99 vs KTs: preflop equity

99 against KTs: the numbers

99 and KTs are a pocket pair and a suited hand, in that order. One hand holds a pair and the other holds two cards that both outrank it, which keeps the equity closer than most people expect.

This is close to even money, with 99 a little ahead. About 0.40% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands.

For context, 99 sits at number 6 of 169 starting hands and KTs at number 22 when each is run against a random hand.

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.

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. 99 does best on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), at 77.57%, and worst on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, at 46.46%. The overall edge for 99 hides rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, where KTs comes out in front.

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

Start from the random-hand figures, 72.06% for 99 and 61.79% for KTs. This opponent changes them by -19.35 and -14.50 points.

Does a shared suit matter?

Does suit overlap move the numbers? 99 has 52.85% when the hands share a suit and 52.57% when they do not. 99 does better with a shared suit, by 0.28 points.

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

Say each player puts $100 in before the flop, making a $200 pot. On average 99 takes back $105.42 of it, which is $5.42 more than it put in, and KTs takes back $94.58, $5.42 less than it put in.

Think in thousands: about 525 of 1,000 go to 99, about 471 go to KTs, and about 4 are chopped.

The same matchup from the other side

The reversed view, KTs against 99, shows 47.29% for KTs and 52.71% for 99. It is the same count, so it redirects here.

Keep exploring

9s9h against KdTd 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 9s9h against KdTd in the equity calculator
• 99 combos
• KTs combos
• 99 vs KQo
• 99 vs A7s
• 88 vs KTs
• All hand matchups