--- title: "KJs vs 86s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-86s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-86s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "KJs is a big favorite over 86s before the flop: 63.29% to 36.71% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-76s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-75s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a8s-vs-86s.md"] --- # KJs vs 86s: preflop equity KJs is a big favorite over 86s before the flop: 63.29% to 36.71% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. In equity, KJs against 86s stands at 63.29% to 36.71%, a gap of 26.58 points. ## KJs against 86s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for KJs against 86s, in percent** | 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. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | 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. **KJs against 86s read as odds** | 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. **KJs against 86s by flop texture, in percent** | 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. **KJs and 86s here compared with each against a random hand, in percent** | 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. **KJs against 86s by suit overlap, in percent** | 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. - [Open KsJs against 8h6h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=KsJs&p2=8h6h) - [KJs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kjs.md) - [86s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/86s.md) - [KJs vs 76s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-76s.md) - [KJs vs 75s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-75s.md) - [A8s vs 86s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a8s-vs-86s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## 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. ## Related - [KJs vs 76s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-76s.md) - [KJs vs 75s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-75s.md) - [A8s vs 86s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a8s-vs-86s.md)