--- title: "JTs vs 86s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-86s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-86s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "JTs is a big favorite over 86s before the flop: 64.81% to 35.19% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-76s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-75s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-86s.md"] --- # JTs vs 86s: preflop equity JTs is a big favorite over 86s before the flop: 64.81% to 35.19% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Dealt all in against each other, JTs takes 64.81% of the pot on average and 86s takes the other 35.19%. ## JTs against 86s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for JTs against 86s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | JTs | 64.244 | 1.129 | 34.627 | 64.809 | | 86s | 34.627 | 1.129 | 64.244 | 35.191 | JTs and 86s are both suited hands. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances. A 29.62 point lead is real, and 86s still takes about 346 of every 1,000 deals outright. Split pots make up 1.13% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each. Ranked by equity against a random hand, JTs is number 45 of the 169 starting hands and 86s is number 110. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | JTs | 17,601,000 | 309,000 | 9,487,000 | | 86s | 9,487,000 | 309,000 | 17,601,000 | 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. **JTs against 86s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | JTs | 1.842 | 1.557 | 2.888 | 0.543 | | 86s | 0.543 | 2.888 | 1.557 | 1.842 | 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 Across the five flop textures JTs' equity moves by 28.78 points, from 42.71% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) to 71.49% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. On low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) the numbers flip and 86s is the one ahead. **JTs against 86s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | JTs wins | Ties | 86s wins | JTs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 71.193 | 0.587 | 28.220 | 71.487 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 42.491 | 0.445 | 57.064 | 42.714 | | Two-tone | 46.727 | 64.139 | 0.519 | 35.342 | 64.398 | | Monotone | 5.273 | 59.946 | 3.586 | 36.468 | 61.739 | | Paired | 17.091 | 63.894 | 3.072 | 33.034 | 65.430 | 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, 57.53% for JTs and 46.24% for 86s. This opponent changes them by +7.28 and -11.05 points. **JTs and 86s 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | JTs, all flops | 64.809 | 57.528 | +7.281 | 1.12656 | | JTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 71.487 | 57.528 | +13.959 | 1.24265 | | JTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 42.714 | 57.528 | -14.814 | 0.74249 | | JTs, two-tone | 64.398 | 57.528 | +6.870 | 1.11942 | | JTs, monotone | 61.739 | 57.528 | +4.211 | 1.07320 | | JTs, paired | 65.430 | 57.528 | +7.902 | 1.13736 | | 86s, all flops | 35.191 | 46.243 | -11.052 | 0.76100 | | 86s, rainbow, ten or higher | 28.513 | 46.243 | -17.730 | 0.61659 | | 86s, rainbow, nine or lower | 57.286 | 46.243 | +11.043 | 1.23880 | | 86s, two-tone | 35.602 | 46.243 | -10.641 | 0.76989 | | 86s, monotone | 38.261 | 46.243 | -7.982 | 0.82739 | | 86s, paired | 34.570 | 46.243 | -11.673 | 0.74757 | ## Does a shared suit matter? When the hands share a suit, JTs holds 67.34%; when they do not, it holds 63.97%. JTs does better with a shared suit, by 3.37 points. **JTs against 86s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | JTs wins | Ties | 86s wins | JTs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 66.722 | 1.238 | 32.040 | 67.341 | | No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 63.418 | 1.093 | 35.489 | 63.965 | ## How often this matchup comes up This page stands for 16 specific-card matchups (0.0010% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 32 once you count the seats both ways (0.0020%). ## A worked example Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, JTs' average share is $129.62 (a gain of $29.62) and 86s' is $70.38 (a loss of $29.62). In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 643 won outright by JTs, about 346 won outright by 86s and about 11 split. ## The same matchup from the other side 86s versus JTs is this same page seen from the other hand: 35.19% for 86s, 64.81% for JTs. ## Keep exploring Try JsTs against 8h6h 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 JsTs against 8h6h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=JsTs&p2=8h6h) - [JTs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/jts.md) - [86s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/86s.md) - [JTs vs 76s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-76s.md) - [JTs vs 75s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-75s.md) - [A2s vs 86s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-86s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 16 specific JTs against 86s 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. ## Related - [JTs vs 76s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-76s.md) - [JTs vs 75s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-75s.md) - [A2s vs 86s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a2s-vs-86s.md)