--- title: "JJ vs JTs: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jj-vs-jts.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jj-vs-jts" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "JJ is a big favorite over JTs before the flop: 82.18% to 17.82% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jj-vs-a2s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jj-vs-qto.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-jts.md"] --- # JJ vs JTs: preflop equity JJ is a big favorite over JTs before the flop: 82.18% to 17.82% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Over all 1,712,304 boards that can follow this deal, JJ finishes with 82.18% of the pot and JTs with 17.82%. ## JJ against JTs: the numbers **Exact preflop results for JJ against JTs, in percent** | 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. **Boards behind the percentages: 20,547,648 counted in all** | 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. **JJ against JTs read as odds** | 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. **JJ against JTs by flop texture, in percent** | 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. **JJ and JTs 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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. **JJ against JTs by suit overlap, in percent** | 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. - [Open JsJh against JdTd in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=JsJh&p2=JdTd) - [JJ combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/jj.md) - [JTs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/jts.md) - [JJ vs A2s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jj-vs-a2s.md) - [JJ vs QTo](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jj-vs-qto.md) - [TT vs JTs](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-jts.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## 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. ## Related - [JJ vs A2s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jj-vs-a2s.md) - [JJ vs QTo: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jj-vs-qto.md) - [TT vs JTs: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-jts.md)