KK
79.06%
Wins 78.88%, ties 0.37%
97s
20.94%
Wins 20.75%, ties 0.37%
KK against 97s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KK | 78.876 | 0.366 | 20.758 | 79.059 |
| 97s | 20.758 | 0.366 | 78.876 | 20.941 |
We compare a pocket pair with a suited hand. A pair against two lower cards is a lopsided matchup: the pair is ahead and the other hand has no overcard to catch.
A lead of 58.12 points is large but not decisive: 97s still takes about 207 of every 1,000 deals. Ties are 0.37% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
Ranked by equity against a random hand, KK is number 2 of the 169 starting hands and 97s is number 94.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KK | 32,414,000 | 150,000 | 8,531,000 |
| 97s | 8,531,000 | 150,000 | 32,414,000 |
24 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KK | 3.775 | 1.268 | 4.817 | 0.265 |
| 97s | 0.265 | 4.817 | 1.268 | 3.775 |
The last column is the break-even price: the pot odds a call needs to offer, as a ratio of pot to call.
Who is ahead on which flops
Break the boards down by their first three cards and KK is strongest on paired flops (83.09%) and weakest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (71.20%). KK stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | KK wins | Ties | 97s wins | KK equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 82.901 | 0.204 | 16.895 | 83.003 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 70.857 | 0.678 | 28.465 | 71.196 |
| Two-tone | 46.545 | 76.994 | 0.284 | 22.722 | 77.136 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 72.551 | 2.391 | 25.058 | 73.746 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 83.041 | 0.092 | 16.867 | 83.087 |
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
The table below sets each hand against its own random-hand baseline: a change of -3.34 points for KK, from 82.40%, and -28.18 for 97s, from 49.12%.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KK, all flops | 79.059 | 82.396 | -3.337 | 0.95950 |
| KK, rainbow, ten or higher | 83.003 | 82.396 | +0.607 | 1.00737 |
| KK, rainbow, nine or lower | 71.196 | 82.396 | -11.200 | 0.86407 |
| KK, two-tone | 77.136 | 82.396 | -5.260 | 0.93616 |
| KK, monotone | 73.746 | 82.396 | -8.650 | 0.89502 |
| KK, paired | 83.087 | 82.396 | +0.691 | 1.00839 |
| 97s, all flops | 20.941 | 49.118 | -28.177 | 0.42634 |
| 97s, rainbow, ten or higher | 16.997 | 49.118 | -32.121 | 0.34604 |
| 97s, rainbow, nine or lower | 28.804 | 49.118 | -20.314 | 0.58642 |
| 97s, two-tone | 22.864 | 49.118 | -26.254 | 0.46549 |
| 97s, monotone | 26.254 | 49.118 | -22.864 | 0.53451 |
| 97s, paired | 16.913 | 49.118 | -32.205 | 0.34433 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Does suit overlap move the numbers? KK has 79.64% when the hands share a suit and 78.48% when they do not. KK does better with a shared suit, by 1.16 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KK wins | Ties | 97s wins | KK equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 79.431 | 0.407 | 20.162 | 79.635 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 78.321 | 0.324 | 21.355 | 78.483 |
How often this matchup comes up
This page stands for 24 specific-card matchups (0.0015% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 48 once you count the seats both ways (0.0030%).
A worked example
Put $100 each into a $200 pot and deal every board once: KK averages $158.12 back, ahead of its $100 by $58.12, while 97s averages $41.88, short of its $100 by $58.12.
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 789 for KK, 207 for 97s and 4 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From 97s' side the equity is 20.94%, and from KK's side it is 79.06%.
Keep exploring
The calculator link fills in KsKh against 9d7d, a deal where the two hands share no suit. Change any card to test your own hand. The neighboring matchups below swap one of the two hands for one of similar strength.
How this was computed
Nothing here is simulated. The 24 deals of KK against 97s 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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