--- title: "QJs vs 54s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjs-vs-54s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjs-vs-54s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "QJs is a big favorite over 54s 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/qjs-vs-64s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjs-vs-53s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/k9s-vs-54s.md"] --- # QJs vs 54s: preflop equity QJs is a big favorite over 54s 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, QJs is ahead of 54s by 24.10 points of equity, 62.05% to 37.95%. ## QJs against 54s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for QJs against 54s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | QJs | 61.570 | 0.953 | 37.477 | 62.047 | | 54s | 37.477 | 0.953 | 61.570 | 37.953 | This is a contest between two suited hands, QJs and 54s. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other. The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. Split pots make up 0.95% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each. In the ranking of all 169 starting hands, QJs is number 28 and 54s is number 136. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | QJs | 16,868,000 | 261,000 | 10,268,000 | | 54s | 10,268,000 | 261,000 | 16,868,000 | 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. **QJs against 54s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | QJs | 1.635 | 1.624 | 2.668 | 0.612 | | 54s | 0.612 | 2.668 | 1.624 | 1.635 | 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 QJs prefers rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, where it holds 69.02%, and likes low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) least, where it holds 35.76%. On low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) the numbers flip and 54s is the one ahead. **QJs against 54s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | QJs wins | Ties | 54s wins | QJs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 68.799 | 0.437 | 30.764 | 69.017 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 35.322 | 0.867 | 63.811 | 35.756 | | Two-tone | 46.727 | 61.179 | 0.487 | 38.334 | 61.423 | | Monotone | 5.273 | 57.738 | 3.669 | 38.593 | 59.573 | | Paired | 17.091 | 63.113 | 2.168 | 34.719 | 64.197 | 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 How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 60.26%, QJs changes by +1.79 points, and 54s, from 41.45%, by -3.50. **QJs and 54s 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | QJs, all flops | 62.047 | 60.259 | +1.788 | 1.02967 | | QJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 69.017 | 60.259 | +8.758 | 1.14534 | | QJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 35.756 | 60.259 | -24.503 | 0.59337 | | QJs, two-tone | 61.423 | 60.259 | +1.164 | 1.01932 | | QJs, monotone | 59.573 | 60.259 | -0.686 | 0.98862 | | QJs, paired | 64.197 | 60.259 | +3.938 | 1.06535 | | 54s, all flops | 37.953 | 41.453 | -3.500 | 0.91557 | | 54s, rainbow, ten or higher | 30.983 | 41.453 | -10.470 | 0.74742 | | 54s, rainbow, nine or lower | 64.244 | 41.453 | +22.791 | 1.54980 | | 54s, two-tone | 38.577 | 41.453 | -2.876 | 0.93062 | | 54s, monotone | 40.427 | 41.453 | -1.026 | 0.97525 | | 54s, paired | 35.803 | 41.453 | -5.650 | 0.86370 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Of the deals of this matchup, 4 share a suit (QJs at 64.24%) and 12 do not (61.32%). QJs does better with a shared suit, by 2.92 points. **QJs against 54s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | QJs wins | Ties | 54s wins | QJs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 63.710 | 1.055 | 35.235 | 64.238 | | No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 60.856 | 0.920 | 38.224 | 61.316 | ## How often this matchup comes up Exactly 16 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0010% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 32, or 0.0020%. ## A worked example Try it with money: two players each put in $100 and the whole board runs out every possible way. QJs averages $124.10 from the $200, up $24.10; 54s averages $75.90, down $24.10. Over a long run, 1,000 deals split into about 616 for QJs, 375 for 54s and 9 tied. ## The same matchup from the other side 54s versus QJs is this same page seen from the other hand: 37.95% for 54s, 62.05% for QJs. ## Keep exploring Open the calculator with QsJs against 5h4h 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. - [Open QsJs against 5h4h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=QsJs&p2=5h4h) - [QJs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/qjs.md) - [54s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/54s.md) - [QJs vs 64s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjs-vs-64s.md) - [QJs vs 53s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjs-vs-53s.md) - [K9s vs 54s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/k9s-vs-54s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 16 specific QJs against 54s deals meets all 1,712,304 boards, and the better five-card hand wins; a split pot is half a win each. The flop table reads each board under all ten of its three-card flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [QJs vs 64s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjs-vs-64s.md) - [QJs vs 53s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/qjs-vs-53s.md) - [K9s vs 54s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/k9s-vs-54s.md)