--- title: "KK vs JTo: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-jto.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-jto" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "KK is a big favorite over JTo before the flop: 84.25% to 15.75% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-t9s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-33.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qq-vs-jto.md"] --- # KK vs JTo: preflop equity KK is a big favorite over JTo before the flop: 84.25% to 15.75% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Over all 1,712,304 boards that can follow this deal, KK finishes with 84.25% of the pot and JTo with 15.75%. ## KK against JTo: the numbers **Exact preflop results for KK against JTo, in percent** | 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. **Boards behind the percentages: 123,285,888 counted in all** | 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. **KK against JTo read as odds** | 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. **KK against JTo by flop texture, in percent** | 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. **KK and JTo 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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. **KK against JTo by suit overlap, in percent** | 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. - [Open KsKh against JdTc in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=KsKh&p2=JdTc) - [KK combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kk.md) - [JTo combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/jto.md) - [KK vs T9s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-t9s.md) - [KK vs 33](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-33.md) - [QQ vs JTo](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qq-vs-jto.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## 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. ## Related - [KK vs T9s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-t9s.md) - [KK vs 33: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kk-vs-33.md) - [QQ vs JTo: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qq-vs-jto.md)