J9s
63.04%
Wins 62.41%, ties 1.25%
76s
36.96%
Wins 36.34%, ties 1.25%
J9s against 76s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J9s | 62.413 | 1.252 | 36.335 | 63.039 |
| 76s | 36.335 | 1.252 | 62.413 | 36.961 |
J9s meets 76s, and both are suited hands. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits.
J9s is ahead, but 76s is far from dead: it takes 363 of every 1,000 deals outright. A split pot comes up on 1.25% of boards, so the wins and the equity differ by half of that.
The hand ranking puts J9s at 55 and 76s at 115 out of 169 starting hands.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| J9s | 17,099,000 | 343,000 | 9,955,000 |
| 76s | 9,955,000 | 343,000 | 17,099,000 |
The total is exact: 16 specific deals times 1,712,304 boards. The three counts are approximate, worked out from the percentages to five decimals and 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 | 1.706 | 1.602 | 2.752 | 0.586 |
| 76s | 0.586 | 2.752 | 1.602 | 1.706 |
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
Break the boards down by their first three cards and J9s is strongest on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better (67.65%) and weakest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (45.47%). 76s takes over on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), so the favorite before the flop is the underdog on those boards.
| Flop | Share of flops | J9s wins | Ties | 76s wins | J9s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.220 | 67.288 | 0.724 | 31.988 | 67.650 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 45.283 | 0.373 | 54.344 | 45.470 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 62.249 | 0.607 | 37.144 | 62.553 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 58.446 | 3.653 | 37.901 | 60.273 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 62.594 | 3.343 | 34.063 | 64.265 |
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
A random hand would give J9s 55.66% and 76s 45.37%. Against each other the change is +7.38 points for J9s and -8.41 for 76s.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J9s, all flops | 63.039 | 55.662 | +7.377 | 1.13253 |
| J9s, rainbow, ten or higher | 67.650 | 55.662 | +11.988 | 1.21537 |
| J9s, rainbow, nine or lower | 45.470 | 55.662 | -10.192 | 0.81689 |
| J9s, two-tone | 62.553 | 55.662 | +6.891 | 1.12380 |
| J9s, monotone | 60.273 | 55.662 | +4.611 | 1.08284 |
| J9s, paired | 64.265 | 55.662 | +8.603 | 1.15456 |
| 76s, all flops | 36.961 | 45.372 | -8.411 | 0.81462 |
| 76s, rainbow, ten or higher | 32.350 | 45.372 | -13.022 | 0.71299 |
| 76s, rainbow, nine or lower | 54.530 | 45.372 | +9.158 | 1.20184 |
| 76s, two-tone | 37.447 | 45.372 | -7.925 | 0.82533 |
| 76s, monotone | 39.727 | 45.372 | -5.645 | 0.87558 |
| 76s, paired | 35.735 | 45.372 | -9.637 | 0.78760 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Suit overlap shows up in the numbers. With a suit in common J9s has 65.41% equity, and with none in common it has 62.25%. J9s does better with a shared suit, by 3.16 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | J9s wins | Ties | 76s wins | J9s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 64.722 | 1.368 | 33.910 | 65.406 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 61.643 | 1.213 | 37.144 | 62.250 |
How often this matchup comes up
You will meet this exact matchup 0.0020% of the time in a random heads-up deal: 32 of 1,624,350, counting either seat order.
A worked example
Take a $200 pot built from $100 each. J9s' equity of 63.04% is worth $126.08, a $26.08 edge, and 76s' 36.96% is worth $73.92, which is $26.08 under its stake.
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 624 outright wins for J9s, 363 for 76s, and 13 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
Swap the hands and you get 76s with 36.96% against J9s with 63.04%. We keep one page per matchup, with the better-ranked hand first.
Keep exploring
Try Js9s against 7h6h in the calculator: the hands share no suit, and every card can be changed. The links after it are the closest matchups in the ranking.
How this was computed
Nothing here is simulated. The 16 deals of J9s against 76s fall into a few suit patterns, each dealt against all 1,712,304 boards, with both best five-card hands compared on every board. Ties give each hand half a win, and the flop rows count a board under each of its ten flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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