KJo
68.28%
Wins 66.90%, ties 2.76%
JTs
31.72%
Wins 30.34%, ties 2.76%
KJo against JTs: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJo | 66.901 | 2.756 | 30.343 | 68.279 |
| JTs | 30.343 | 2.756 | 66.901 | 31.721 |
The first hand is an offsuit hand; the second is a suited hand. Because the hands share one rank, the one with the higher kicker is ahead when that rank pairs and the other hand is mostly drawing.
A lead of 36.56 points is large but not decisive: JTs still takes about 303 of every 1,000 deals. Ties are part of the picture: 2.76% of boards end in a split pot, and each side counts that as half a win.
By strength against a random hand, KJo holds place 26 of 169 and JTs holds place 45.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KJo | 41,240,000 | 1,699,000 | 18,704,000 |
| JTs | 18,704,000 | 1,699,000 | 41,240,000 |
The total is exact: 36 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJo | 2.152 | 1.495 | 3.296 | 0.465 |
| JTs | 0.465 | 3.296 | 1.495 | 2.152 |
The last column is the smallest pot odds, written as a pot-to-call ratio, at which a call breaks even with this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
The flop changes the picture. KJo does best on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), at 76.43%, and worst on monotone flops, at 64.08%. KJo stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | KJo wins | Ties | JTs wins | KJo equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.177 | 66.219 | 2.663 | 31.118 | 67.551 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 75.689 | 1.471 | 22.840 | 76.425 |
| Two-tone | 46.527 | 65.332 | 2.242 | 32.426 | 66.453 |
| Monotone | 5.192 | 62.213 | 3.726 | 34.061 | 64.076 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 69.486 | 4.547 | 25.967 | 71.759 |
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 +7.71 points for KJo, from 60.57%, and -25.81 for JTs, from 57.53%.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJo, all flops | 68.279 | 60.569 | +7.710 | 1.12729 |
| KJo, rainbow, ten or higher | 67.551 | 60.569 | +6.982 | 1.11527 |
| KJo, rainbow, nine or lower | 76.425 | 60.569 | +15.856 | 1.26178 |
| KJo, two-tone | 66.453 | 60.569 | +5.884 | 1.09715 |
| KJo, monotone | 64.076 | 60.569 | +3.507 | 1.05790 |
| KJo, paired | 71.759 | 60.569 | +11.190 | 1.18475 |
| JTs, all flops | 31.721 | 57.528 | -25.807 | 0.55140 |
| JTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 32.449 | 57.528 | -25.079 | 0.56406 |
| JTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 23.575 | 57.528 | -33.953 | 0.40980 |
| JTs, two-tone | 33.547 | 57.528 | -23.981 | 0.58314 |
| JTs, monotone | 35.924 | 57.528 | -21.604 | 0.62446 |
| JTs, paired | 28.241 | 57.528 | -29.287 | 0.49091 |
Does a shared suit matter?
The suit split reads 69.25% for KJo with a shared suit and 67.79% without one. KJo does better with a shared suit, by 1.46 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KJo wins | Ties | JTs wins | KJo equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 12 | 33.33 | 67.831 | 2.842 | 29.327 | 69.252 |
| No shared suit | 24 | 66.67 | 66.436 | 2.713 | 30.851 | 67.792 |
How often this matchup comes up
Out of 1,624,350 ways to deal two seats two cards each, 36 are KJo in one seat and JTs in the other (0.0022%); with the seats swapped too, 72 (0.0044%).
A worked example
Say each player puts $100 in before the flop, making a $200 pot. On average KJo takes back $136.56 of it, which is $36.56 more than it put in, and JTs takes back $63.44, $36.56 less than it put in.
Over a long run, 1,000 deals split into about 669 for KJo, 303 for JTs and 28 tied.
The same matchup from the other side
Swap the hands and you get JTs with 31.72% against KJo with 68.28%. We keep one page per matchup, with the better-ranked hand first.
Keep exploring
Try KsJh against JdTd 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
The figures are counted, not estimated: 1,712,304 boards for every suit pattern of the 36 specific deals, with both seven-card hands compared each time. Equity gives half a win for a tie. For the flop rows, a board is counted once under each of the ten flops inside it.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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