--- title: "44 vs 76s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-76s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-76s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "44 vs 76s is close to a coin flip before the flop: 49.46% to 50.54% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-75s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-65s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/j9s-vs-76s.md"] --- # 44 vs 76s: preflop equity 44 vs 76s is close to a coin flip before the flop: 49.46% to 50.54% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Dealt all in against each other, 76s takes 50.54% of the pot on average and 44 takes the other 49.46%. ## 44 against 76s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for 44 against 76s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 44 | 48.554 | 1.808 | 49.638 | 49.458 | | 76s | 49.638 | 1.808 | 48.554 | 50.542 | One side is a pocket pair, the other is a suited hand. One hand holds a pair and the other holds two cards that both outrank it, which keeps the equity closer than most people expect. This is close to even money, with 76s a little ahead. Ties are part of the picture: 1.81% of boards end in a split pot, and each side counts that as half a win. 44 ranks number 48 of 169 starting hands, and 76s ranks number 115, by equity against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 41,095,296 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 44 | 19,953,000 | 743,000 | 20,399,000 | | 76s | 20,399,000 | 743,000 | 19,953,000 | 24 specific deals times 1,712,304 boards gives the exact total. The won, tied and lost counts are approximations from the five-decimal percentages, rounded to the nearest thousand. **44 against 76s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 44 | 0.979 | 2.060 | 2.015 | 1.022 | | 76s | 1.022 | 2.015 | 2.060 | 0.979 | In the last column, a pot-to-call ratio at or above the figure makes a call break even or better at this equity. ## Who is ahead on which flops The flop changes the picture. 76s does best on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), at 59.83%, and worst on paired flops, at 45.84%. The lead reverses on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and paired flops: there 44 is the favorite even though 76s is ahead overall. **44 against 76s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | 44 wins | Ties | 76s wins | 44 equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.844 | 50.930 | 1.081 | 47.989 | 51.471 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.065 | 39.859 | 0.621 | 59.520 | 40.169 | | Two-tone | 46.545 | 47.156 | 0.955 | 51.889 | 47.634 | | Monotone | 5.212 | 47.478 | 3.346 | 49.176 | 49.151 | | Paired | 17.334 | 51.628 | 5.068 | 43.304 | 54.162 | Read the flop types this way: rainbow has three suits, two-tone has two cards of one suit, monotone has three, and paired repeats a rank. ## Compared with a random hand Relative to a random opponent, 44 changes by -7.56 points (baseline 57.02%) and 76s by +5.17 points (baseline 45.37%). **44 and 76s here compared with each against a random hand, in percent** | Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 44, all flops | 49.458 | 57.023 | -7.565 | 0.86733 | | 44, rainbow, ten or higher | 51.471 | 57.023 | -5.552 | 0.90264 | | 44, rainbow, nine or lower | 40.169 | 57.023 | -16.854 | 0.70444 | | 44, two-tone | 47.634 | 57.023 | -9.389 | 0.83535 | | 44, monotone | 49.151 | 57.023 | -7.872 | 0.86195 | | 44, paired | 54.162 | 57.023 | -2.861 | 0.94983 | | 76s, all flops | 50.542 | 45.372 | +5.170 | 1.11395 | | 76s, rainbow, ten or higher | 48.529 | 45.372 | +3.157 | 1.06958 | | 76s, rainbow, nine or lower | 59.831 | 45.372 | +14.459 | 1.31868 | | 76s, two-tone | 52.366 | 45.372 | +6.994 | 1.15415 | | 76s, monotone | 50.849 | 45.372 | +5.477 | 1.12071 | | 76s, paired | 45.838 | 45.372 | +0.466 | 1.01027 | ## Does a shared suit matter? The suit split reads 50.43% for 76s with a shared suit and 50.65% without one. The two rows differ by only 0.22 points, so suits barely change this matchup. **44 against 76s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 44 wins | Ties | 76s wins | 44 equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 48.647 | 1.842 | 49.511 | 49.568 | | No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 48.461 | 1.775 | 49.764 | 49.348 | ## How often this matchup comes up You will meet this exact matchup 0.0030% of the time in a random heads-up deal: 48 of 1,624,350, counting either seat order. ## A worked example Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, 76s' average share is $101.08 (a gain of $1.08) and 44's is $98.92 (a loss of $1.08). Scaled to 1,000 deals, that is roughly 496 wins for 76s, 486 for 44 and 18 chopped pots. ## The same matchup from the other side One page covers both views. From 76s' side the equity is 50.54%, and from 44's side it is 49.46%. ## Keep exploring 4s4h against 7d6d is a ready-made deal for the calculator, with no suit in common between the hands. The neighboring matchups below replace one hand with another of similar strength. - [Open 4s4h against 7d6d in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=4s4h&p2=7d6d) - [44 combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/44.md) - [76s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/76s.md) - [44 vs 75s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-75s.md) - [44 vs 65s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-65s.md) - [J9s vs 76s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/j9s-vs-76s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed All 1,712,304 five-card boards are dealt for every suit pattern among the 24 specific deals of 44 against 76s, and both hands are scored on each. That is a full count, so the percentages are exact. Ties are half a win each, and each board appears once per flop it contains. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [44 vs 75s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-75s.md) - [44 vs 65s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-65s.md) - [J9s vs 76s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/j9s-vs-76s.md)