KJs
43.40%
Wins 43.16%, ties 0.49%
A6s
56.60%
Wins 56.35%, ties 0.49%
KJs against A6s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 43.155 | 0.491 | 56.354 | 43.401 |
| A6s | 56.354 | 0.491 | 43.155 | 56.599 |
Each side holds one of the suited hands: KJs and A6s. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other.
A 13.20 point lead is real, and KJs still takes about 432 of every 1,000 deals outright. Ties are 0.49% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
In the ranking of all 169 starting hands, KJs is number 20 and A6s is number 31.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 11,823,000 | 135,000 | 15,439,000 |
| A6s | 15,439,000 | 135,000 | 11,823,000 |
The board total is exact, 16 deals at 1,712,304 boards each. Won, tied and lost counts are rounded to the nearest thousand from the five-decimal percentages.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 0.767 | 2.317 | 1.774 | 1.304 |
| A6s | 1.304 | 1.774 | 2.317 | 0.767 |
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
Split by what the flop looks like, A6s peaks at 74.47% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) and bottoms out at 50.30% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. A6s stays ahead on all five textures, but the swing between them is large, so how the flop looks matters a great deal.
| Flop | Share of flops | KJs wins | Ties | A6s wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 49.654 | 0.096 | 50.250 | 49.702 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 25.070 | 0.915 | 74.015 | 25.527 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 44.501 | 0.252 | 55.247 | 44.627 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 44.185 | 3.406 | 52.409 | 45.888 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 37.533 | 0.624 | 61.843 | 37.845 |
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 -19.17 points and A6s from 59.91% by -3.31 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs, all flops | 43.401 | 62.567 | -19.166 | 0.69367 |
| KJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 49.702 | 62.567 | -12.865 | 0.79438 |
| KJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 25.527 | 62.567 | -37.040 | 0.40799 |
| KJs, two-tone | 44.627 | 62.567 | -17.940 | 0.71327 |
| KJs, monotone | 45.888 | 62.567 | -16.679 | 0.73342 |
| KJs, paired | 37.845 | 62.567 | -24.722 | 0.60487 |
| A6s, all flops | 56.599 | 59.906 | -3.307 | 0.94480 |
| A6s, rainbow, ten or higher | 50.298 | 59.906 | -9.608 | 0.83962 |
| A6s, rainbow, nine or lower | 74.473 | 59.906 | +14.567 | 1.24316 |
| A6s, two-tone | 55.373 | 59.906 | -4.533 | 0.92433 |
| A6s, monotone | 54.112 | 59.906 | -5.794 | 0.90328 |
| A6s, paired | 62.155 | 59.906 | +2.249 | 1.03754 |
Does a shared suit matter?
When the hands share a suit, A6s holds 58.45%; when they do not, it holds 55.98%. A6s does better with a shared suit, by 2.47 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KJs wins | Ties | A6s wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 41.262 | 0.569 | 58.169 | 41.546 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 43.786 | 0.465 | 55.749 | 44.019 |
How often this matchup comes up
Exactly 16 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0010% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 32, or 0.0020%.
A worked example
To see what the equity is worth, imagine $100 each in a $200 pot. A6s is worth $113.20 on average (+$13.20); KJs is worth $86.80 (-$13.20).
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 563 outright wins for A6s, 432 for KJs, and 5 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From A6s' side the equity is 56.60%, and from KJs' side it is 43.40%.
Keep exploring
KsJs against Ah6h 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
Nothing here is simulated. The 16 deals of KJs against A6s fall into a few suit patterns, each dealt against all 1,712,304 boards, with both best five-card hands compared on every board. Ties give each hand half a win, and the flop rows count a board under each of its ten flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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