66
50.62%
Wins 50.38%, ties 0.48%
KTs
49.38%
Wins 49.14%, ties 0.48%
66 against KTs: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 50.378 | 0.476 | 49.146 | 50.616 |
| KTs | 49.146 | 0.476 | 50.378 | 49.384 |
The matchup pits a pocket pair against 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 66 a little ahead. Of every 100 boards, about 0.48 are split pots, and the equity figures already include them.
66 ranks number 17 of 169 starting hands, and KTs ranks number 22, by equity against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 20,703,000 | 196,000 | 20,197,000 |
| KTs | 20,197,000 | 196,000 | 20,703,000 |
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.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | 1.025 | 1.985 | 2.035 | 0.976 |
| KTs | 0.976 | 2.035 | 1.985 | 1.025 |
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
By flop texture, 66's equity runs from 44.18% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better up to 77.34% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). 66 is the favorite overall but falls behind on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and two-tone flops.
| Flop | Share of flops | 66 wins | Ties | KTs wins | 66 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 44.071 | 0.223 | 55.706 | 44.183 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 77.045 | 0.588 | 22.367 | 77.339 |
| Two-tone | 46.545 | 48.720 | 0.280 | 51.000 | 48.860 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 49.121 | 2.472 | 48.407 | 50.357 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 54.445 | 0.721 | 44.834 | 54.805 |
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
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 63.29%, 66 changes by -12.67 points, and KTs, from 61.79%, by -12.41.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66, all flops | 50.616 | 63.285 | -12.669 | 0.79981 |
| 66, rainbow, ten or higher | 44.183 | 63.285 | -19.102 | 0.69816 |
| 66, rainbow, nine or lower | 77.339 | 63.285 | +14.054 | 1.22207 |
| 66, two-tone | 48.860 | 63.285 | -14.425 | 0.77206 |
| 66, monotone | 50.357 | 63.285 | -12.928 | 0.79572 |
| 66, paired | 54.805 | 63.285 | -8.480 | 0.86600 |
| KTs, all flops | 49.384 | 61.789 | -12.405 | 0.79924 |
| KTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 55.817 | 61.789 | -5.972 | 0.90335 |
| KTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 22.661 | 61.789 | -39.128 | 0.36675 |
| KTs, two-tone | 51.140 | 61.789 | -10.649 | 0.82766 |
| KTs, monotone | 49.643 | 61.789 | -12.146 | 0.80343 |
| KTs, paired | 45.195 | 61.789 | -16.594 | 0.73144 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Split by suits, the deals give 66 50.78% when the hands overlap in a suit and 50.45% when they do not. 66 does better with a shared suit, by 0.33 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 66 wins | Ties | KTs wins | 66 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 50.519 | 0.519 | 48.962 | 50.778 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 50.238 | 0.433 | 49.329 | 50.454 |
How often this matchup comes up
This page stands for 24 specific-card matchups (0.0015% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 48 once you count the seats both ways (0.0030%).
A worked example
Put $100 each into a $200 pot and deal every board once: 66 averages $101.24 back, ahead of its $100 by $1.24, while KTs averages $98.76, short of its $100 by $1.24.
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 504 for 66, 491 for KTs and 5 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
Read it from the other side: KTs against 66 is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so KTs holds 49.38% and 66 holds 50.62%. That address sends you back to this page.
Keep exploring
The calculator link fills in 6s6h against KdTd, a deal where the two hands share no suit. Change any card to test your own hand. The neighboring matchups below swap one of the two hands for one of similar strength.
How this was computed
We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 24 specific 66 against KTs 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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