--- title: "AJo vs 97s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajo-vs-97s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajo-vs-97s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "AJo is a big favorite over 97s before the flop: 60.24% to 39.76% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajo-vs-87s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajo-vs-86s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqs-vs-97s.md"] --- # AJo vs 97s: preflop equity AJo is a big favorite over 97s before the flop: 60.24% to 39.76% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Before any board card is dealt, AJo holds 60.24% equity against 97s, which leaves 97s with 39.76%. ## AJo against 97s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for AJo against 97s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJo | 60.027 | 0.420 | 39.553 | 60.237 | | 97s | 39.553 | 0.420 | 60.027 | 39.763 | One side is an offsuit hand, the other is a suited hand. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits. The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. The tie share is 0.42%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright. AJo ranks number 15 of 169 starting hands, and 97s ranks number 94, by equity against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 82,190,592 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJo | 49,337,000 | 345,000 | 32,509,000 | | 97s | 32,509,000 | 345,000 | 49,337,000 | 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. **AJo against 97s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJo | 1.515 | 1.666 | 2.528 | 0.660 | | 97s | 0.660 | 2.528 | 1.666 | 1.515 | 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 Split by what the flop looks like, AJo peaks at 67.60% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and bottoms out at 37.46% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). AJo is the favorite overall but falls behind on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). **AJo against 97s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | AJo wins | Ties | 97s wins | AJo equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.717 | 67.513 | 0.171 | 32.316 | 67.598 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.313 | 37.173 | 0.566 | 62.261 | 37.456 | | Two-tone | 46.667 | 58.524 | 0.236 | 41.240 | 58.642 | | Monotone | 5.212 | 57.272 | 2.352 | 40.376 | 58.448 | | Paired | 17.091 | 62.591 | 0.636 | 36.773 | 62.909 | Rainbow flops have three suits, two-tone flops repeat one suit, monotone flops are all one suit, and paired flops repeat a rank. ## Compared with a random hand Against one random hand instead, AJo holds 63.56% and 97s holds 49.12%. Facing each other changes that by -3.32 points for AJo and -9.36 points for 97s. **AJo and 97s 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AJo, all flops | 60.237 | 63.563 | -3.326 | 0.94767 | | AJo, rainbow, ten or higher | 67.598 | 63.563 | +4.035 | 1.06348 | | AJo, rainbow, nine or lower | 37.456 | 63.563 | -26.107 | 0.58927 | | AJo, two-tone | 58.642 | 63.563 | -4.921 | 0.92258 | | AJo, monotone | 58.448 | 63.563 | -5.115 | 0.91953 | | AJo, paired | 62.909 | 63.563 | -0.654 | 0.98971 | | 97s, all flops | 39.763 | 49.118 | -9.355 | 0.80954 | | 97s, rainbow, ten or higher | 32.402 | 49.118 | -16.716 | 0.65968 | | 97s, rainbow, nine or lower | 62.544 | 49.118 | +13.426 | 1.27334 | | 97s, two-tone | 41.358 | 49.118 | -7.760 | 0.84201 | | 97s, monotone | 41.552 | 49.118 | -7.566 | 0.84596 | | 97s, paired | 37.091 | 49.118 | -12.027 | 0.75514 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Does suit overlap move the numbers? AJo has 60.94% when the hands share a suit and 59.54% when they do not. AJo does better with a shared suit, by 1.40 points. **AJo against 97s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AJo wins | Ties | 97s wins | AJo equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 24 | 50.00 | 60.706 | 0.461 | 38.833 | 60.937 | | No shared suit | 24 | 50.00 | 59.349 | 0.378 | 40.273 | 59.538 | ## 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 With $100 from each side, the $200 pot is split on average as $120.48 for AJo and $79.52 for 97s; the first side gains $20.48 per all-in and the second gives up $20.48. Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 600 outright wins for AJo, 396 for 97s, and 4 split pots. ## The same matchup from the other side 97s versus AJo is this same page seen from the other hand: 39.76% for 97s, 60.24% for AJo. ## Keep exploring Open the calculator with AsJh against 9d7d already entered, a deal with no shared suit, and change any card to try your own hand. The matchups after it each swap one hand for a nearby one in the ranking. - [Open AsJh against 9d7d in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=AsJh&p2=9d7d) - [AJo combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/ajo.md) - [97s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/97s.md) - [AJo vs 87s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajo-vs-87s.md) - [AJo vs 86s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajo-vs-86s.md) - [KQs vs 97s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqs-vs-97s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 48 specific AJo against 97s 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 - [AJo vs 87s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajo-vs-87s.md) - [AJo vs 86s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/ajo-vs-86s.md) - [KQs vs 97s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqs-vs-97s.md)