--- title: "93s Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/93s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/93s" last_updated: "2026-10-21" type: "reference" summary: "93s is 4 combos of the 1,326 starting hands (0.30%). See how a known card or a board pair changes the count, plus its rank and equity." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/combos.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/t4o.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/86o.md"] --- # 93s Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs 93s is 4 combos of the 1,326 starting hands (0.30%). See how a known card or a board pair changes the count, plus its rank and equity. Count 4 combos for 93s: 0.30% of the 1,326 starting hands you can be dealt. Ranked by equity against a random hand (43.26%), it is number 126 of 169. - Combos: 4 - Share of 1,326: 0.30% - Rank of 169: 126 - Equity vs random: 43.26% - This hand and stronger: 71.34% ## 93s: the 4 combos A suited hand needs both cards in one suit, so each of the 4 suits gives exactly 1 combo: 4 in all. Below are the 4 exact two-card holdings in 93s. When a range chart marks 93s, it marks all of them together. The 4 combos of 93s: 9s 3s, 9h 3h, 9d 3d, 9c 3c. ## How cards you can see change the count How many 93s combos can an opponent still hold? It depends on the cards you can see, and the table gives the answer for one card of each rank. 93s combos left after one known card of each rank: | Known card | 93s combos left | | --- | --- | | Ace | 4 | | King | 4 | | Queen | 4 | | Jack | 4 | | Ten | 4 | | Nine | 3 | | Eight | 4 | | Seven | 4 | | Six | 4 | | Five | 4 | | Four | 4 | | Three | 3 | | Two | 4 | Holding a nine or a three takes 93s from 4 combos down to 3, a cut of 25%. Any card of a different rank leaves all 4 combos in play. ## When the board is paired Board pairs take away more combos than a single card does. The table lists the 93s count for each possible pair on the board. 93s combos left after a pair of each rank on the board: | Board pair | 93s combos left | | --- | --- | | Aces | 4 | | Kings | 4 | | Queens | 4 | | Jacks | 4 | | Tens | 4 | | Nines | 2 | | Eights | 4 | | Sevens | 4 | | Sixes | 4 | | Fives | 4 | | Fours | 4 | | Threes | 2 | | Twos | 4 | Nines or threes paired on the board leave 2 combos of 93s, and no other pair changes the count of 4. ## A worked example Here is the count in a real spot. You hold a nine and a two, which leaves 1,225 hands for your opponent. 93s is 3 of them, a 0.24% chance. A hand with no nine in it would give 4 combos, 0.33%. ## How strong is 93s? Number 126 of 169: that is where 93s sits when hands are ordered by equity against a random hand, below the middle of the ranking. The figure is 43.26%, wins plus half the ties. Counting from the top, 93s is where the running total reaches 946 combos (71.34% of 1,326). The 942 combos before it are all stronger classes. ## 93s against ranges of hands Equity against a range is a weighted average of the matchups with every hand in it. The numbers for 93s: 23.16% against the top 5 percent (60 combos), 29.71% against the top 10 percent (130 combos), 32.57% against the top 20 percent (264 combos), 33.61% against the top 30 percent (386 combos) and 35.25% against the top 50 percent (658 combos). 93s equity against the strongest hands: | Opponent range | Combos in range | 93s equity | | --- | --- | --- | | Top 5 percent | 60 | 23.16% | | Top 10 percent | 130 | 29.71% | | Top 20 percent | 264 | 32.57% | | Top 30 percent | 386 | 33.61% | | Top 50 percent | 658 | 35.25% | 93s is behind all five of these ranges, even the top 50 percent, so it is the underdog on average against each of them. How much of the top 10 percent can an opponent still hold? Across the 4 combos of 93s you might hold, 126.00 of its 130 combos remain on average. That is 4.00 combos fewer than the 130 an opponent has before you look. ## Hands next to 93s The hands on either side of 93s in the ranking make a useful pair of comparisons. 93s has 40.13% equity against T4o, the hand ranked number 125: it wins 39.14% of boards, ties 1.98% and loses 58.88%. It is the underdog in that matchup. 93s has 57.30% equity against 86o, the hand ranked number 127: it wins 55.79% of boards, ties 3.03% and loses 41.18%. It is the favorite in that matchup. The offsuit form, 93o, ranks number 144 with 40.02% equity against a random hand. 93o is 3 times as many combos but 3.24 points weaker against a random hand. Related to 93s: - [T4o combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/t4o.md) - [86o combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/86o.md) - [93o combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/93o.md) - [All starting hands](https://georgelipoker.com/combos.md) - [Hand ranking calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/hand-ranking-calculator.md) - [Poker equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md) ## Questions about 93s combos **How many combos of 93s are there?** 4 combos, which is 0.30% of the 1,326 two-card starting hands, so you are dealt 93s about 1 time in 331.5. **How many 93s combos are left if I hold a nine?** 3 combos of 93s remain out of 4. With a two as your other card, an opponent has it about 1 time in 408. **Is 93s stronger than 93o?** Yes, by 3.24 points: 93s has 43.26% equity against a random hand and ranks number 126, while 93o has 40.02% and ranks number 144. 93o has 12 combos to 93s's 4. ## How this was computed We counted from the deck itself: 1,326 possible two-card hands, each placed in one of 169 classes. A table row then deletes the combos that need a card known to be elsewhere, and the survivors are tallied. Equity comes from an exact table of preflop matchups, every one of the 1,712,304 boards counted. A tie is half a win, and each hand in a range is weighted by the combos your cards leave. Source: GeorgeLiPoker's own count of the 52-card deck and its preflop matchup table. ## Related - [Poker Combos: Count Every Starting Hand](https://georgelipoker.com/combos.md) - [T4o Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/t4o.md) - [86o Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/86o.md)