--- title: "KTs vs 64s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-64s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-64s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "KTs is a big favorite over 64s before the flop: 63.14% to 36.86% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-53s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-43s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqo-vs-64s.md"] --- # KTs vs 64s: preflop equity KTs is a big favorite over 64s before the flop: 63.14% to 36.86% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. The exact count puts KTs at 63.14% and 64s at 36.86% when the two hands see all five board cards. ## KTs against 64s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for KTs against 64s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KTs | 62.784 | 0.706 | 36.510 | 63.137 | | 64s | 36.510 | 0.706 | 62.784 | 36.863 | The matchup is suited hands on both sides, KTs against 64s. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits. A 26.28 point lead is real, and 64s still takes about 365 of every 1,000 deals outright. About 0.71% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands. Among the 169 starting hands, KTs is number 22 and 64s is number 138 by strength against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KTs | 17,201,000 | 193,000 | 10,003,000 | | 64s | 10,003,000 | 193,000 | 17,201,000 | 16 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. **KTs against 64s 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 | 1.713 | 1.593 | 2.739 | 0.584 | | 64s | 0.584 | 2.739 | 1.593 | 1.713 | 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 By flop texture, KTs' equity runs from 36.71% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) up to 70.30% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. Watch for low rainbow flops (nine high or lower): on those flops 64s holds the better equity. **KTs against 64s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | KTs wins | Ties | 64s wins | KTs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 70.141 | 0.312 | 29.547 | 70.297 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 36.382 | 0.650 | 62.968 | 36.707 | | Two-tone | 46.727 | 62.306 | 0.352 | 37.342 | 62.482 | | Monotone | 5.273 | 58.544 | 3.526 | 37.930 | 60.307 | | Paired | 17.091 | 64.563 | 1.390 | 34.047 | 65.258 | 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 Each hand has a baseline against a random hand: 61.79% for KTs, 41.33% for 64s. Here the change is +1.35 and -4.47 points. **KTs and 64s 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 | 63.137 | 61.789 | +1.348 | 1.02182 | | KTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 70.297 | 61.789 | +8.508 | 1.13769 | | KTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 36.707 | 61.789 | -25.082 | 0.59407 | | KTs, two-tone | 62.482 | 61.789 | +0.693 | 1.01122 | | KTs, monotone | 60.307 | 61.789 | -1.482 | 0.97602 | | KTs, paired | 65.258 | 61.789 | +3.469 | 1.05614 | | 64s, all flops | 36.863 | 41.333 | -4.470 | 0.89185 | | 64s, rainbow, ten or higher | 29.703 | 41.333 | -11.630 | 0.71863 | | 64s, rainbow, nine or lower | 63.293 | 41.333 | +21.960 | 1.53129 | | 64s, two-tone | 37.518 | 41.333 | -3.815 | 0.90770 | | 64s, monotone | 39.693 | 41.333 | -1.640 | 0.96032 | | 64s, paired | 34.742 | 41.333 | -6.591 | 0.84054 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Split by suits, the deals give KTs 65.46% when the hands overlap in a suit and 62.36% when they do not. KTs does better with a shared suit, by 3.10 points. **KTs against 64s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KTs wins | Ties | 64s wins | KTs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 65.063 | 0.795 | 34.142 | 65.461 | | No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 62.024 | 0.676 | 37.300 | 62.362 | ## How often this matchup comes up Counting specific cards, KTs against 64s appears in 16 of the 1,624,350 ordered heads-up deals (0.0010%), and in 32 when the seats are swapped too (0.0020%). ## A worked example Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, KTs' average share is $126.28 (a gain of $26.28) and 64s' is $73.72 (a loss of $26.28). Scaled to 1,000 deals, that is roughly 628 wins for KTs, 365 for 64s and 7 chopped pots. ## The same matchup from the other side Read it from the other side: 64s against KTs is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so 64s holds 36.86% and KTs holds 63.14%. That address sends you back to this page. ## Keep exploring Try KsTs against 6h4h 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 6h4h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=KsTs&p2=6h4h) - [KTs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kts.md) - [64s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/64s.md) - [KTs vs 53s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-53s.md) - [KTs vs 43s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-43s.md) - [KQo vs 64s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqo-vs-64s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Method: exact enumeration. The 16 specific deals are grouped by suit pattern, each is run against all 1,712,304 boards, and both seven-card hands are scored. Equity adds half of every tie, and flop textures are tallied over the ten flops inside each board. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [KTs vs 53s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-53s.md) - [KTs vs 43s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kts-vs-43s.md) - [KQo vs 64s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kqo-vs-64s.md)