KJo
60.24%
Wins 59.91%, ties 0.65%
98s
39.76%
Wins 39.44%, ties 0.65%
KJo against 98s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJo | 59.911 | 0.650 | 39.439 | 60.236 |
| 98s | 39.439 | 0.650 | 59.911 | 39.764 |
The matchup pits an offsuit hand against a suited hand. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other.
The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. About 0.65% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands.
By strength against a random hand, KJo holds place 26 of 169 and 98s holds place 83.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KJo | 49,241,000 | 534,000 | 32,415,000 |
| 98s | 32,415,000 | 534,000 | 49,241,000 |
Exact total: 48 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJo | 1.515 | 1.669 | 2.536 | 0.660 |
| 98s | 0.660 | 2.536 | 1.669 | 1.515 |
In the last column, a pot-to-call ratio at or above the figure makes a call break even or better at this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
Rainbow flops topped by a ten or better are the best for KJo (67.45%); low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the worst (38.27%). KJo is the favorite overall but falls behind on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower).
| Flop | Share of flops | KJo wins | Ties | 98s wins | KJo equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.717 | 67.298 | 0.306 | 32.396 | 67.451 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.313 | 37.930 | 0.678 | 61.392 | 38.269 |
| Two-tone | 46.667 | 58.542 | 0.357 | 41.101 | 58.721 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 57.295 | 2.443 | 40.262 | 58.517 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 61.881 | 1.395 | 36.724 | 62.578 |
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
Relative to a random opponent, KJo changes by -0.33 points (baseline 60.57%) and 98s by -11.04 points (baseline 50.80%).
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJo, all flops | 60.236 | 60.569 | -0.333 | 0.99450 |
| KJo, rainbow, ten or higher | 67.451 | 60.569 | +6.882 | 1.11362 |
| KJo, rainbow, nine or lower | 38.269 | 60.569 | -22.300 | 0.63182 |
| KJo, two-tone | 58.721 | 60.569 | -1.848 | 0.96949 |
| KJo, monotone | 58.517 | 60.569 | -2.052 | 0.96612 |
| KJo, paired | 62.578 | 60.569 | +2.009 | 1.03317 |
| 98s, all flops | 39.764 | 50.801 | -11.037 | 0.78274 |
| 98s, rainbow, ten or higher | 32.549 | 50.801 | -18.252 | 0.64072 |
| 98s, rainbow, nine or lower | 61.731 | 50.801 | +10.930 | 1.21515 |
| 98s, two-tone | 41.279 | 50.801 | -9.522 | 0.81256 |
| 98s, monotone | 41.483 | 50.801 | -9.318 | 0.81658 |
| 98s, paired | 37.422 | 50.801 | -13.379 | 0.73664 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Looking only at deals where the hands share a suit, KJo has 60.92%; looking only at deals where they do not, 59.56%. KJo does better with a shared suit, by 1.36 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KJo wins | Ties | 98s wins | KJo equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 24 | 50.00 | 60.571 | 0.692 | 38.737 | 60.917 |
| No shared suit | 24 | 50.00 | 59.251 | 0.609 | 40.140 | 59.555 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 48 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0030%) are KJo against 98s, and 96 (0.0059%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
To see what the equity is worth, imagine $100 each in a $200 pot. KJo is worth $120.48 on average (+$20.48); 98s is worth $79.52 (-$20.48).
Over a long run, 1,000 deals split into about 599 for KJo, 394 for 98s and 7 tied.
The same matchup from the other side
The mirror image, 98s against KJo, is 39.76% to 60.24%, and its address redirects to this page.
Keep exploring
KsJh against 9d8d 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
Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 48 specific deals, group them by suit pattern, deal all 1,712,304 boards against each, and compare the two seven-card hands. Equity counts a tie as half a win; the flop rows use every one of a board's ten flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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