66
47.94%
Wins 47.63%, ties 0.62%
JTs
52.06%
Wins 51.75%, ties 0.62%
66 against JTs: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 47.627 | 0.620 | 51.753 | 47.937 |
| JTs | 51.753 | 0.620 | 47.627 | 52.063 |
We compare a pocket pair with a suited hand. A pair against two higher cards is the classic race: the pair is usually a small favorite or close to even, and each overcard that pairs is a way to take the lead.
This is close to even money, with JTs a little ahead. Split pots make up 0.62% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each.
Among the 169 starting hands, 66 is number 17 and JTs is number 45 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 19,572,000 | 255,000 | 21,268,000 |
| JTs | 21,268,000 | 255,000 | 19,572,000 |
Exact total: 24 deals times 1,712,304 boards. The other three counts come from the five-decimal percentages and are rounded to the nearest thousand, so read them as approximate.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 0.921 | 2.100 | 1.932 | 1.086 |
| JTs | 1.086 | 1.932 | 2.100 | 0.921 |
The final column gives the least the pot must offer for each unit called for a call to break even at this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
The flop changes the picture. JTs does best on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, at 58.01%, and worst on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), at 29.76%. JTs is the favorite overall but falls behind on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) and paired flops.
| Flop | Share of flops | 66 wins | Ties | JTs wins | 66 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 41.831 | 0.323 | 57.846 | 41.992 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 69.981 | 0.528 | 29.491 | 70.245 |
| Two-tone | 46.545 | 45.794 | 0.350 | 53.856 | 45.969 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 47.078 | 2.533 | 50.389 | 48.344 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 52.794 | 1.228 | 45.978 | 53.408 |
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 63.29%, 66 changes by -15.35 points, and JTs, from 57.53%, by -5.47.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66, all flops | 47.937 | 63.285 | -15.348 | 0.75748 |
| 66, rainbow, ten or higher | 41.992 | 63.285 | -21.293 | 0.66354 |
| 66, rainbow, nine or lower | 70.245 | 63.285 | +6.960 | 1.10998 |
| 66, two-tone | 45.969 | 63.285 | -17.316 | 0.72638 |
| 66, monotone | 48.344 | 63.285 | -14.941 | 0.76391 |
| 66, paired | 53.408 | 63.285 | -9.877 | 0.84393 |
| JTs, all flops | 52.063 | 57.528 | -5.465 | 0.90500 |
| JTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 58.008 | 57.528 | +0.480 | 1.00834 |
| JTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 29.755 | 57.528 | -27.773 | 0.51723 |
| JTs, two-tone | 54.031 | 57.528 | -3.497 | 0.93921 |
| JTs, monotone | 51.656 | 57.528 | -5.872 | 0.89793 |
| JTs, paired | 46.592 | 57.528 | -10.936 | 0.80990 |
Does a shared suit matter?
The suit split reads 51.93% for JTs with a shared suit and 52.20% without one. JTs does better with no shared suit, by 0.27 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 66 wins | Ties | JTs wins | 66 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 47.738 | 0.663 | 51.599 | 48.069 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 47.516 | 0.578 | 51.906 | 47.805 |
How often this matchup comes up
Exactly 24 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0015% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 48, or 0.0030%.
A worked example
With $100 from each side, the $200 pot is split on average as $104.12 for JTs and $95.88 for 66; the first side gains $4.12 per all-in and the second gives up $4.12.
A thousand deals look like this: JTs takes 518, 66 takes 476, 6 are ties.
The same matchup from the other side
JTs versus 66 is this same page seen from the other hand: 52.06% for JTs, 47.94% for 66.
Keep exploring
Try 6s6h against JdTd in the calculator: the hands share no suit, and every card can be changed. The links after it are the closest matchups in the ranking.
How this was computed
We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 24 specific 66 against JTs deals meets all 1,712,304 boards, and the better five-card hand wins; a split pot is half a win each. The flop table reads each board under all ten of its three-card flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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