JTs
64.70%
Wins 64.12%, ties 1.16%
98s
35.30%
Wins 34.72%, ties 1.16%
JTs against 98s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTs | 64.122 | 1.159 | 34.719 | 64.702 |
| 98s | 34.719 | 1.159 | 64.122 | 35.298 |
Here suited hands face each other, JTs on one side and 98s on the other. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other.
JTs is ahead, but 98s is far from dead: it takes 347 of every 1,000 deals outright. 1.16% of boards are ties, so the equity of each hand is its win rate plus half of that.
Ranked by equity against a random hand, JTs is number 45 of the 169 starting hands and 98s is number 83.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| JTs | 17,567,000 | 318,000 | 9,512,000 |
| 98s | 9,512,000 | 318,000 | 17,567,000 |
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 | 1.833 | 1.560 | 2.880 | 0.546 |
| 98s | 0.546 | 2.880 | 1.560 | 1.833 |
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
If you know the kind of flop that came, the numbers shift: JTs holds 70.78% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and 45.02% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). 98s takes over on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), so the favorite before the flop is the underdog on those boards.
| Flop | Share of flops | JTs wins | Ties | 98s wins | JTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 70.474 | 0.620 | 28.906 | 70.784 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 44.786 | 0.466 | 54.748 | 45.019 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 64.002 | 0.541 | 35.457 | 64.273 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 59.748 | 3.592 | 36.660 | 61.544 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 63.803 | 3.127 | 33.070 | 65.367 |
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
Compared with a random opponent, this matchup shifts JTs from 57.53% by +7.17 points and 98s from 50.80% by -15.50 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTs, all flops | 64.702 | 57.528 | +7.174 | 1.12470 |
| JTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 70.784 | 57.528 | +13.256 | 1.23043 |
| JTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 45.019 | 57.528 | -12.509 | 0.78256 |
| JTs, two-tone | 64.273 | 57.528 | +6.745 | 1.11725 |
| JTs, monotone | 61.544 | 57.528 | +4.016 | 1.06981 |
| JTs, paired | 65.367 | 57.528 | +7.839 | 1.13626 |
| 98s, all flops | 35.298 | 50.801 | -15.503 | 0.69483 |
| 98s, rainbow, ten or higher | 29.216 | 50.801 | -21.585 | 0.57511 |
| 98s, rainbow, nine or lower | 54.981 | 50.801 | +4.180 | 1.08228 |
| 98s, two-tone | 35.727 | 50.801 | -15.074 | 0.70327 |
| 98s, monotone | 38.456 | 50.801 | -12.345 | 0.75699 |
| 98s, paired | 34.633 | 50.801 | -16.168 | 0.68174 |
Does a shared suit matter?
The suit split reads 67.26% for JTs with a shared suit and 63.85% without one. JTs does better with a shared suit, by 3.41 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | JTs wins | Ties | 98s wins | JTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 66.627 | 1.266 | 32.107 | 67.260 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 63.287 | 1.123 | 35.590 | 63.849 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 16 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0010%) are JTs against 98s, and 32 (0.0020%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
Put $100 each into a $200 pot and deal every board once: JTs averages $129.40 back, ahead of its $100 by $29.40, while 98s averages $70.60, short of its $100 by $29.40.
In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 641 won outright by JTs, about 347 won outright by 98s and about 12 split.
The same matchup from the other side
98s against JTs adds nothing new: it is 35.30% for 98s and 64.70% for JTs, the same figures reversed.
Keep exploring
JsTs against 9h8h is a ready-made deal for the calculator, with no suit in common between the hands. The neighboring matchups below replace one hand with another of similar strength.
How this was computed
The page is built from a full enumeration: 1,712,304 boards, every suit pattern of the 16 specific deals, both seven-card hands evaluated. A tie is worth half a win to each hand, and a board is tallied under each of its ten possible flops for the texture rows.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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