QTs
62.56%
Wins 62.10%, ties 0.92%
65s
37.44%
Wins 36.98%, ties 0.92%
QTs against 65s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTs | 62.097 | 0.920 | 36.983 | 62.557 |
| 65s | 36.983 | 0.920 | 62.097 | 37.443 |
The matchup is suited hands on both sides, QTs against 65s. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits.
A 25.12 point lead is real, and 65s still takes about 370 of every 1,000 deals outright. The tie share is 0.92%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright.
Among the 169 starting hands, QTs is number 34 and 65s is number 128 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| QTs | 17,013,000 | 252,000 | 10,132,000 |
| 65s | 10,132,000 | 252,000 | 17,013,000 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTs | 1.671 | 1.610 | 2.704 | 0.599 |
| 65s | 0.599 | 2.704 | 1.610 | 1.671 |
In the last column, a pot-to-call ratio at or above the figure makes a call break even or better at this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
Split by what the flop looks like, QTs peaks at 70.01% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and bottoms out at 35.28% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). The overall edge for QTs hides low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), where 65s comes out in front.
| Flop | Share of flops | QTs wins | Ties | 65s wins | QTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 69.788 | 0.442 | 29.770 | 70.009 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 34.964 | 0.624 | 64.412 | 35.276 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 61.802 | 0.446 | 37.752 | 62.025 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 58.198 | 3.583 | 38.219 | 59.989 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 63.065 | 2.190 | 34.745 | 64.160 |
Read the flop types this way: rainbow has three suits, two-tone has two cards of one suit, monotone has three, and paired repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
The table below sets each hand against its own random-hand baseline: a change of +3.09 points for QTs, from 59.47%, and -5.69 for 65s, from 43.13%.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTs, all flops | 62.557 | 59.468 | +3.089 | 1.05194 |
| QTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 70.009 | 59.468 | +10.541 | 1.17725 |
| QTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 35.276 | 59.468 | -24.192 | 0.59319 |
| QTs, two-tone | 62.025 | 59.468 | +2.557 | 1.04300 |
| QTs, monotone | 59.989 | 59.468 | +0.521 | 1.00876 |
| QTs, paired | 64.160 | 59.468 | +4.692 | 1.07890 |
| 65s, all flops | 37.443 | 43.133 | -5.690 | 0.86808 |
| 65s, rainbow, ten or higher | 29.991 | 43.133 | -13.142 | 0.69531 |
| 65s, rainbow, nine or lower | 64.724 | 43.133 | +21.591 | 1.50057 |
| 65s, two-tone | 37.975 | 43.133 | -5.158 | 0.88042 |
| 65s, monotone | 40.011 | 43.133 | -3.122 | 0.92762 |
| 65s, paired | 35.840 | 43.133 | -7.293 | 0.83092 |
Does a shared suit matter?
When the hands share a suit, QTs holds 64.80%; when they do not, it holds 61.81%. QTs does better with a shared suit, by 2.99 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | QTs wins | Ties | 65s wins | QTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 64.293 | 1.020 | 34.687 | 64.803 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 61.366 | 0.886 | 37.748 | 61.809 |
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, QTs' average share is $125.12 (a gain of $25.12) and 65s' is $74.88 (a loss of $25.12).
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 621 outright wins for QTs, 370 for 65s, and 9 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
The mirror image, 65s against QTs, is 37.44% to 62.56%, and its address redirects to this page.
Keep exploring
Try QsTs against 6h5h 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.
How this was computed
We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 16 specific QTs against 65s 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.
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