--- title: "77 vs QJs: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-qjs.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-qjs" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "77 vs QJs is close to a coin flip before the flop: 49.62% to 50.38% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-k9s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-a5s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aqs-vs-qjs.md"] --- # 77 vs QJs: preflop equity 77 vs QJs is close to a coin flip before the flop: 49.62% to 50.38% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Dealt all in against each other, QJs takes 50.38% of the pot on average and 77 takes the other 49.62%. ## 77 against QJs: the numbers **Exact preflop results for 77 against QJs, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 77 | 49.379 | 0.491 | 50.130 | 49.624 | | QJs | 50.130 | 0.491 | 49.379 | 50.376 | 77 is a pocket pair and QJs is 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. That is a slim edge: neither hand is far ahead. Ties are 0.49% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot. Among the 169 starting hands, 77 is number 9 and QJs is number 28 by strength against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 41,095,296 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 77 | 20,292,000 | 202,000 | 20,601,000 | | QJs | 20,601,000 | 202,000 | 20,292,000 | The total is exact: 24 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. **77 against QJs read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 77 | 0.985 | 2.025 | 1.995 | 1.015 | | QJs | 1.015 | 1.995 | 2.025 | 0.985 | The last column is the smallest pot odds, written as a pot-to-call ratio, at which a call breaks even with this equity. ## Who is ahead on which flops The flop changes the picture. QJs does best on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, at 57.22%, and worst on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), at 23.95%. QJs is the favorite overall but falls behind on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) and paired flops. **77 against QJs by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | 77 wins | Ties | QJs wins | 77 equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 42.655 | 0.248 | 57.097 | 42.779 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 75.728 | 0.643 | 23.629 | 76.049 | | Two-tone | 46.545 | 47.454 | 0.310 | 52.236 | 47.609 | | Monotone | 5.212 | 48.301 | 2.436 | 49.263 | 49.519 | | Paired | 17.334 | 54.814 | 0.682 | 44.504 | 55.155 | A rainbow flop shows three suits, a two-tone flop repeats one suit, a monotone flop is a single suit, and a paired flop repeats a rank. ## Compared with a random hand Relative to a random opponent, 77 changes by -16.62 points (baseline 66.24%) and QJs by -9.88 points (baseline 60.26%). **77 and QJs 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 77, all flops | 49.624 | 66.236 | -16.612 | 0.74920 | | 77, rainbow, ten or higher | 42.779 | 66.236 | -23.457 | 0.64586 | | 77, rainbow, nine or lower | 76.049 | 66.236 | +9.813 | 1.14815 | | 77, two-tone | 47.609 | 66.236 | -18.627 | 0.71878 | | 77, monotone | 49.519 | 66.236 | -16.717 | 0.74761 | | 77, paired | 55.155 | 66.236 | -11.081 | 0.83270 | | QJs, all flops | 50.376 | 60.259 | -9.883 | 0.83599 | | QJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 57.221 | 60.259 | -3.038 | 0.94958 | | QJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 23.951 | 60.259 | -36.308 | 0.39747 | | QJs, two-tone | 52.391 | 60.259 | -7.868 | 0.86943 | | QJs, monotone | 50.481 | 60.259 | -9.778 | 0.83773 | | QJs, paired | 44.845 | 60.259 | -15.414 | 0.74420 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Two kinds of deal exist here. In 12 of them the hands share a suit and QJs holds 50.23%. In 12 they do not, and it holds 50.53%. QJs does better with no shared suit, by 0.30 points. **77 against QJs by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 77 wins | Ties | QJs wins | 77 equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 49.508 | 0.534 | 49.958 | 49.775 | | No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 49.249 | 0.448 | 50.303 | 49.473 | ## 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 Take a $200 pot built from $100 each. QJs' equity of 50.38% is worth $100.76, a $0.76 edge, and 77's 49.62% is worth $99.24, which is $0.76 under its stake. In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 501 won outright by QJs, about 494 won outright by 77 and about 5 split. ## The same matchup from the other side The reversed view, QJs against 77, shows 50.38% for QJs and 49.62% for 77. It is the same count, so it redirects here. ## Keep exploring 7s7h against QdJd 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 7s7h against QdJd in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=7s7h&p2=QdJd) - [77 combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/77.md) - [QJs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/qjs.md) - [77 vs K9s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-k9s.md) - [77 vs A5s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-a5s.md) - [AQs vs QJs](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aqs-vs-qjs.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 77 against QJs, 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 - [77 vs K9s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-k9s.md) - [77 vs A5s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-a5s.md) - [AQs vs QJs: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aqs-vs-qjs.md)