--- title: "Q9s vs 76s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/q9s-vs-76s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/q9s-vs-76s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "Q9s is a big favorite over 76s before the flop: 62.05% to 37.95% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/q9s-vs-75s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/q9s-vs-65s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-76s.md"] --- # Q9s vs 76s: preflop equity Q9s is a big favorite over 76s before the flop: 62.05% to 37.95% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Averaged over every possible board, Q9s is ahead of 76s by 24.10 points of equity, 62.05% to 37.95%. ## Q9s against 76s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for Q9s against 76s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Q9s | 61.603 | 0.902 | 37.495 | 62.054 | | 76s | 37.495 | 0.902 | 61.603 | 37.946 | The matchup is suited hands on both sides, Q9s against 76s. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances. That is a modest edge, the kind that shows up over many hands and is easy to miss in one. Split pots make up 0.90% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each. The hand ranking puts Q9s at 43 and 76s at 115 out of 169 starting hands. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Q9s | 16,877,000 | 247,000 | 10,272,000 | | 76s | 10,272,000 | 247,000 | 16,877,000 | The board total is exact, 16 deals at 1,712,304 boards each. Won, tied and lost counts are rounded to the nearest thousand from the five-decimal percentages. **Q9s against 76s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Q9s | 1.635 | 1.623 | 2.667 | 0.611 | | 76s | 0.611 | 2.667 | 1.623 | 1.635 | The last column is the smallest pot odds, written as a pot-to-call ratio, at which a call breaks even with this equity. ## Who is ahead on which flops Split by what the flop looks like, Q9s peaks at 66.47% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and bottoms out at 43.87% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). 76s takes over on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), so the favorite before the flop is the underdog on those boards. **Q9s against 76s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | Q9s wins | Ties | 76s wins | Q9s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.220 | 66.242 | 0.452 | 33.306 | 66.468 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 43.658 | 0.417 | 55.925 | 43.867 | | Two-tone | 46.727 | 61.217 | 0.414 | 38.369 | 61.424 | | Monotone | 5.273 | 57.612 | 3.528 | 38.860 | 59.376 | | Paired | 17.091 | 63.017 | 2.253 | 34.730 | 64.143 | 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 Against one random hand instead, Q9s holds 57.66% and 76s holds 45.37%. Facing each other changes that by +4.39 points for Q9s and -7.42 points for 76s. **Q9s and 76s 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Q9s, all flops | 62.054 | 57.664 | +4.390 | 1.07613 | | Q9s, rainbow, ten or higher | 66.468 | 57.664 | +8.804 | 1.15268 | | Q9s, rainbow, nine or lower | 43.867 | 57.664 | -13.797 | 0.76073 | | Q9s, two-tone | 61.424 | 57.664 | +3.760 | 1.06521 | | Q9s, monotone | 59.376 | 57.664 | +1.712 | 1.02969 | | Q9s, paired | 64.143 | 57.664 | +6.479 | 1.11236 | | 76s, all flops | 37.946 | 45.372 | -7.426 | 0.83633 | | 76s, rainbow, ten or higher | 33.532 | 45.372 | -11.840 | 0.73905 | | 76s, rainbow, nine or lower | 56.133 | 45.372 | +10.761 | 1.23717 | | 76s, two-tone | 38.576 | 45.372 | -6.796 | 0.85022 | | 76s, monotone | 40.624 | 45.372 | -4.748 | 0.89535 | | 76s, paired | 35.857 | 45.372 | -9.515 | 0.79029 | ## Does a shared suit matter? The suit split reads 64.32% for Q9s with a shared suit and 61.30% without one. Q9s does better with a shared suit, by 3.02 points. **Q9s against 76s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | Q9s wins | Ties | 76s wins | Q9s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 63.823 | 0.999 | 35.178 | 64.322 | | No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 60.863 | 0.870 | 38.267 | 61.298 | ## How often this matchup comes up Out of 1,624,350 ways to deal two seats two cards each, 16 are Q9s in one seat and 76s in the other (0.0010%); with the seats swapped too, 32 (0.0020%). ## A worked example To see what the equity is worth, imagine $100 each in a $200 pot. Q9s is worth $124.10 on average (+$24.10); 76s is worth $75.90 (-$24.10). In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 616 won outright by Q9s, about 375 won outright by 76s and about 9 split. ## The same matchup from the other side One page covers both views. From 76s' side the equity is 37.95%, and from Q9s' side it is 62.05%. ## Keep exploring Try Qs9s against 7h6h 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 Qs9s against 7h6h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=Qs9s&p2=7h6h) - [Q9s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/q9s.md) - [76s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/76s.md) - [Q9s vs 75s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/q9s-vs-75s.md) - [Q9s vs 65s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/q9s-vs-65s.md) - [JTs vs 76s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-76s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Nothing here is simulated. The 16 deals of Q9s against 76s fall into a few suit patterns, each dealt against all 1,712,304 boards, with both best five-card hands compared on every board. Ties give each hand half a win, and the flop rows count a board under each of its ten flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [Q9s vs 75s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/q9s-vs-75s.md) - [Q9s vs 65s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/q9s-vs-65s.md) - [JTs vs 76s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/jts-vs-76s.md)