 86 | 46.0% | -4.0 | HIGH CARD |
| Q5o | 87 | 39.2% | -10.8 | HIGH CARD |
| 22 | 88 | 49.7% | -0.3 | COINFLIP |
| Q2s | 89 | 43.3% | -6.7 | HIGH CARD |
| J5s | 90 | 36.9% | -13.1 | HIGH CARD |
| T8o | 91 | 38.7% | -11.3 | HIGH CARD |
| J7o | 92 | 39.4% | -10.6 | HIGH CARD |
| J4s | 93 | 32.2% | -17.8 | DOMINATED |
| 97s | 94 | 36.5% | -13.5 | HIGH CARD |
| Q4o | 95 | 32.8% | -17.2 | DOMINATED |
| T6s | 96 | 37.2% | -12.8 | HIGH CARD |
| J3s | 97 | 32.9% | -17.1 | DOMINATED |
| 98o | 98 | 37.3% | -12.7 | HIGH CARD |
| T7o | 99 | 39.1% | -10.9 | HIGH CARD |
| Q3o | 100 | 33.6% | -16.4 | DOMINATED |
| 87s | 101 | 36.0% | -14.0 | HIGH CARD |
| J6o | 102 | 39.6% | -10.4 | HIGH CARD |
| J2s | 103 | 43.7% | -6.3 | HIGH CARD |
| 96s | 104 | 37.0% | -13.0 | HIGH CARD |
| Q2o | 105 | 46.2% | -3.8 | HIGH CARD |
| J5o | 106 | 39.2% | -10.8 | HIGH CARD |
| T5s | 107 | 37.3% | -12.7 | HIGH CARD |
| T4s | 108 | 32.8% | -17.2 | DOMINATED |
| 97o | 109 | 39.1% | -10.9 | HIGH CARD |
| 86s | 110 | 36.9% | -13.1 | HIGH CARD |
| J4o | 111 | 33.5% | -16.5 | DOMINATED |
| T6o | 112 | 39.5% | -10.5 | HIGH CARD |
| T3s | 113 | 33.7% | -16.3 | DOMINATED |
| 95s | 114 | 37.3% | -12.7 | HIGH CARD |
| 76s | 115 | 37.2% | -12.8 | HIGH CARD |
| J3o | 116 | 34.4% | -15.6 | DOMINATED |
| 87o | 117 | 38.2% | -11.8 | HIGH CARD |
| T2s | 118 | 43.6% | -6.4 | HIGH CARD |
| 85s | 119 | 37.1% | -12.9 | HIGH CARD |
| 96o | 120 | 39.6% | -10.4 | HIGH CARD |
| T5o | 121 | 39.8% | -10.2 | HIGH CARD |
| J2o | 122 | 46.4% | -3.6 | HIGH CARD |
| 94s | 123 | 34.2% | -15.8 | DOMINATED |
| 75s | 124 | 37.7% | -12.3 | HIGH CARD |
| T4o | 125 | 34.4% | -15.6 | DOMINATED |
| 93s | 126 | 34.7% | -15.3 | DOMINATED |
| 86o | 127 | 39.1% | -10.9 | HIGH CARD |
| 65s | 128 | 38.5% | -11.5 | HIGH CARD |
| 95o | 129 | 39.7% | -10.3 | HIGH CARD |
| 84s | 130 | 34.3% | -15.7 | DOMINATED |
| T3o | 131 | 35.0% | -15.0 | DOMINATED |
| 92s | 132 | 44.0% | -6.0 | HIGH CARD |
| 76o | 133 | 39.6% | -10.4 | HIGH CARD |
| 74s | 134 | 36.7% | -13.3 | DOMINATED |
| T2o | 135 | 46.3% | -3.7 | HIGH CARD |
| 64s | 136 | 38.5% | -11.5 | DOMINATED |
| 85o | 137 | 39.5% | -10.5 | HIGH CARD |
| 54s | 138 | 40.6% | -9.4 | HIGH CARD |
| 83s | 139 | 36.2% | -13.8 | DOMINATED |
| 94o | 140 | 35.4% | -14.6 | DOMINATED |
| 75o | 141 | 40.1% | -9.9 | HIGH CARD |
| 82s | 142 | 44.6% | -5.4 | HIGH CARD |
| 73s | 143 | 37.4% | -12.6 | DOMINATED |
| 65o | 144 | 40.9% | -9.1 | HIGH CARD |
| 93o | 145 | 36.2% | -13.8 | DOMINATED |
| 53s | 146 | 41.8% | -8.2 | HIGH CARD |
| 63s | 147 | 39.2% | -10.8 | DOMINATED |
| 84o | 148 | 35.7% | -14.3 | DOMINATED |
| 92o | 149 | 46.8% | -3.2 | HIGH CARD |
| 74o | 151 | 37.8% | -12.2 | DOMINATED |
| 54o | 152 | 42.4% | -7.6 | HIGH CARD |
| 72s | 153 | 46.4% | -3.6 | HIGH CARD |
| 52s | 154 | 50.3% | +0.3 | COINFLIP |
| 64o | 155 | 40.0% | -10.0 | DOMINATED |
| 62s | 156 | 47.9% | -2.1 | HIGH CARD |
| 83o | 157 | 37.8% | -12.2 | DOMINATED |
| 42s | 158 | 53.3% | +3.3 | HIGH CARD |
| 82o | 159 | 47.4% | -2.6 | HIGH CARD |
| 73o | 160 | 38.9% | -11.1 | DOMINATED |
| 53o | 161 | 43.6% | -6.4 | HIGH CARD |
| 63o | 162 | 40.9% | -9.1 | HIGH CARD |
| 32s | 163 | 54.0% | +4.0 | HIGH CARD |
| 43o | 164 | 52.4% | +2.4 | HIGH CARD |
| 72o | 165 | 49.5% | -0.5 | COINFLIP |
| 52o | 166 | 53.4% | +3.4 | HIGH CARD |
| 62o | 167 | 50.8% | +0.8 | COINFLIP |
| 42o | 168 | 56.1% | +6.1 | HIGH CARD |
| 32o | 169 | 56.8% | +6.8 | HIGH CARD |
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FAQ
What is the equity of 43s?
38.7% against one random opponent, which ranks it 150 of 169. Six-handed (five opponents) it is 14.9%, and nine-handed (eight opponents) 11.1%.
How much better is 43s than 43o?
43s is worth 38.7% and 43o 35.2%, a difference of 3.5 points — rank 150 versus rank 164.
How many of the 168 other hands does 43s beat?
It is a heads-up favourite over 8 hands and an underdog against 160. 4 opponents sit within one point of a 50/50 coinflip.
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