A premium here is QQ, KK, AA or AK: 34 of 1,326 starting combinations. For one opponent, it is 2.78% when your cards block nothing, and 1.71% when you hold ace-king.
| Players behind | Typical seat | You hold 9c 8d | You hold As Kd |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small blind | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| 2 | Button | 5.5% | 3.4% |
| 3 | Cutoff | 8.1% | 5.0% |
| 4 | Hijack, 6-max | 10.7% | 6.7% |
| 5 | Under the gun, 6-max | 13.3% | 8.3% |
| 6 | Middle, 9-max | 15.9% | 10.0% |
| 7 | UTG+1, 9-max | 18.3% | 11.6% |
| 8 | Under the gun, 9-max | 20.7% | 13.2% |
From under the gun at a full table, someone behind holds a premium about 1 time in 5. On the button it is about 1 in 18. Holding ace-king cuts the full-table figure to about 13%, because your cards block kings, aces and ace-king.
FLAWLESS POKER / STUDY CHART
The earlier the seat, the more hands behind
These counts are for study and post-session review. Where a row comes from a simulation, the caption names how many deals were run. Where a stack or a pot is made up, the caption says so. None of these figures is an instruction for a live pot.