AJs
62.38%
Wins 62.14%, ties 0.48%
T9s
37.62%
Wins 37.38%, ties 0.48%
AJs against T9s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJs | 62.138 | 0.482 | 37.380 | 62.379 |
| T9s | 37.380 | 0.482 | 62.138 | 37.621 |
This is a contest between two suited hands, AJs and T9s. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other.
The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. Split pots make up 0.48% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each.
For context, AJs sits at number 11 of 169 starting hands and T9s at number 64 when each is run against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| AJs | 17,024,000 | 132,000 | 10,241,000 |
| T9s | 10,241,000 | 132,000 | 17,024,000 |
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.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJs | 1.658 | 1.609 | 2.675 | 0.603 |
| T9s | 0.603 | 2.675 | 1.609 | 1.658 |
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
If you know the kind of flop that came, the numbers shift: AJs holds 65.12% on paired flops and 53.96% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). AJs stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | AJs wins | Ties | T9s wins | AJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 64.989 | 0.146 | 34.865 | 65.062 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 53.616 | 0.689 | 45.695 | 53.960 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 61.485 | 0.241 | 38.274 | 61.605 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 57.747 | 3.400 | 38.853 | 59.447 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 64.807 | 0.624 | 34.569 | 65.119 |
Flop types: rainbow means three different suits, two-tone means one suit twice, monotone means one suit three times, paired means a repeated rank.
Compared with a random hand
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 65.39%, AJs changes by -3.01 points, and T9s, from 54.03%, by -16.41.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AJs, all flops | 62.379 | 65.393 | -3.014 | 0.95391 |
| AJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 65.062 | 65.393 | -0.331 | 0.99494 |
| AJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 53.960 | 65.393 | -11.433 | 0.82516 |
| AJs, two-tone | 61.605 | 65.393 | -3.788 | 0.94207 |
| AJs, monotone | 59.447 | 65.393 | -5.946 | 0.90907 |
| AJs, paired | 65.119 | 65.393 | -0.274 | 0.99581 |
| T9s, all flops | 37.621 | 54.028 | -16.407 | 0.69632 |
| T9s, rainbow, ten or higher | 34.938 | 54.028 | -19.090 | 0.64666 |
| T9s, rainbow, nine or lower | 46.040 | 54.028 | -7.988 | 0.85215 |
| T9s, two-tone | 38.395 | 54.028 | -15.633 | 0.71065 |
| T9s, monotone | 40.553 | 54.028 | -13.475 | 0.75059 |
| T9s, paired | 34.881 | 54.028 | -19.147 | 0.64561 |
Does a shared suit matter?
When the hands share a suit, AJs holds 64.70%; when they do not, it holds 61.61%. AJs does better with a shared suit, by 3.09 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AJs wins | Ties | T9s wins | AJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 64.421 | 0.557 | 35.022 | 64.699 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 61.377 | 0.457 | 38.166 | 61.605 |
How often this matchup comes up
AJs against T9s is made up of 16 specific-card matchups in one seat order, 0.0010% of the 1,624,350 ordered deals, and 32 counting both seat orders, 0.0020%.
A worked example
Try it with money: two players each put in $100 and the whole board runs out every possible way. AJs averages $124.76 from the $200, up $24.76; T9s averages $75.24, down $24.76.
In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 621 won outright by AJs, about 374 won outright by T9s and about 5 split.
The same matchup from the other side
If you came looking for T9s against AJs, the numbers are the same with the hands swapped: 37.62% and 62.38%.
Keep exploring
AsJs against Th9h 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 16 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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