JTs
65.41%
Wins 64.84%, ties 1.15%
97s
34.59%
Wins 34.01%, ties 1.15%
JTs against 97s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTs | 64.835 | 1.154 | 34.011 | 65.412 |
| 97s | 34.011 | 1.154 | 64.835 | 34.588 |
Both hands are suited hands: JTs and 97s. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other.
JTs is well ahead, and 97s needs a specific kind of board to catch up. Ties are 1.15% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
Among the 169 starting hands, JTs is number 45 and 97s is number 94 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| JTs | 17,763,000 | 316,000 | 9,318,000 |
| 97s | 9,318,000 | 316,000 | 17,763,000 |
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.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTs | 1.891 | 1.542 | 2.940 | 0.529 |
| 97s | 0.529 | 2.940 | 1.542 | 1.891 |
The final column gives the least the pot must offer for each unit called for a call to break even at this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
Split by what the flop looks like, JTs peaks at 71.92% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and bottoms out at 44.45% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). Watch for low rainbow flops (nine high or lower): on those flops 97s holds the better equity.
| Flop | Share of flops | JTs wins | Ties | 97s wins | JTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 71.604 | 0.630 | 27.766 | 71.919 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 44.253 | 0.389 | 55.358 | 44.448 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 64.723 | 0.535 | 34.742 | 64.990 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 60.330 | 3.590 | 36.080 | 62.125 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 64.396 | 3.131 | 32.473 | 65.961 |
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
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 57.53%, JTs changes by +7.88 points, and 97s, from 49.12%, by -14.53.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTs, all flops | 65.412 | 57.528 | +7.884 | 1.13705 |
| JTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 71.919 | 57.528 | +14.391 | 1.25016 |
| JTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 44.448 | 57.528 | -13.080 | 0.77263 |
| JTs, two-tone | 64.990 | 57.528 | +7.462 | 1.12971 |
| JTs, monotone | 62.125 | 57.528 | +4.597 | 1.07991 |
| JTs, paired | 65.961 | 57.528 | +8.433 | 1.14659 |
| 97s, all flops | 34.588 | 49.118 | -14.530 | 0.70418 |
| 97s, rainbow, ten or higher | 28.081 | 49.118 | -21.037 | 0.57170 |
| 97s, rainbow, nine or lower | 55.552 | 49.118 | +6.434 | 1.13099 |
| 97s, two-tone | 35.010 | 49.118 | -14.108 | 0.71277 |
| 97s, monotone | 37.875 | 49.118 | -11.243 | 0.77110 |
| 97s, paired | 34.039 | 49.118 | -15.079 | 0.69300 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Suit overlap shows up in the numbers. With a suit in common JTs has 68.04% equity, and with none in common it has 64.54%. JTs does better with a shared suit, by 3.50 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | JTs wins | Ties | 97s wins | JTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 67.406 | 1.262 | 31.332 | 68.037 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 63.978 | 1.118 | 34.904 | 64.537 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 16 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0010%) are JTs against 97s, and 32 (0.0020%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says JTs gets $130.82 of it on average and 97s gets $69.18.
Per 1,000 deals: JTs wins about 648, 97s wins about 340, and about 12 end in a split pot.
The same matchup from the other side
Read it from the other side: 97s against JTs is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so 97s holds 34.59% and JTs holds 65.41%. That address sends you back to this page.
Keep exploring
The calculator link fills in JsTs against 9h7h, a deal where the two hands share no suit. Change any card to test your own hand. The neighboring matchups below swap one of the two hands for one of similar strength.
How this was computed
Method: exact enumeration. The 16 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.
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