A9o
52.72%
Wins 52.50%, ties 0.44%
JTs
47.28%
Wins 47.06%, ties 0.44%
A9o against JTs: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A9o | 52.500 | 0.436 | 47.064 | 52.718 |
| JTs | 47.064 | 0.436 | 52.500 | 47.282 |
The first hand is an offsuit hand; the second is a suited hand. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other.
That is a slim edge: neither hand is far ahead. Split pots make up 0.44% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each.
In the ranking of all 169 starting hands, A9o is number 25 and JTs is number 45.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| A9o | 43,150,000 | 358,000 | 38,682,000 |
| JTs | 38,682,000 | 358,000 | 43,150,000 |
Exact total: 48 deals times 1,712,304 boards. The other three counts come from the five-decimal percentages and are rounded to the nearest thousand, so read them as approximate.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A9o | 1.115 | 1.905 | 2.125 | 0.897 |
| JTs | 0.897 | 2.125 | 1.905 | 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
By flop texture, A9o's equity runs from 48.43% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better up to 67.90% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). The overall edge for A9o hides rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, where JTs comes out in front.
| Flop | Share of flops | A9o wins | Ties | JTs wins | A9o equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.988 | 48.357 | 0.150 | 51.493 | 48.432 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 67.543 | 0.711 | 31.746 | 67.899 |
| Two-tone | 46.667 | 50.302 | 0.257 | 49.441 | 50.431 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 49.962 | 2.364 | 47.674 | 51.144 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 58.896 | 0.624 | 40.480 | 59.208 |
Read the flop types this way: rainbow has three suits, two-tone has two cards of one suit, monotone has three, and paired repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
Relative to a random opponent, A9o changes by -8.05 points (baseline 60.77%) and JTs by -10.25 points (baseline 57.53%).
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A9o, all flops | 52.718 | 60.773 | -8.055 | 0.86746 |
| A9o, rainbow, ten or higher | 48.432 | 60.773 | -12.341 | 0.79693 |
| A9o, rainbow, nine or lower | 67.899 | 60.773 | +7.126 | 1.11726 |
| A9o, two-tone | 50.431 | 60.773 | -10.342 | 0.82983 |
| A9o, monotone | 51.144 | 60.773 | -9.629 | 0.84156 |
| A9o, paired | 59.208 | 60.773 | -1.565 | 0.97425 |
| JTs, all flops | 47.282 | 57.528 | -10.246 | 0.82190 |
| JTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 51.568 | 57.528 | -5.960 | 0.89640 |
| JTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 32.101 | 57.528 | -25.427 | 0.55801 |
| JTs, two-tone | 49.569 | 57.528 | -7.959 | 0.86165 |
| JTs, monotone | 48.856 | 57.528 | -8.672 | 0.84926 |
| JTs, paired | 40.792 | 57.528 | -16.736 | 0.70908 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Of the deals of this matchup, 24 share a suit (A9o at 53.12%) and 24 do not (52.31%). A9o does better with a shared suit, by 0.81 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | A9o wins | Ties | JTs wins | A9o equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 24 | 50.00 | 52.885 | 0.476 | 46.639 | 53.123 |
| No shared suit | 24 | 50.00 | 52.117 | 0.395 | 47.488 | 52.314 |
How often this matchup comes up
Exactly 48 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0030% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 96, or 0.0059%.
A worked example
Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, A9o's average share is $105.44 (a gain of $5.44) and JTs' is $94.56 (a loss of $5.44).
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 525 for A9o, 471 for JTs and 4 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
The reversed view, JTs against A9o, shows 47.28% for JTs and 52.72% for A9o. It is the same count, so it redirects here.
Keep exploring
As9h against JdTd 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 page is built from a full enumeration: 1,712,304 boards, every suit pattern of the 48 specific deals, both seven-card hands evaluated. A tie is worth half a win to each hand, and a board is tallied under each of its ten possible flops for the texture rows.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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