J9s
62.56%
Wins 61.92%, ties 1.29%
65s
37.44%
Wins 36.79%, ties 1.29%
J9s against 65s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J9s | 61.919 | 1.290 | 36.791 | 62.564 |
| 65s | 36.791 | 1.290 | 61.919 | 37.436 |
J9s and 65s are both suited hands. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances.
A 25.12 point lead is real, and 65s still takes about 368 of every 1,000 deals outright. Ties are 1.29% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
For context, J9s sits at number 55 of 169 starting hands and 65s at number 128 when each is run against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| J9s | 16,964,000 | 353,000 | 10,080,000 |
| 65s | 10,080,000 | 353,000 | 16,964,000 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J9s | 1.671 | 1.615 | 2.718 | 0.598 |
| 65s | 0.598 | 2.718 | 1.615 | 1.671 |
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
Rainbow flops topped by a ten or better are the best for J9s (67.43%); low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the worst (43.49%). The lead reverses on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower): there 65s is the favorite even though J9s is ahead overall.
| Flop | Share of flops | J9s wins | Ties | 65s wins | J9s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.220 | 67.061 | 0.734 | 32.205 | 67.428 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 43.200 | 0.581 | 56.219 | 43.491 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 61.758 | 0.649 | 37.593 | 62.082 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 58.105 | 3.712 | 38.183 | 59.961 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 62.183 | 3.351 | 34.466 | 63.858 |
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
A random hand would give J9s 55.66% and 65s 43.13%. Against each other the change is +6.90 points for J9s and -5.69 for 65s.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J9s, all flops | 62.564 | 55.662 | +6.902 | 1.12400 |
| J9s, rainbow, ten or higher | 67.428 | 55.662 | +11.766 | 1.21138 |
| J9s, rainbow, nine or lower | 43.491 | 55.662 | -12.171 | 0.78134 |
| J9s, two-tone | 62.082 | 55.662 | +6.420 | 1.11534 |
| J9s, monotone | 59.961 | 55.662 | +4.299 | 1.07723 |
| J9s, paired | 63.858 | 55.662 | +8.196 | 1.14725 |
| 65s, all flops | 37.436 | 43.133 | -5.697 | 0.86792 |
| 65s, rainbow, ten or higher | 32.572 | 43.133 | -10.561 | 0.75515 |
| 65s, rainbow, nine or lower | 56.509 | 43.133 | +13.376 | 1.31011 |
| 65s, two-tone | 37.918 | 43.133 | -5.215 | 0.87909 |
| 65s, monotone | 40.039 | 43.133 | -3.094 | 0.92827 |
| 65s, paired | 36.142 | 43.133 | -6.991 | 0.83792 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Split by suits, the deals give J9s 64.85% when the hands overlap in a suit and 61.80% when they do not. J9s does better with a shared suit, by 3.05 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | J9s wins | Ties | 65s wins | J9s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 64.148 | 1.410 | 34.442 | 64.853 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 61.176 | 1.250 | 37.574 | 61.801 |
How often this matchup comes up
The class pair covers 16 combinations of specific cards in a fixed seat order, 0.0010% of 1,624,350, and 32 (0.0020%) in either order.
A worked example
Say each player puts $100 in before the flop, making a $200 pot. On average J9s takes back $125.12 of it, which is $25.12 more than it put in, and 65s takes back $74.88, $25.12 less than it put in.
Per 1,000 deals: J9s wins about 619, 65s wins about 368, and about 13 end in a split pot.
The same matchup from the other side
65s against J9s adds nothing new: it is 37.44% for 65s and 62.56% for J9s, the same figures reversed.
Keep exploring
Js9s against 6h5h 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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