KTs
62.86%
Wins 62.52%, ties 0.68%
98s
37.14%
Wins 36.80%, ties 0.68%
KTs against 98s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KTs | 62.518 | 0.680 | 36.802 | 62.858 |
| 98s | 36.802 | 0.680 | 62.518 | 37.142 |
Both hands are suited hands: KTs and 98s. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits.
The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. Ties are 0.68% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
Among the 169 starting hands, KTs is number 22 and 98s is number 83 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| KTs | 17,128,000 | 186,000 | 10,083,000 |
| 98s | 10,083,000 | 186,000 | 17,128,000 |
The total is exact: 16 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.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KTs | 1.692 | 1.600 | 2.717 | 0.591 |
| 98s | 0.591 | 2.717 | 1.600 | 1.692 |
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
If you know the kind of flop that came, the numbers shift: KTs holds 68.81% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and 41.28% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). Low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) favor 98s, the hand that is behind overall.
| Flop | Share of flops | KTs wins | Ties | 98s wins | KTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 68.647 | 0.318 | 31.035 | 68.806 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 41.019 | 0.525 | 58.456 | 41.281 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 62.018 | 0.328 | 37.654 | 62.182 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 58.164 | 3.457 | 38.379 | 59.892 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 64.354 | 1.362 | 34.284 | 65.035 |
A rainbow flop shows three suits, a two-tone flop repeats one suit, a monotone flop is a single suit, and a paired flop repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 61.79%, KTs changes by +1.07 points, and 98s, from 50.80%, by -13.66.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KTs, all flops | 62.858 | 61.789 | +1.069 | 1.01730 |
| KTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 68.806 | 61.789 | +7.017 | 1.11356 |
| KTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 41.281 | 61.789 | -20.508 | 0.66810 |
| KTs, two-tone | 62.182 | 61.789 | +0.393 | 1.00636 |
| KTs, monotone | 59.892 | 61.789 | -1.897 | 0.96930 |
| KTs, paired | 65.035 | 61.789 | +3.246 | 1.05253 |
| 98s, all flops | 37.142 | 50.801 | -13.659 | 0.73113 |
| 98s, rainbow, ten or higher | 31.194 | 50.801 | -19.607 | 0.61404 |
| 98s, rainbow, nine or lower | 58.719 | 50.801 | +7.918 | 1.15586 |
| 98s, two-tone | 37.818 | 50.801 | -12.983 | 0.74443 |
| 98s, monotone | 40.108 | 50.801 | -10.693 | 0.78951 |
| 98s, paired | 34.965 | 50.801 | -15.836 | 0.68827 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Split by suits, the deals give KTs 65.23% when the hands overlap in a suit and 62.07% when they do not. KTs does better with a shared suit, by 3.16 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KTs wins | Ties | 98s wins | KTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 64.849 | 0.765 | 34.386 | 65.232 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 61.741 | 0.652 | 37.607 | 62.067 |
How often this matchup comes up
The class pair covers 16 combinations of specific cards in a fixed seat order, 0.0010% of 1,624,350, and 32 (0.0020%) in either order.
A worked example
Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, KTs' average share is $125.72 (a gain of $25.72) and 98s' is $74.28 (a loss of $25.72).
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 625 outright wins for KTs, 368 for 98s, and 7 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
The mirror image, 98s against KTs, is 37.14% to 62.86%, and its address redirects to this page.
Keep exploring
Open the calculator with KsTs against 9h8h already entered, a deal with no shared suit, and change any card to try your own hand. The matchups after it each swap one hand for a nearby one in the ranking.
How this was computed
All 1,712,304 five-card boards are dealt for every suit pattern among the 16 specific deals of KTs against 98s, and both hands are scored on each. That is a full count, so the percentages are exact. Ties are half a win each, and each board appears once per flop it contains.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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