J9s
69.05%
Wins 66.42%, ties 5.25%
97s
30.95%
Wins 28.33%, ties 5.25%
J9s against 97s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J9s | 66.419 | 5.253 | 28.328 | 69.046 |
| 97s | 28.328 | 5.253 | 66.419 | 30.954 |
J9s and 97s are both suited hands. Sharing a rank is the signature of a dominated hand, since the weaker hand is usually out-kicked when the shared rank shows up.
A lead of 38.10 points is large but not decisive: 97s still takes about 283 of every 1,000 deals. About 5.25% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands.
By strength against a random hand, J9s holds place 55 of 169 and 97s holds place 94.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| J9s | 13,648,000 | 1,079,000 | 5,821,000 |
| 97s | 5,821,000 | 1,079,000 | 13,648,000 |
Exact total: 12 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.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J9s | 2.231 | 1.506 | 3.530 | 0.448 |
| 97s | 0.448 | 3.530 | 1.506 | 2.231 |
The last column is the break-even price: the pot odds a call needs to offer, as a ratio of pot to call.
Who is ahead on which flops
J9s prefers rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, where it holds 73.98%, and likes low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) least, where it holds 55.56%. J9s stays ahead on all five textures, but the swing between them is large, so how the flop looks matters a great deal.
| Flop | Share of flops | J9s wins | Ties | 97s wins | J9s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.254 | 71.648 | 4.670 | 23.682 | 73.983 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.654 | 53.702 | 3.718 | 42.580 | 55.561 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 65.925 | 4.124 | 29.951 | 67.987 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 59.626 | 6.246 | 34.128 | 62.749 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 66.320 | 9.334 | 24.346 | 70.987 |
Read the flop types this way: rainbow has three suits, two-tone has two cards of one suit, monotone has three, and paired repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
Start from the random-hand figures, 55.66% for J9s and 49.12% for 97s. This opponent changes them by +13.39 and -18.17 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J9s, all flops | 69.046 | 55.662 | +13.384 | 1.24045 |
| J9s, rainbow, ten or higher | 73.983 | 55.662 | +18.321 | 1.32915 |
| J9s, rainbow, nine or lower | 55.561 | 55.662 | -0.101 | 0.99819 |
| J9s, two-tone | 67.987 | 55.662 | +12.325 | 1.22143 |
| J9s, monotone | 62.749 | 55.662 | +7.087 | 1.12732 |
| J9s, paired | 70.987 | 55.662 | +15.325 | 1.27532 |
| 97s, all flops | 30.954 | 49.118 | -18.164 | 0.63020 |
| 97s, rainbow, ten or higher | 26.017 | 49.118 | -23.101 | 0.52968 |
| 97s, rainbow, nine or lower | 44.439 | 49.118 | -4.679 | 0.90474 |
| 97s, two-tone | 32.013 | 49.118 | -17.105 | 0.65176 |
| 97s, monotone | 37.251 | 49.118 | -11.867 | 0.75840 |
| 97s, paired | 29.013 | 49.118 | -20.105 | 0.59068 |
Does a shared suit matter?
A shared suit is impossible for this matchup, so J9s' 69.05% is the answer for every suit pattern.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | J9s wins | Ties | 97s wins | J9s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 66.419 | 5.253 | 28.328 | 69.046 |
How often this matchup comes up
Counting specific cards, J9s against 97s appears in 12 of the 1,624,350 ordered heads-up deals (0.0007%), and in 24 when the seats are swapped too (0.0015%).
A worked example
With $100 from each side, the $200 pot is split on average as $138.10 for J9s and $61.90 for 97s; the first side gains $38.10 per all-in and the second gives up $38.10.
Think in thousands: about 664 of 1,000 go to J9s, about 283 go to 97s, and about 53 are chopped.
The same matchup from the other side
97s versus J9s is this same page seen from the other hand: 30.95% for 97s, 69.05% for J9s.
Keep exploring
Js9s against 9h7h 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
Nothing here is simulated. The 12 deals of J9s against 97s 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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