67.55%
Wins 67.35%, ties 0.41%
KTs
32.45%
Wins 32.24%, ties 0.41%
QQ against KTs: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67.347 | 0.413 | 32.240 | 67.554 | |
| KTs | 32.240 | 0.413 | 67.347 | 32.446 |
QQ, a pocket pair, plays KTs, a suited hand. The pair sits between the other hand's two cards: one is higher and one is lower, so the pair is exposed to the higher card.
QQ is the clear favorite, though KTs gets there on roughly one board in 3. Ties are 0.41% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
By strength against a random hand, QQ holds place 3 of 169 and KTs holds place 22.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27,676,000 | 170,000 | 13,249,000 | |
| KTs | 13,249,000 | 170,000 | 27,676,000 |
24 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.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.082 | 1.485 | 3.102 | 0.480 | |
| KTs | 0.480 | 3.102 | 1.485 | 2.082 |
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
Split by what the flop looks like, QQ peaks at 81.27% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) and bottoms out at 62.82% on monotone flops. QQ stays ahead on all five textures, but the swing between them is large, so how the flop looks matters a great deal.
| Flop | Share of flops | QQ wins | Ties | KTs wins | QQ equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.138 | 64.560 | 0.149 | 35.291 | 64.634 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 80.761 | 1.022 | 18.217 | 81.272 |
| Two-tone | 46.545 | 65.423 | 0.335 | 34.242 | 65.591 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 61.618 | 2.412 | 35.970 | 62.824 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 71.944 | 0.099 | 27.957 | 71.994 |
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
Compared with a random opponent, this matchup shifts QQ from 79.93% by -12.38 points and KTs from 61.79% by -29.34 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QQ, all flops | 67.554 | 79.925 | -12.371 | 0.84522 |
| QQ, rainbow, ten or higher | 64.634 | 79.925 | -15.291 | 0.80868 |
| QQ, rainbow, nine or lower | 81.272 | 79.925 | +1.347 | 1.01685 |
| QQ, two-tone | 65.591 | 79.925 | -14.334 | 0.82066 |
| QQ, monotone | 62.824 | 79.925 | -17.101 | 0.78604 |
| QQ, paired | 71.994 | 79.925 | -7.931 | 0.90077 |
| KTs, all flops | 32.446 | 61.789 | -29.343 | 0.52511 |
| KTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 35.366 | 61.789 | -26.423 | 0.57237 |
| KTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 18.728 | 61.789 | -43.061 | 0.30310 |
| KTs, two-tone | 34.409 | 61.789 | -27.380 | 0.55688 |
| KTs, monotone | 37.176 | 61.789 | -24.613 | 0.60166 |
| KTs, paired | 28.006 | 61.789 | -33.783 | 0.45325 |
Does a shared suit matter?
When the hands share a suit, QQ holds 67.80%; when they do not, it holds 67.31%. QQ does better with a shared suit, by 0.49 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | QQ wins | Ties | KTs wins | QQ equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 67.570 | 0.453 | 31.977 | 67.796 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 67.125 | 0.373 | 32.502 | 67.311 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 24 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0015%) are QQ against KTs, and 48 (0.0030%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
Take a $200 pot built from $100 each. QQ's equity of 67.55% is worth $135.10, a $35.10 edge, and KTs' 32.45% is worth $64.90, which is $35.10 under its stake.
In 1,000 deals of exactly this matchup, expect about 674 won outright by QQ, about 322 won outright by KTs and about 4 split.
The same matchup from the other side
KTs versus QQ is this same page seen from the other hand: 32.45% for KTs, 67.55% for QQ.
Keep exploring
The calculator link fills in QsQh against KdTd, a deal where the two hands share no suit. Change any card to test your own hand. The neighboring matchups below swap one of the two hands for one of similar strength.
How this was computed
The figures are counted, not estimated: 1,712,304 boards for every suit pattern of the 24 specific deals, with both seven-card hands compared each time. Equity gives half a win for a tie. For the flop rows, a board is counted once under each of the ten flops inside it.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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