KJs
63.29%
Wins 62.96%, ties 0.67%
86s
36.71%
Wins 36.37%, ties 0.67%
KJs against 86s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 62.957 | 0.671 | 36.372 | 63.292 |
| 86s | 36.372 | 0.671 | 62.957 | 36.708 |
Two suited hands meet here: KJs against 86s. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances.
The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. Split pots make up 0.67% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each.
By strength against a random hand, KJs holds place 20 of 169 and 86s holds place 110.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 17,248,000 | 184,000 | 9,965,000 |
| 86s | 9,965,000 | 184,000 | 17,248,000 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 1.724 | 1.588 | 2.749 | 0.580 |
| 86s | 0.580 | 2.749 | 1.588 | 1.724 |
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
By flop texture, KJs' equity runs from 37.02% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) up to 70.57% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. 86s 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 | 86s wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 70.433 | 0.269 | 29.298 | 70.568 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 36.699 | 0.633 | 62.668 | 37.015 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 62.571 | 0.317 | 37.112 | 62.730 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 58.752 | 3.458 | 37.790 | 60.481 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 64.249 | 1.370 | 34.381 | 64.934 |
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
Compared with a random opponent, this matchup shifts KJs from 62.57% by +0.72 points and 86s from 46.24% by -9.53 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs, all flops | 63.292 | 62.567 | +0.725 | 1.01159 |
| KJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 70.568 | 62.567 | +8.001 | 1.12788 |
| KJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 37.015 | 62.567 | -25.552 | 0.59161 |
| KJs, two-tone | 62.730 | 62.567 | +0.163 | 1.00261 |
| KJs, monotone | 60.481 | 62.567 | -2.086 | 0.96666 |
| KJs, paired | 64.934 | 62.567 | +2.367 | 1.03783 |
| 86s, all flops | 36.708 | 46.243 | -9.535 | 0.79381 |
| 86s, rainbow, ten or higher | 29.432 | 46.243 | -16.811 | 0.63646 |
| 86s, rainbow, nine or lower | 62.985 | 46.243 | +16.742 | 1.36204 |
| 86s, two-tone | 37.270 | 46.243 | -8.973 | 0.80596 |
| 86s, monotone | 39.519 | 46.243 | -6.724 | 0.85459 |
| 86s, paired | 35.066 | 46.243 | -11.177 | 0.75830 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Of the deals of this matchup, 4 share a suit (KJs at 65.64%) and 12 do not (62.51%). KJs does better with a shared suit, by 3.13 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KJs wins | Ties | 86s wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 65.257 | 0.758 | 33.985 | 65.636 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 62.190 | 0.642 | 37.168 | 62.511 |
How often this matchup comes up
This page stands for 16 specific-card matchups (0.0010% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 32 once you count the seats both ways (0.0020%).
A worked example
Take a $200 pot built from $100 each. KJs' equity of 63.29% is worth $126.58, a $26.58 edge, and 86s' 36.71% is worth $73.42, which is $26.58 under its stake.
In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 629 won outright by KJs, about 364 won outright by 86s and about 7 split.
The same matchup from the other side
Read it from the other side: 86s against KJs is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so 86s holds 36.71% and KJs holds 63.29%. That address sends you back to this page.
Keep exploring
Open the calculator with KsJs against 8h6h already entered, a deal with no shared suit, and change any card to try your own hand. The matchups after it each swap one hand for a nearby one in the ranking.
How this was computed
Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 16 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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