--- title: "AKs vs T9s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-t9s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-t9s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "AKs is a big favorite over T9s before the flop: 62.02% to 37.98% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-33.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-t8s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-t9s.md"] --- # AKs vs T9s: preflop equity AKs is a big favorite over T9s before the flop: 62.02% to 37.98% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. The exact count puts AKs at 62.02% and T9s at 37.98% when the two hands see all five board cards. ## AKs against T9s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for AKs against T9s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKs | 61.773 | 0.493 | 37.734 | 62.020 | | T9s | 37.734 | 0.493 | 61.773 | 37.980 | Two suited hands meet here: AKs against 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 0.49% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each. By strength against a random hand, AKs holds place 8 of 169 and T9s holds place 64. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKs | 16,924,000 | 135,000 | 10,338,000 | | T9s | 10,338,000 | 135,000 | 16,924,000 | The board total is exact, 16 deals at 1,712,304 boards each. Won, tied and lost counts are rounded to the nearest thousand from the five-decimal percentages. **AKs 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKs | 1.633 | 1.619 | 2.650 | 0.612 | | T9s | 0.612 | 2.650 | 1.619 | 1.633 | The last column is the smallest pot odds, written as a pot-to-call ratio, at which a call breaks even with this equity. ## Who is ahead on which flops AKs prefers rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, where it holds 64.63%, and likes low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) least, where it holds 53.62%. AKs stays ahead on all five textures. **AKs against T9s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | AKs wins | Ties | T9s wins | AKs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 64.558 | 0.147 | 35.295 | 64.631 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 53.235 | 0.761 | 46.004 | 53.615 | | Two-tone | 46.727 | 61.190 | 0.255 | 38.555 | 61.317 | | Monotone | 5.273 | 57.694 | 3.409 | 38.897 | 59.399 | | Paired | 17.091 | 64.257 | 0.616 | 35.127 | 64.565 | 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 Against one random hand instead, AKs holds 67.05% and T9s holds 54.03%. Facing each other changes that by -5.03 points for AKs and -16.05 points for T9s. **AKs 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | AKs, all flops | 62.020 | 67.045 | -5.025 | 0.92505 | | AKs, rainbow, ten or higher | 64.631 | 67.045 | -2.414 | 0.96399 | | AKs, rainbow, nine or lower | 53.615 | 67.045 | -13.430 | 0.79969 | | AKs, two-tone | 61.317 | 67.045 | -5.728 | 0.91456 | | AKs, monotone | 59.399 | 67.045 | -7.646 | 0.88596 | | AKs, paired | 64.565 | 67.045 | -2.480 | 0.96301 | | T9s, all flops | 37.980 | 54.028 | -16.048 | 0.70297 | | T9s, rainbow, ten or higher | 35.369 | 54.028 | -18.659 | 0.65464 | | T9s, rainbow, nine or lower | 46.385 | 54.028 | -7.643 | 0.85854 | | T9s, two-tone | 38.683 | 54.028 | -15.345 | 0.71598 | | T9s, monotone | 40.601 | 54.028 | -13.427 | 0.75148 | | T9s, paired | 35.435 | 54.028 | -18.593 | 0.65586 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Two kinds of deal exist here. In 4 of them the hands share a suit and AKs holds 64.24%. In 12 they do not, and it holds 61.28%. AKs does better with a shared suit, by 2.96 points. **AKs against T9s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | AKs wins | Ties | T9s wins | AKs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 63.949 | 0.571 | 35.480 | 64.235 | | No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 61.048 | 0.467 | 38.485 | 61.281 | ## 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 To see what the equity is worth, imagine $100 each in a $200 pot. AKs is worth $124.04 on average (+$24.04); T9s is worth $75.96 (-$24.04). Per 1,000 deals: AKs wins about 618, T9s wins about 377, and about 5 end in a split pot. ## The same matchup from the other side Read it from the other side: T9s against AKs is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so T9s holds 37.98% and AKs holds 62.02%. That address sends you back to this page. ## Keep exploring AsKs 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. - [Open AsKs against Th9h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=AsKs&p2=Th9h) - [AKs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/aks.md) - [T9s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/t9s.md) - [AKs vs 33](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-33.md) - [AKs vs T8s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-t8s.md) - [77 vs T9s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-t9s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed All 1,712,304 five-card boards are dealt for every suit pattern among the 16 specific deals of AKs against T9s, and both hands are scored on each. That is a full count, so the percentages are exact. Ties are half a win each, and each board appears once per flop it contains. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [AKs vs 33: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-33.md) - [AKs vs T8s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-t8s.md) - [77 vs T9s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/77-vs-t9s.md)