KJs
63.30%
Wins 62.95%, ties 0.70%
T9s
36.70%
Wins 36.35%, ties 0.70%
KJs against T9s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 62.951 | 0.700 | 36.349 | 63.301 |
| T9s | 36.349 | 0.700 | 62.951 | 36.699 |
Here suited hands face each other, KJs on one side and T9s on the other. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances.
That is a modest edge, the kind that shows up over many hands and is easy to miss in one. Ties are part of the picture: 0.70% of boards end in a split pot, and each side counts that as half a win.
Ranked by equity against a random hand, KJs is number 20 of the 169 starting hands and T9s is number 64.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 17,247,000 | 192,000 | 9,958,000 |
| T9s | 9,958,000 | 192,000 | 17,247,000 |
Exact total: 16 deals times 1,712,304 boards. The other three counts come from the five-decimal percentages and are rounded to the nearest thousand, so read them as approximate.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs | 1.725 | 1.589 | 2.751 | 0.580 |
| T9s | 0.580 | 2.751 | 1.589 | 1.725 |
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
Rainbow flops topped by a ten or better are the best for KJs (66.58%); low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the worst (53.89%). KJs stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | KJs wins | Ties | T9s wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 66.430 | 0.290 | 33.280 | 66.575 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 53.531 | 0.715 | 45.754 | 53.889 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 62.460 | 0.347 | 37.193 | 62.634 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 58.521 | 3.465 | 38.014 | 60.254 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 64.683 | 1.376 | 33.941 | 65.371 |
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
A random hand would give KJs 62.57% and T9s 54.03%. Against each other the change is +0.73 points for KJs and -17.33 for T9s.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KJs, all flops | 63.301 | 62.567 | +0.734 | 1.01173 |
| KJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 66.575 | 62.567 | +4.008 | 1.06406 |
| KJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 53.889 | 62.567 | -8.678 | 0.86130 |
| KJs, two-tone | 62.634 | 62.567 | +0.067 | 1.00107 |
| KJs, monotone | 60.254 | 62.567 | -2.313 | 0.96303 |
| KJs, paired | 65.371 | 62.567 | +2.804 | 1.04482 |
| T9s, all flops | 36.699 | 54.028 | -17.329 | 0.67926 |
| T9s, rainbow, ten or higher | 33.425 | 54.028 | -20.603 | 0.61866 |
| T9s, rainbow, nine or lower | 46.111 | 54.028 | -7.917 | 0.85346 |
| T9s, two-tone | 37.366 | 54.028 | -16.662 | 0.69160 |
| T9s, monotone | 39.746 | 54.028 | -14.282 | 0.73566 |
| T9s, paired | 34.629 | 54.028 | -19.399 | 0.64095 |
Does a shared suit matter?
The suit split reads 65.72% for KJs with a shared suit and 62.50% without one. KJs does better with a shared suit, by 3.22 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KJs wins | Ties | T9s wins | KJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 65.322 | 0.785 | 33.893 | 65.715 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 62.161 | 0.671 | 37.168 | 62.496 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 16 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0010%) are KJs against T9s, and 32 (0.0020%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, KJs' average share is $126.60 (a gain of $26.60) and T9s' is $73.40 (a loss of $26.60).
A thousand deals look like this: KJs takes 630, T9s takes 363, 7 are ties.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From T9s' side the equity is 36.70%, and from KJs' side it is 63.30%.
Keep exploring
KsJs against Th9h 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 T9s 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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