--- title: "KTs vs 33: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-33.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-33" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "KTs vs 33 is close to a coin flip before the flop: 51.25% to 48.76% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-t8s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-t9o.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqo-vs-33.md"] --- # KTs vs 33: preflop equity KTs vs 33 is close to a coin flip before the flop: 51.25% to 48.76% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Averaged over every possible board, KTs is ahead of 33 by 2.50 points of equity, 51.25% to 48.75%. ## KTs against 33: the numbers **Exact preflop results for KTs against 33, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KTs | 50.863 | 0.764 | 48.373 | 51.245 | | 33 | 48.373 | 0.764 | 50.863 | 48.755 | Here a suited hand (KTs) meets a pocket pair (33). A pair against two higher cards is the classic race: the pair is usually a small favorite or close to even, and each overcard that pairs is a way to take the lead. KTs leads by less than 3 points of equity, so the result of any one deal is close to a toss-up. Split pots make up 0.76% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each. Place 22 of 169 belongs to KTs and place 66 belongs to 33 in the ranking against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 41,095,296 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KTs | 20,902,000 | 314,000 | 19,879,000 | | 33 | 19,879,000 | 314,000 | 20,902,000 | The total is exact: 24 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. **KTs against 33 read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KTs | 1.051 | 1.966 | 2.067 | 0.951 | | 33 | 0.951 | 2.067 | 1.966 | 1.051 | 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 Split by what the flop looks like, KTs peaks at 56.70% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and bottoms out at 25.65% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). The overall edge for KTs hides low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) and paired flops, where 33 comes out in front. **KTs against 33 by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | KTs wins | Ties | 33 wins | KTs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 56.519 | 0.358 | 43.123 | 56.698 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 25.208 | 0.878 | 73.914 | 25.647 | | Two-tone | 46.545 | 52.151 | 0.435 | 47.414 | 52.368 | | Monotone | 5.212 | 49.268 | 3.259 | 47.473 | 50.897 | | Paired | 17.334 | 49.204 | 1.430 | 49.366 | 49.919 | 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 Relative to a random opponent, KTs changes by -10.54 points (baseline 61.79%) and 33 by -4.94 points (baseline 53.69%). **KTs and 33 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KTs, all flops | 51.245 | 61.789 | -10.544 | 0.82935 | | KTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 56.698 | 61.789 | -5.091 | 0.91761 | | KTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 25.647 | 61.789 | -36.142 | 0.41507 | | KTs, two-tone | 52.368 | 61.789 | -9.421 | 0.84753 | | KTs, monotone | 50.897 | 61.789 | -10.892 | 0.82372 | | KTs, paired | 49.919 | 61.789 | -11.870 | 0.80789 | | 33, all flops | 48.755 | 53.693 | -4.938 | 0.90803 | | 33, rainbow, ten or higher | 43.302 | 53.693 | -10.391 | 0.80647 | | 33, rainbow, nine or lower | 74.353 | 53.693 | +20.660 | 1.38478 | | 33, two-tone | 47.632 | 53.693 | -6.061 | 0.88712 | | 33, monotone | 49.103 | 53.693 | -4.590 | 0.91451 | | 33, paired | 50.081 | 53.693 | -3.612 | 0.93273 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Two kinds of deal exist here. In 12 of them the hands share a suit and KTs holds 51.08%. In 12 they do not, and it holds 51.41%. KTs does better with no shared suit, by 0.33 points. **KTs against 33 by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KTs wins | Ties | 33 wins | KTs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 50.678 | 0.795 | 48.527 | 51.076 | | No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 51.048 | 0.733 | 48.219 | 51.414 | ## How often this matchup comes up You will meet this exact matchup 0.0030% of the time in a random heads-up deal: 48 of 1,624,350, counting either seat order. ## A worked example Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, KTs' average share is $102.50 (a gain of $2.50) and 33's is $97.50 (a loss of $2.50). Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 508 for KTs, 484 for 33 and 8 ties. ## The same matchup from the other side 33 against KTs adds nothing new: it is 48.75% for 33 and 51.25% for KTs, the same figures reversed. ## Keep exploring Try KsTs against 3h3d 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 KsTs against 3h3d in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=KsTs&p2=3h3d) - [KTs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kts.md) - [33 combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/33.md) - [KTs vs T8s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-t8s.md) - [KTs vs T9o](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-t9o.md) - [KQo vs 33](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqo-vs-33.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 24 specific deals, group them by suit pattern, deal all 1,712,304 boards against each, and compare the two seven-card hands. Equity counts a tie as half a win; the flop rows use every one of a board's ten flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [KTs vs T8s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-t8s.md) - [KTs vs T9o: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-t9o.md) - [KQo vs 33: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqo-vs-33.md)