JJ
56.46%
Wins 56.26%, ties 0.41%
KQo
43.54%
Wins 43.33%, ties 0.41%
JJ against KQo: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ | 56.258 | 0.412 | 43.330 | 56.464 |
| KQo | 43.330 | 0.412 | 56.258 | 43.536 |
JJ and KQo are a pocket pair and an offsuit hand, in that order. A pair against two higher cards is the classic race: the pair is usually a small favorite or close to even, and each overcard that pairs is a way to take the lead.
JJ is ahead, but KQo is far from dead: it takes 433 of every 1,000 deals outright. Of every 100 boards, about 0.41 are split pots, and the equity figures already include them.
Among the 169 starting hands, JJ is number 4 and KQo is number 23 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| JJ | 69,358,000 | 508,000 | 53,420,000 |
| KQo | 53,420,000 | 508,000 | 69,358,000 |
The total is exact: 72 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ | 1.297 | 1.778 | 2.308 | 0.771 |
| KQo | 0.771 | 2.308 | 1.778 | 1.297 |
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
Split by what the flop looks like, JJ peaks at 75.27% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) and bottoms out at 48.90% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. KQo is ahead on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, even though it trails JJ when every flop is counted.
| Flop | Share of flops | JJ wins | Ties | KQo wins | JJ equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.260 | 48.844 | 0.113 | 51.043 | 48.901 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 74.639 | 1.270 | 24.091 | 75.274 |
| Two-tone | 46.485 | 54.927 | 0.385 | 44.688 | 55.119 |
| Monotone | 5.151 | 51.353 | 1.748 | 46.899 | 52.227 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 62.997 | 0.103 | 36.900 | 63.049 |
Flop types: rainbow means three different suits, two-tone means one suit twice, monotone means one suit three times, paired means a repeated rank.
Compared with a random hand
A random hand would give JJ 77.47% and KQo 61.46%. Against each other the change is -21.01 points for JJ and -17.92 for KQo.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JJ, all flops | 56.464 | 77.469 | -21.005 | 0.72886 |
| JJ, rainbow, ten or higher | 48.901 | 77.469 | -28.568 | 0.63123 |
| JJ, rainbow, nine or lower | 75.274 | 77.469 | -2.195 | 0.97167 |
| JJ, two-tone | 55.119 | 77.469 | -22.350 | 0.71150 |
| JJ, monotone | 52.227 | 77.469 | -25.242 | 0.67417 |
| JJ, paired | 63.049 | 77.469 | -14.420 | 0.81386 |
| KQo, all flops | 43.536 | 61.456 | -17.920 | 0.70841 |
| KQo, rainbow, ten or higher | 51.099 | 61.456 | -10.357 | 0.83147 |
| KQo, rainbow, nine or lower | 24.726 | 61.456 | -36.730 | 0.40234 |
| KQo, two-tone | 44.881 | 61.456 | -16.575 | 0.73029 |
| KQo, monotone | 47.773 | 61.456 | -13.683 | 0.77735 |
| KQo, paired | 36.951 | 61.456 | -24.505 | 0.60126 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Of the deals of this matchup, 60 share a suit (JJ at 56.38%) and 12 do not (56.88%). JJ does better with no shared suit, by 0.50 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | JJ wins | Ties | KQo wins | JJ equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 60 | 83.33 | 56.167 | 0.428 | 43.405 | 56.381 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 16.67 | 56.717 | 0.332 | 42.951 | 56.883 |
How often this matchup comes up
Exactly 72 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0044% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 144, or 0.0089%.
A worked example
With $100 from each side, the $200 pot is split on average as $112.92 for JJ and $87.08 for KQo; the first side gains $12.92 per all-in and the second gives up $12.92.
Over a long run, 1,000 deals split into about 563 for JJ, 433 for KQo and 4 tied.
The same matchup from the other side
Read it from the other side: KQo against JJ is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so KQo holds 43.54% and JJ holds 56.46%. That address sends you back to this page.
Keep exploring
Try JsJh against KdQc 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
We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 72 specific JJ against KQo deals meets all 1,712,304 boards, and the better five-card hand wins; a split pot is half a win each. The flop table reads each board under all ten of its three-card flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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