KJs
61.59%
Wins 61.23%, ties 0.72%
QTs
38.41%
Wins 38.05%, ties 0.72%
KJs against QTs: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 61.228 | 0.718 | 38.054 | 61.587 |
| QTs | 38.054 | 0.718 | 61.228 | 38.413 |
Each side holds one of the suited hands: KJs and QTs. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances.
KJs is ahead, but QTs is far from dead: it takes 381 of every 1,000 deals outright. The tie share is 0.72%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright.
By strength against a random hand, KJs holds place 20 of 169 and QTs holds place 34.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 16,775,000 | 197,000 | 10,426,000 |
| QTs | 10,426,000 | 197,000 | 16,775,000 |
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 | 1.603 | 1.633 | 2.628 | 0.624 |
| QTs | 0.624 | 2.628 | 1.633 | 1.603 |
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, KJs peaks at 72.72% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) and bottoms out at 58.04% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. KJs stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | KJs wins | Ties | QTs wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.138 | 57.914 | 0.254 | 41.832 | 58.041 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 72.265 | 0.901 | 26.834 | 72.716 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 60.564 | 0.370 | 39.066 | 60.749 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 56.743 | 3.474 | 39.783 | 58.480 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 63.896 | 1.363 | 34.741 | 64.578 |
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
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 62.57%, KJs changes by -0.98 points, and QTs, from 59.47%, by -21.06.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs, all flops | 61.587 | 62.567 | -0.980 | 0.98434 |
| KJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 58.041 | 62.567 | -4.526 | 0.92766 |
| KJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 72.716 | 62.567 | +10.149 | 1.16221 |
| KJs, two-tone | 60.749 | 62.567 | -1.818 | 0.97094 |
| KJs, monotone | 58.480 | 62.567 | -4.087 | 0.93468 |
| KJs, paired | 64.578 | 62.567 | +2.011 | 1.03214 |
| QTs, all flops | 38.413 | 59.468 | -21.055 | 0.64594 |
| QTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 41.959 | 59.468 | -17.509 | 0.70557 |
| QTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 27.284 | 59.468 | -32.184 | 0.45880 |
| QTs, two-tone | 39.251 | 59.468 | -20.217 | 0.66004 |
| QTs, monotone | 41.520 | 59.468 | -17.948 | 0.69819 |
| QTs, paired | 35.422 | 59.468 | -24.046 | 0.59565 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Of the deals of this matchup, 4 share a suit (KJs at 63.91%) and 12 do not (60.81%). KJs does better with a shared suit, by 3.10 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KJs wins | Ties | QTs wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 63.508 | 0.805 | 35.687 | 63.911 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 60.468 | 0.689 | 38.843 | 60.812 |
How often this matchup comes up
The class pair covers 16 combinations of specific cards in a fixed seat order, 0.0010% of 1,624,350, and 32 (0.0020%) in either order.
A worked example
To see what the equity is worth, imagine $100 each in a $200 pot. KJs is worth $123.18 on average (+$23.18); QTs is worth $76.82 (-$23.18).
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 612 for KJs, 381 for QTs and 7 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
QTs versus KJs is this same page seen from the other hand: 38.41% for QTs, 61.59% for KJs.
Keep exploring
Try KsJs against QhTh in the calculator: the hands share no suit, and every card can be changed. The links after it are the closest matchups in the ranking.
How this was computed
All 1,712,304 five-card boards are dealt for every suit pattern among the 16 specific deals of KJs against QTs, and both hands are scored on each. That is a full count, so the percentages are exact. Ties are half a win each, and each board appears once per flop it contains.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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