KJs
62.71%
Wins 62.37%, ties 0.69%
98s
37.29%
Wins 36.94%, ties 0.69%
KJs against 98s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 62.370 | 0.685 | 36.945 | 62.712 |
| 98s | 36.945 | 0.685 | 62.370 | 37.288 |
Here suited hands face each other, KJs on one side and 98s on the other. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits.
That is a modest edge, the kind that shows up over many hands and is easy to miss in one. Ties are 0.69% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
By strength against a random hand, KJs holds place 20 of 169 and 98s holds place 83.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 17,087,000 | 188,000 | 10,122,000 |
| 98s | 10,122,000 | 188,000 | 17,087,000 |
16 specific deals times 1,712,304 boards gives the exact total. The won, tied and lost counts are approximations from the five-decimal percentages, 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 | 1.682 | 1.603 | 2.707 | 0.595 |
| 98s | 0.595 | 2.707 | 1.603 | 1.682 |
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
Break the boards down by their first three cards and KJs is strongest on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better (68.76%) and weakest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (40.70%). Watch for low rainbow flops (nine high or lower): on those flops 98s holds the better equity.
| Flop | Share of flops | KJs wins | Ties | 98s wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 68.609 | 0.297 | 31.094 | 68.757 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 40.369 | 0.652 | 58.979 | 40.695 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 61.908 | 0.336 | 37.756 | 62.076 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 58.161 | 3.461 | 38.378 | 59.891 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 64.079 | 1.357 | 34.564 | 64.758 |
Read the flop types this way: rainbow has three suits, two-tone has two cards of one suit, monotone has three, and paired repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
Against one random hand instead, KJs holds 62.57% and 98s holds 50.80%. Facing each other changes that by +0.14 points for KJs and -13.51 points for 98s.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs, all flops | 62.712 | 62.567 | +0.145 | 1.00232 |
| KJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 68.757 | 62.567 | +6.190 | 1.09893 |
| KJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 40.695 | 62.567 | -21.872 | 0.65042 |
| KJs, two-tone | 62.076 | 62.567 | -0.491 | 0.99215 |
| KJs, monotone | 59.891 | 62.567 | -2.676 | 0.95723 |
| KJs, paired | 64.758 | 62.567 | +2.191 | 1.03502 |
| 98s, all flops | 37.288 | 50.801 | -13.513 | 0.73400 |
| 98s, rainbow, ten or higher | 31.243 | 50.801 | -19.558 | 0.61501 |
| 98s, rainbow, nine or lower | 59.305 | 50.801 | +8.504 | 1.16740 |
| 98s, two-tone | 37.924 | 50.801 | -12.877 | 0.74652 |
| 98s, monotone | 40.109 | 50.801 | -10.692 | 0.78953 |
| 98s, paired | 35.242 | 50.801 | -15.559 | 0.69373 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Does suit overlap move the numbers? KJs has 65.04% when the hands share a suit and 61.94% when they do not. KJs does better with a shared suit, by 3.10 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KJs wins | Ties | 98s wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 64.650 | 0.772 | 34.578 | 65.036 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 61.609 | 0.657 | 37.734 | 61.938 |
How often this matchup comes up
Out of 1,624,350 ways to deal two seats two cards each, 16 are KJs in one seat and 98s in the other (0.0010%); with the seats swapped too, 32 (0.0020%).
A worked example
To see what the equity is worth, imagine $100 each in a $200 pot. KJs is worth $125.42 on average (+$25.42); 98s is worth $74.58 (-$25.42).
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 624 for KJs, 369 for 98s and 7 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
Swap the hands and you get 98s with 37.29% against KJs with 62.71%. We keep one page per matchup, with the better-ranked hand first.
Keep exploring
KsJs against 9h8h 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
Method: exact enumeration. The 16 specific deals are grouped by suit pattern, each is run against all 1,712,304 boards, and both seven-card hands are scored. Equity adds half of every tie, and flop textures are tallied over the ten flops inside each board.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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