--- title: "KJs vs QTs: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-qts.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-qts" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "KJs is a big favorite over QTs before the flop: 61.59% to 38.41% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-a4s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-a3s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a8s-vs-qts.md"] --- # KJs vs QTs: preflop equity KJs is a big favorite over QTs before the flop: 61.59% to 38.41% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Averaged over every possible board, KJs is ahead of QTs by 23.18 points of equity, 61.59% to 38.41%. ## KJs against QTs: the numbers **Exact preflop results for KJs against QTs, in percent** | 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. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | 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. **KJs against QTs 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 | 1.603 | 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. **KJs against QTs by flop texture, in percent** | 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. **KJs and QTs 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 | 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. **KJs against QTs by suit overlap, in percent** | 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. - [Open KsJs against QhTh in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=KsJs&p2=QhTh) - [KJs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kjs.md) - [QTs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/qts.md) - [KJs vs A4s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-a4s.md) - [KJs vs A3s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-a3s.md) - [A8s vs QTs](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a8s-vs-qts.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## 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. ## Related - [KJs vs A4s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-a4s.md) - [KJs vs A3s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-a3s.md) - [A8s vs QTs: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a8s-vs-qts.md)