KJs
61.71%
Wins 61.34%, ties 0.74%
54s
38.29%
Wins 37.92%, ties 0.74%
KJs against 54s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 61.338 | 0.739 | 37.923 | 61.708 |
| 54s | 37.923 | 0.739 | 61.338 | 38.292 |
This is a contest between two suited hands, KJs and 54s. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances.
That is a modest edge, the kind that shows up over many hands and is easy to miss in one. The tie share is 0.74%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright.
Among the 169 starting hands, KJs is number 20 and 54s is number 136 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 16,805,000 | 202,000 | 10,390,000 |
| 54s | 10,390,000 | 202,000 | 16,805,000 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 1.612 | 1.630 | 2.637 | 0.621 |
| 54s | 0.621 | 2.637 | 1.630 | 1.612 |
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: KJs holds 68.61% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and 34.91% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). 54s is ahead on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), even though it trails KJs when every flop is counted.
| Flop | Share of flops | KJs wins | Ties | 54s wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 68.460 | 0.306 | 31.234 | 68.613 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 34.462 | 0.892 | 64.646 | 34.908 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 60.790 | 0.393 | 38.817 | 60.986 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 57.431 | 3.607 | 38.962 | 59.235 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 63.724 | 1.364 | 34.912 | 64.406 |
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
The table below sets each hand against its own random-hand baseline: a change of -0.86 points for KJs, from 62.57%, and -3.16 for 54s, from 41.45%.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs, all flops | 61.708 | 62.567 | -0.859 | 0.98627 |
| KJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 68.613 | 62.567 | +6.046 | 1.09663 |
| KJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 34.908 | 62.567 | -27.659 | 0.55793 |
| KJs, two-tone | 60.986 | 62.567 | -1.581 | 0.97473 |
| KJs, monotone | 59.235 | 62.567 | -3.332 | 0.94675 |
| KJs, paired | 64.406 | 62.567 | +1.839 | 1.02939 |
| 54s, all flops | 38.292 | 41.453 | -3.161 | 0.92374 |
| 54s, rainbow, ten or higher | 31.387 | 41.453 | -10.066 | 0.75717 |
| 54s, rainbow, nine or lower | 65.092 | 41.453 | +23.639 | 1.57026 |
| 54s, two-tone | 39.014 | 41.453 | -2.439 | 0.94116 |
| 54s, monotone | 40.765 | 41.453 | -0.688 | 0.98340 |
| 54s, paired | 35.594 | 41.453 | -5.859 | 0.85866 |
Does a shared suit matter?
When the hands share a suit, KJs holds 63.86%; when they do not, it holds 60.99%. KJs does better with a shared suit, by 2.87 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KJs wins | Ties | 54s wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 63.444 | 0.829 | 35.727 | 63.859 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 60.637 | 0.708 | 38.655 | 60.991 |
How often this matchup comes up
KJs against 54s is made up of 16 specific-card matchups in one seat order, 0.0010% of the 1,624,350 ordered deals, and 32 counting both seat orders, 0.0020%.
A worked example
Take a $200 pot built from $100 each. KJs' equity of 61.71% is worth $123.42, a $23.42 edge, and 54s' 38.29% is worth $76.58, which is $23.42 under its stake.
In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 613 won outright by KJs, about 379 won outright by 54s and about 8 split.
The same matchup from the other side
The mirror image, 54s against KJs, is 38.29% to 61.71%, and its address redirects to this page.
Keep exploring
KsJs against 5h4h 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
We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 16 specific KJs against 54s 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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