--- title: "A6s vs T9s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-t9s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-t9s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "Who is ahead, A6s or T9s? A6s leads 54.91% to 45.09% before the flop, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-33.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-t8s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kto-vs-t9s.md"] --- # A6s vs T9s: preflop equity Who is ahead, A6s or T9s? A6s leads 54.91% to 45.09% before the flop, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Before any board card is dealt, A6s holds 54.91% equity against T9s, which leaves T9s with 45.09%. ## A6s against T9s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for A6s against T9s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A6s | 54.673 | 0.469 | 44.858 | 54.907 | | T9s | 44.858 | 0.469 | 54.673 | 45.093 | This is a contest between two suited hands, A6s and T9s. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances. With only 9.82 points between them, the board decides this matchup far more than the cards in hand. Of every 100 boards, about 0.47 are split pots, and the equity figures already include them. A6s ranks number 31 of 169 starting hands, and T9s ranks number 64, by equity against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A6s | 14,979,000 | 128,000 | 12,290,000 | | T9s | 12,290,000 | 128,000 | 14,979,000 | 16 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. **A6s against T9s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A6s | 1.218 | 1.829 | 2.229 | 0.821 | | T9s | 0.821 | 2.229 | 1.829 | 1.218 | 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 If you know the kind of flop that came, the numbers shift: A6s holds 60.71% on paired flops and 52.53% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). A6s stays ahead on all five textures. **A6s against T9s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | A6s wins | Ties | T9s wins | A6s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.543 | 54.128 | 0.159 | 45.713 | 54.208 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.366 | 52.248 | 0.570 | 47.182 | 52.533 | | Two-tone | 46.727 | 53.585 | 0.223 | 46.192 | 53.696 | | Monotone | 5.273 | 51.249 | 3.393 | 45.358 | 52.946 | | Paired | 17.091 | 60.389 | 0.645 | 38.966 | 60.712 | 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 Each hand has a baseline against a random hand: 59.91% for A6s, 54.03% for T9s. Here the change is -5.00 and -8.94 points. **A6s and T9s 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | A6s, all flops | 54.907 | 59.906 | -4.999 | 0.91655 | | A6s, rainbow, ten or higher | 54.208 | 59.906 | -5.698 | 0.90488 | | A6s, rainbow, nine or lower | 52.533 | 59.906 | -7.373 | 0.87692 | | A6s, two-tone | 53.696 | 59.906 | -6.210 | 0.89634 | | A6s, monotone | 52.946 | 59.906 | -6.960 | 0.88382 | | A6s, paired | 60.712 | 59.906 | +0.806 | 1.01345 | | T9s, all flops | 45.093 | 54.028 | -8.935 | 0.83462 | | T9s, rainbow, ten or higher | 45.792 | 54.028 | -8.236 | 0.84756 | | T9s, rainbow, nine or lower | 47.467 | 54.028 | -6.561 | 0.87856 | | T9s, two-tone | 46.304 | 54.028 | -7.724 | 0.85704 | | T9s, monotone | 47.054 | 54.028 | -6.974 | 0.87092 | | T9s, paired | 39.288 | 54.028 | -14.740 | 0.72718 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Does suit overlap move the numbers? A6s has 56.53% when the hands share a suit and 54.37% when they do not. A6s does better with a shared suit, by 2.16 points. **A6s against T9s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | A6s wins | Ties | T9s wins | A6s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 56.259 | 0.544 | 43.197 | 56.531 | | No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 54.144 | 0.443 | 45.413 | 54.366 | ## How often this matchup comes up Exactly 16 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0010% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 32, or 0.0020%. ## A worked example Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, A6s' average share is $109.82 (a gain of $9.82) and T9s' is $90.18 (a loss of $9.82). Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 547 for A6s, 448 for T9s and 5 ties. ## The same matchup from the other side Read it from the other side: T9s against A6s is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so T9s holds 45.09% and A6s holds 54.91%. That address sends you back to this page. ## Keep exploring The calculator link fills in As6s against Th9h, 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. - [Open As6s against Th9h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=As6s&p2=Th9h) - [A6s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/a6s.md) - [T9s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/t9s.md) - [A6s vs 33](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-33.md) - [A6s vs T8s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-t8s.md) - [KTo vs T9s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kto-vs-t9s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Nothing here is simulated. The 16 deals of A6s against T9s fall into a few suit patterns, each dealt against all 1,712,304 boards, with both best five-card hands compared on every board. Ties give each hand half a win, and the flop rows count a board under each of its ten flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [A6s vs 33: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-33.md) - [A6s vs T8s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a6s-vs-t8s.md) - [KTo vs T9s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kto-vs-t9s.md)