K9s
61.57%
Wins 61.24%, ties 0.67%
76s
38.43%
Wins 38.09%, ties 0.67%
K9s against 76s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K9s | 61.235 | 0.668 | 38.097 | 61.569 |
| 76s | 38.097 | 0.668 | 61.235 | 38.431 |
Two suited hands meet here: K9s against 76s. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other.
A 23.14 point lead is real, and 76s still takes about 381 of every 1,000 deals outright. Ties are 0.67% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
K9s ranks number 29 of 169 starting hands, and 76s ranks number 115, by equity against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| K9s | 16,776,000 | 183,000 | 10,437,000 |
| 76s | 10,437,000 | 183,000 | 16,776,000 |
Exact total: 16 deals times 1,712,304 boards. The other three counts come from the five-decimal percentages and are rounded to the nearest thousand, so read them as approximate.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K9s | 1.602 | 1.633 | 2.625 | 0.624 |
| 76s | 0.624 | 2.625 | 1.633 | 1.602 |
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
Rainbow flops topped by a ten or better are the best for K9s (65.68%); low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the worst (43.58%). The lead reverses on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower): there 76s is the favorite even though K9s is ahead overall.
| Flop | Share of flops | K9s wins | Ties | 76s wins | K9s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.220 | 65.530 | 0.306 | 34.164 | 65.683 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 43.363 | 0.437 | 56.200 | 43.582 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 60.660 | 0.307 | 39.033 | 60.813 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 57.177 | 3.461 | 39.362 | 58.908 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 63.668 | 1.408 | 34.924 | 64.372 |
Rainbow flops have three suits, two-tone flops repeat one suit, monotone flops are all one suit, and paired flops repeat a rank.
Compared with a random hand
The table below sets each hand against its own random-hand baseline: a change of +1.58 points for K9s, from 59.99%, and -6.94 for 76s, from 45.37%.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K9s, all flops | 61.569 | 59.988 | +1.581 | 1.02636 |
| K9s, rainbow, ten or higher | 65.683 | 59.988 | +5.695 | 1.09494 |
| K9s, rainbow, nine or lower | 43.582 | 59.988 | -16.406 | 0.72651 |
| K9s, two-tone | 60.813 | 59.988 | +0.825 | 1.01375 |
| K9s, monotone | 58.908 | 59.988 | -1.080 | 0.98200 |
| K9s, paired | 64.372 | 59.988 | +4.384 | 1.07308 |
| 76s, all flops | 38.431 | 45.372 | -6.941 | 0.84702 |
| 76s, rainbow, ten or higher | 34.317 | 45.372 | -11.055 | 0.75635 |
| 76s, rainbow, nine or lower | 56.418 | 45.372 | +11.046 | 1.24345 |
| 76s, two-tone | 39.187 | 45.372 | -6.185 | 0.86368 |
| 76s, monotone | 41.092 | 45.372 | -4.280 | 0.90567 |
| 76s, paired | 35.628 | 45.372 | -9.744 | 0.78524 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Does suit overlap move the numbers? K9s has 63.78% when the hands share a suit and 60.83% when they do not. K9s does better with a shared suit, by 2.95 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | K9s wins | Ties | 76s wins | K9s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 63.406 | 0.752 | 35.842 | 63.782 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 60.511 | 0.640 | 38.849 | 60.831 |
How often this matchup comes up
Exactly 16 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0010% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 32, or 0.0020%.
A worked example
A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says K9s gets $123.14 of it on average and 76s gets $76.86.
A thousand deals look like this: K9s takes 612, 76s takes 381, 7 are ties.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From 76s' side the equity is 38.43%, and from K9s' side it is 61.57%.
Keep exploring
Try Ks9s against 7h6h 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 16 specific K9s against 76s 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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