99
79.83%
Wins 79.48%, ties 0.71%
43s
20.17%
Wins 19.81%, ties 0.71%
99 against 43s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 79.476 | 0.711 | 19.813 | 79.831 |
| 43s | 19.813 | 0.711 | 79.476 | 20.169 |
We compare a pocket pair with a suited hand. The pair outranks both of the other hand's cards, which is why the pair is a strong favorite.
That is a clear edge, 79.83% to 20.17%, but 43s still wins often enough that one hand proves nothing. Ties are 0.71% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
Ranked by equity against a random hand, 99 is number 6 of the 169 starting hands and 43s is number 150.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 32,661,000 | 292,000 | 8,142,000 |
| 43s | 8,142,000 | 292,000 | 32,661,000 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 3.958 | 1.258 | 5.047 | 0.253 |
| 43s | 0.253 | 5.047 | 1.258 | 3.958 |
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
Split by what the flop looks like, 99 peaks at 83.75% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and bottoms out at 71.03% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). 99 stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | 99 wins | Ties | 43s wins | 99 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.844 | 83.553 | 0.398 | 16.049 | 83.752 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.065 | 70.583 | 0.887 | 28.530 | 71.026 |
| Two-tone | 46.545 | 77.878 | 0.449 | 21.673 | 78.102 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 73.172 | 2.644 | 24.184 | 74.494 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 82.183 | 1.250 | 16.567 | 82.808 |
Flop types: rainbow means three different suits, two-tone means one suit twice, monotone means one suit three times, paired means a repeated rank.
Compared with a random hand
A random hand would give 99 72.06% and 43s 38.64%. Against each other the change is +7.77 points for 99 and -18.47 for 43s.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99, all flops | 79.831 | 72.057 | +7.774 | 1.10789 |
| 99, rainbow, ten or higher | 83.752 | 72.057 | +11.695 | 1.16230 |
| 99, rainbow, nine or lower | 71.026 | 72.057 | -1.031 | 0.98569 |
| 99, two-tone | 78.102 | 72.057 | +6.045 | 1.08389 |
| 99, monotone | 74.494 | 72.057 | +2.437 | 1.03382 |
| 99, paired | 82.808 | 72.057 | +10.751 | 1.14920 |
| 43s, all flops | 20.169 | 38.642 | -18.473 | 0.52195 |
| 43s, rainbow, ten or higher | 16.248 | 38.642 | -22.394 | 0.42048 |
| 43s, rainbow, nine or lower | 28.974 | 38.642 | -9.668 | 0.74981 |
| 43s, two-tone | 21.898 | 38.642 | -16.744 | 0.56669 |
| 43s, monotone | 25.506 | 38.642 | -13.136 | 0.66006 |
| 43s, paired | 17.192 | 38.642 | -21.450 | 0.44490 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Suit overlap shows up in the numbers. With a suit in common 99 has 80.42% equity, and with none in common it has 79.24%. 99 does better with a shared suit, by 1.18 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 99 wins | Ties | 43s wins | 99 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 80.045 | 0.752 | 19.203 | 80.421 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 78.906 | 0.671 | 20.423 | 79.242 |
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: 99 averages $159.66 back, ahead of its $100 by $59.66, while 43s averages $40.34, short of its $100 by $59.66.
Per 1,000 deals: 99 wins about 795, 43s wins about 198, and about 7 end in a split pot.
The same matchup from the other side
The reversed view, 43s against 99, shows 20.17% for 43s and 79.83% for 99. It is the same count, so it redirects here.
Keep exploring
9s9h against 4d3d 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.
How this was computed
The figures are counted, not estimated: 1,712,304 boards for every suit pattern of the 24 specific deals, with both seven-card hands compared each time. Equity gives half a win for a tie. For the flop rows, a board is counted once under each of the ten flops inside it.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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