--- title: "44 vs T9o: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-t9o.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-t9o" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "44 vs T9o is close to a coin flip before the flop: 49.61% to 50.39% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-98s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-22.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/j9s-vs-t9o.md"] --- # 44 vs T9o: preflop equity 44 vs T9o is close to a coin flip before the flop: 49.61% to 50.39% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Before any board card is dealt, T9o holds 50.39% equity against 44, which leaves 44 with 49.61%. ## 44 against T9o: the numbers **Exact preflop results for 44 against T9o, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 44 | 49.029 | 1.159 | 49.812 | 49.608 | | T9o | 49.812 | 1.159 | 49.029 | 50.392 | We compare a pocket pair with an offsuit 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. That is a slim edge: neither hand is far ahead. Split pots make up 1.16% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each. Place 48 of 169 belongs to 44 and place 78 belongs to T9o in the ranking against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 123,285,888 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 44 | 60,446,000 | 1,429,000 | 61,411,000 | | T9o | 61,411,000 | 1,429,000 | 60,446,000 | The total is exact: 72 specific deals times 1,712,304 boards. The three counts are approximate, worked out from the percentages to five decimals and rounded to the nearest thousand. **44 against T9o 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 | 0.984 | 2.040 | 2.008 | 1.016 | | T9o | 1.016 | 2.008 | 2.040 | 0.984 | The last column is the break-even price: the pot odds a call needs to offer, as a ratio of pot to call. ## Who is ahead on which flops Split by what the flop looks like, T9o peaks at 52.58% on monotone flops and bottoms out at 44.46% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). The lead reverses on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) and paired flops: there 44 is the favorite even though T9o is ahead overall. **44 against T9o by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | 44 wins | Ties | T9o wins | 44 equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.341 | 47.177 | 0.680 | 52.143 | 47.517 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 55.247 | 0.584 | 44.169 | 55.539 | | Two-tone | 46.485 | 48.508 | 0.649 | 50.843 | 48.833 | | Monotone | 5.151 | 46.270 | 2.311 | 51.419 | 47.425 | | Paired | 17.334 | 51.911 | 3.075 | 45.014 | 53.448 | Rainbow flops have three suits, two-tone flops repeat one suit, monotone flops are all one suit, and paired flops repeat a rank. ## Compared with a random hand How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 57.02%, 44 changes by -7.41 points, and T9o, from 51.53%, by -1.14. **44 and T9o 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 | 49.608 | 57.023 | -7.415 | 0.86996 | | 44, rainbow, ten or higher | 47.517 | 57.023 | -9.506 | 0.83330 | | 44, rainbow, nine or lower | 55.539 | 57.023 | -1.484 | 0.97398 | | 44, two-tone | 48.833 | 57.023 | -8.190 | 0.85637 | | 44, monotone | 47.425 | 57.023 | -9.598 | 0.83168 | | 44, paired | 53.448 | 57.023 | -3.575 | 0.93731 | | T9o, all flops | 50.392 | 51.532 | -1.140 | 0.97788 | | T9o, rainbow, ten or higher | 52.483 | 51.532 | +0.951 | 1.01845 | | T9o, rainbow, nine or lower | 44.461 | 51.532 | -7.071 | 0.86278 | | T9o, two-tone | 51.167 | 51.532 | -0.365 | 0.99292 | | T9o, monotone | 52.575 | 51.532 | +1.043 | 1.02024 | | T9o, paired | 46.552 | 51.532 | -4.980 | 0.90336 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Split by suits, the deals give T9o 50.49% when the hands overlap in a suit and 49.93% when they do not. T9o does better with a shared suit, by 0.56 points. **44 against T9o by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 44 wins | Ties | T9o wins | 44 equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 60 | 83.33 | 48.929 | 1.173 | 49.898 | 49.515 | | No shared suit | 12 | 16.67 | 49.527 | 1.093 | 49.380 | 50.074 | ## How often this matchup comes up Counting specific cards, 44 against T9o appears in 72 of the 1,624,350 ordered heads-up deals (0.0044%), and in 144 when the seats are swapped too (0.0089%). ## A worked example Put $100 each into a $200 pot and deal every board once: T9o averages $100.78 back, ahead of its $100 by $0.78, while 44 averages $99.22, short of its $100 by $0.78. Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 498 for T9o, 490 for 44 and 12 ties. ## The same matchup from the other side The reversed view, T9o against 44, shows 50.39% for T9o and 49.61% for 44. It is the same count, so it redirects here. ## Keep exploring Open the calculator with 4s4h against Td9c already entered, a deal with no shared suit, and change any card to try your own hand. The matchups after it each swap one hand for a nearby one in the ranking. - [Open 4s4h against Td9c in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=4s4h&p2=Td9c) - [44 combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/44.md) - [T9o combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/t9o.md) - [44 vs 98s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-98s.md) - [44 vs 22](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-22.md) - [J9s vs T9o](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/j9s-vs-t9o.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 72 specific deals, group them by suit pattern, deal all 1,712,304 boards against each, and compare the two seven-card hands. Equity counts a tie as half a win; the flop rows use every one of a board's ten flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [44 vs 98s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-98s.md) - [44 vs 22: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/44-vs-22.md) - [J9s vs T9o: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/j9s-vs-t9o.md)