--- title: "QJo vs 76s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjo-vs-76s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjo-vs-76s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "QJo is a big favorite over 76s before the flop: 61.25% to 38.75% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjo-vs-75s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjo-vs-65s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/k9o-vs-76s.md"] --- # QJo vs 76s: preflop equity QJo is a big favorite over 76s before the flop: 61.25% to 38.75% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. If QJo and 76s get all the chips in before the flop, QJo owns 61.25% of the pot in the long run and 76s owns 38.75%. ## QJo against 76s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for QJo against 76s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | QJo | 60.819 | 0.860 | 38.321 | 61.249 | | 76s | 38.321 | 0.860 | 60.819 | 38.751 | We compare an offsuit hand with a suited hand. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits. QJo is ahead, but 76s is far from dead: it takes 383 of every 1,000 deals outright. Ties are 0.86% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot. QJo ranks number 39 of 169 starting hands, and 76s ranks number 115, by equity against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 82,190,592 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | QJo | 49,987,000 | 707,000 | 31,496,000 | | 76s | 31,496,000 | 707,000 | 49,987,000 | Exact total: 48 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. **QJo 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) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | QJo | 1.581 | 1.644 | 2.610 | 0.633 | | 76s | 0.633 | 2.610 | 1.644 | 1.581 | The final column gives the least the pot must offer for each unit called for a call to break even at this equity. ## Who is ahead on which flops By flop texture, QJo's equity runs from 34.52% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) up to 70.08% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. The overall edge for QJo hides low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), where 76s comes out in front. **QJo against 76s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | QJo wins | Ties | 76s wins | QJo equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.717 | 69.869 | 0.425 | 29.706 | 70.081 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.313 | 34.231 | 0.574 | 65.195 | 34.518 | | Two-tone | 46.667 | 59.679 | 0.433 | 39.888 | 59.895 | | Monotone | 5.212 | 58.063 | 2.520 | 39.417 | 59.323 | | Paired | 17.091 | 61.509 | 2.254 | 36.237 | 62.636 | Flop types: rainbow means three different suits, two-tone means one suit twice, monotone means one suit three times, paired means a repeated rank. ## Compared with a random hand Relative to a random opponent, QJo changes by +3.11 points (baseline 58.14%) and 76s by -6.62 points (baseline 45.37%). **QJo 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | QJo, all flops | 61.249 | 58.135 | +3.114 | 1.05356 | | QJo, rainbow, ten or higher | 70.081 | 58.135 | +11.946 | 1.20549 | | QJo, rainbow, nine or lower | 34.518 | 58.135 | -23.617 | 0.59376 | | QJo, two-tone | 59.895 | 58.135 | +1.760 | 1.03027 | | QJo, monotone | 59.323 | 58.135 | +1.188 | 1.02044 | | QJo, paired | 62.636 | 58.135 | +4.501 | 1.07742 | | 76s, all flops | 38.751 | 45.372 | -6.621 | 0.85407 | | 76s, rainbow, ten or higher | 29.919 | 45.372 | -15.453 | 0.65942 | | 76s, rainbow, nine or lower | 65.482 | 45.372 | +20.110 | 1.44322 | | 76s, two-tone | 40.105 | 45.372 | -5.267 | 0.88392 | | 76s, monotone | 40.677 | 45.372 | -4.695 | 0.89652 | | 76s, paired | 37.364 | 45.372 | -8.008 | 0.82350 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Does suit overlap move the numbers? QJo has 61.97% when the hands share a suit and 60.53% when they do not. QJo does better with a shared suit, by 1.44 points. **QJo against 76s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | QJo wins | Ties | 76s wins | QJo equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 24 | 50.00 | 61.519 | 0.902 | 37.579 | 61.970 | | No shared suit | 24 | 50.00 | 60.120 | 0.818 | 39.062 | 60.529 | ## How often this matchup comes up Exactly 48 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0030% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 96, or 0.0059%. ## A worked example Try it with money: two players each put in $100 and the whole board runs out every possible way. QJo averages $122.50 from the $200, up $22.50; 76s averages $77.50, down $22.50. Think in thousands: about 608 of 1,000 go to QJo, about 383 go to 76s, and about 9 are chopped. ## The same matchup from the other side Read it from the other side: 76s against QJo is the same matchup with the numbers swapped, so 76s holds 38.75% and QJo holds 61.25%. That address sends you back to this page. ## Keep exploring Try QsJh against 7d6d 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 QsJh against 7d6d in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=QsJh&p2=7d6d) - [QJo combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/qjo.md) - [76s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/76s.md) - [QJo vs 75s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjo-vs-75s.md) - [QJo vs 65s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjo-vs-65s.md) - [K9o vs 76s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/k9o-vs-76s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed This is an exact count with no sampling. For the 48 ways to deal one QJo and one 76s without reusing a card, grouped by suit pattern, every one of the 1,712,304 possible boards is dealt and both seven-card hands are compared. A tie counts as half a win in the equity column, and each board is counted once under each of its ten three-card flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [QJo vs 75s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjo-vs-75s.md) - [QJo vs 65s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjo-vs-65s.md) - [K9o vs 76s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/k9o-vs-76s.md)