JJ
82.18%
Wins 81.16%, ties 2.04%
JTs
17.82%
Wins 16.80%, ties 2.04%
JJ against JTs: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ | 81.161 | 2.044 | 16.795 | 82.183 |
| JTs | 16.795 | 2.044 | 81.161 | 17.817 |
JJ, a pocket pair, plays JTs, a suited hand. The non-pair hand shares a rank with the pair, so two of its outs for pairing are blocked by the pair itself.
A gap this wide means JTs is in trouble before the flop and has few good runouts. About 2.04% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands.
Among the 169 starting hands, JJ is number 4 and JTs is number 45 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| JJ | 16,677,000 | 420,000 | 3,451,000 |
| JTs | 3,451,000 | 420,000 | 16,677,000 |
The board total is exact, 12 deals at 1,712,304 boards each. Won, tied and lost counts are rounded to the nearest thousand from the five-decimal percentages.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ | 4.613 | 1.232 | 5.954 | 0.217 |
| JTs | 0.217 | 5.954 | 1.232 | 4.613 |
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
Break the boards down by their first three cards and JJ is strongest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (86.93%) and weakest on monotone flops (73.75%). JJ stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | JJ wins | Ties | JTs wins | JJ equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.011 | 82.922 | 2.395 | 14.683 | 84.119 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 86.126 | 1.601 | 12.273 | 86.926 |
| Two-tone | 46.236 | 79.432 | 2.029 | 18.539 | 80.446 |
| Monotone | 5.151 | 72.312 | 2.875 | 24.813 | 73.749 |
| Paired | 17.831 | 83.766 | 1.581 | 14.653 | 84.557 |
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
Start from the random-hand figures, 77.47% for JJ and 57.53% for JTs. This opponent changes them by +4.71 and -39.71 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ, all flops | 82.183 | 77.469 | +4.714 | 1.06085 |
| JJ, rainbow, ten or higher | 84.119 | 77.469 | +6.650 | 1.08584 |
| JJ, rainbow, nine or lower | 86.926 | 77.469 | +9.457 | 1.12207 |
| JJ, two-tone | 80.446 | 77.469 | +2.977 | 1.03843 |
| JJ, monotone | 73.749 | 77.469 | -3.720 | 0.95198 |
| JJ, paired | 84.557 | 77.469 | +7.088 | 1.09149 |
| JTs, all flops | 17.817 | 57.528 | -39.711 | 0.30971 |
| JTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 15.881 | 57.528 | -41.647 | 0.27606 |
| JTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 13.074 | 57.528 | -44.454 | 0.22726 |
| JTs, two-tone | 19.554 | 57.528 | -37.974 | 0.33990 |
| JTs, monotone | 26.251 | 57.528 | -31.277 | 0.45632 |
| JTs, paired | 15.443 | 57.528 | -42.085 | 0.26844 |
Does a shared suit matter?
The hands cannot hold a suit in common here, which leaves a single case and a single number: 82.18% for JJ.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | JJ wins | Ties | JTs wins | JJ equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 81.161 | 2.044 | 16.795 | 82.183 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 12 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0007%) are JJ against JTs, and 24 (0.0015%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
To see what the equity is worth, imagine $100 each in a $200 pot. JJ is worth $164.36 on average (+$64.36); JTs is worth $35.64 (-$64.36).
In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 812 won outright by JJ, about 168 won outright by JTs and about 20 split.
The same matchup from the other side
The reversed view, JTs against JJ, shows 17.82% for JTs and 82.18% for JJ. It is the same count, so it redirects here.
Keep exploring
Try JsJh against JdTd 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
Method: exact enumeration. The 12 specific deals are grouped by suit pattern, each is run against all 1,712,304 boards, and both seven-card hands are scored. Equity adds half of every tie, and flop textures are tallied over the ten flops inside each board.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
Bring your own hands to a session
Review the spots you actually play against these numbers in a Game Assessment, and leave with a one-page written plan.
Book a session