KK
84.25%
Wins 84.06%, ties 0.39%
JTo
15.75%
Wins 15.55%, ties 0.39%
KK against JTo: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KK | 84.055 | 0.385 | 15.560 | 84.247 |
| JTo | 15.560 | 0.385 | 84.055 | 15.753 |
KK, a pocket pair, plays JTo, an offsuit hand. The pair outranks both of the other hand's cards, which is why the pair is a strong favorite.
KK is a big favorite here before anyone sees a flop. The tie share is 0.39%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright.
For context, KK sits at number 2 of 169 starting hands and JTo at number 57 when each is run against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KK | 103,628,000 | 475,000 | 19,183,000 |
| JTo | 19,183,000 | 475,000 | 103,628,000 |
Exact total: 72 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KK | 5.348 | 1.190 | 6.427 | 0.187 |
| JTo | 0.187 | 6.427 | 1.190 | 5.348 |
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
Low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the best for KK (88.65%); monotone flops are the worst (79.23%). KK stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | KK wins | Ties | JTo wins | KK equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.260 | 82.519 | 0.162 | 17.319 | 82.600 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 88.148 | 0.997 | 10.855 | 88.646 |
| Two-tone | 46.485 | 83.408 | 0.355 | 16.237 | 83.585 |
| Monotone | 5.151 | 78.368 | 1.729 | 19.903 | 79.233 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 87.703 | 0.092 | 12.205 | 87.749 |
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
A random hand would give KK 82.40% and JTo 55.25%. Against each other the change is +1.85 points for KK and -39.50 for JTo.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KK, all flops | 84.247 | 82.396 | +1.851 | 1.02246 |
| KK, rainbow, ten or higher | 82.600 | 82.396 | +0.204 | 1.00248 |
| KK, rainbow, nine or lower | 88.646 | 82.396 | +6.250 | 1.07585 |
| KK, two-tone | 83.585 | 82.396 | +1.189 | 1.01443 |
| KK, monotone | 79.233 | 82.396 | -3.163 | 0.96161 |
| KK, paired | 87.749 | 82.396 | +5.353 | 1.06497 |
| JTo, all flops | 15.753 | 55.248 | -39.495 | 0.28513 |
| JTo, rainbow, ten or higher | 17.400 | 55.248 | -37.848 | 0.31494 |
| JTo, rainbow, nine or lower | 11.354 | 55.248 | -43.894 | 0.20551 |
| JTo, two-tone | 16.415 | 55.248 | -38.833 | 0.29711 |
| JTo, monotone | 20.767 | 55.248 | -34.481 | 0.37589 |
| JTo, paired | 12.251 | 55.248 | -42.997 | 0.22175 |
Does a shared suit matter?
When the hands share a suit, KK holds 84.39%; when they do not, it holds 83.53%. KK does better with a shared suit, by 0.86 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KK wins | Ties | JTo wins | KK equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 60 | 83.33 | 84.190 | 0.401 | 15.409 | 84.391 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 16.67 | 83.374 | 0.306 | 16.320 | 83.527 |
How often this matchup comes up
Counting specific cards, KK against JTo appears in 72 of the 1,624,350 ordered heads-up deals (0.0044%), and in 144 when the seats are swapped too (0.0089%).
A worked example
A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says KK gets $168.50 of it on average and JTo gets $31.50.
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 840 for KK, 156 for JTo and 4 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
The reversed view, JTo against KK, shows 15.75% for JTo and 84.25% for KK. It is the same count, so it redirects here.
Keep exploring
KsKh against JdTc 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
The page is built from a full enumeration: 1,712,304 boards, every suit pattern of the 72 specific deals, both seven-card hands evaluated. A tie is worth half a win to each hand, and a board is tallied under each of its ten possible flops for the texture rows.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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