--- title: "99 vs KTs: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-kts.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-kts" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "99 vs KTs is close to a coin flip before the flop: 52.71% to 47.29% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-kqo.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-a7s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-kts.md"] --- # 99 vs KTs: preflop equity 99 vs KTs is close to a coin flip before the flop: 52.71% to 47.29% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Counting every board, the equity split is 52.71% for 99 and 47.29% for KTs, so 99 leads by 5.42 points. ## 99 against KTs: the numbers **Exact preflop results for 99 against KTs, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 99 | 52.509 | 0.404 | 47.087 | 52.711 | | KTs | 47.087 | 0.404 | 52.509 | 47.289 | 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. **Boards behind the percentages: 41,095,296 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 99 | 21,579,000 | 166,000 | 19,351,000 | | KTs | 19,351,000 | 166,000 | 21,579,000 | 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. **99 against KTs read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 99 | 1.115 | 1.904 | 2.124 | 0.897 | | KTs | 0.897 | 2.124 | 1.904 | 1.115 | 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. **99 against KTs by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | 99 wins | Ties | KTs wins | 99 equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 46.371 | 0.176 | 53.453 | 46.459 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 77.130 | 0.879 | 21.991 | 77.570 | | Two-tone | 46.545 | 50.416 | 0.294 | 49.290 | 50.563 | | Monotone | 5.212 | 50.308 | 2.387 | 47.305 | 51.501 | | Paired | 17.334 | 58.529 | 0.257 | 41.214 | 58.658 | 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. **99 and KTs 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 99, all flops | 52.711 | 72.057 | -19.346 | 0.73152 | | 99, rainbow, ten or higher | 46.459 | 72.057 | -25.598 | 0.64475 | | 99, rainbow, nine or lower | 77.570 | 72.057 | +5.513 | 1.07651 | | 99, two-tone | 50.563 | 72.057 | -21.494 | 0.70171 | | 99, monotone | 51.501 | 72.057 | -20.556 | 0.71473 | | 99, paired | 58.658 | 72.057 | -13.399 | 0.81405 | | KTs, all flops | 47.289 | 61.789 | -14.500 | 0.76533 | | KTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 53.541 | 61.789 | -8.248 | 0.86651 | | KTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 22.430 | 61.789 | -39.359 | 0.36301 | | KTs, two-tone | 49.437 | 61.789 | -12.352 | 0.80009 | | KTs, monotone | 48.499 | 61.789 | -13.290 | 0.78491 | | KTs, paired | 41.342 | 61.789 | -20.447 | 0.66908 | ## 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. **99 against KTs by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 99 wins | Ties | KTs wins | 99 equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 52.631 | 0.445 | 46.924 | 52.854 | | No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 52.386 | 0.363 | 47.251 | 52.568 | ## 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](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=9s9h&p2=KdTd) - [99 combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/99.md) - [KTs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kts.md) - [99 vs KQo](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-kqo.md) - [99 vs A7s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-a7s.md) - [88 vs KTs](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-kts.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 24 specific 99 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. ## Related - [99 vs KQo: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-kqo.md) - [99 vs A7s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-a7s.md) - [88 vs KTs: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-kts.md)