QTs
70.17%
Wins 68.37%, ties 3.60%
JTs
29.83%
Wins 28.03%, ties 3.60%
QTs against JTs: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTs | 68.368 | 3.601 | 28.031 | 70.168 |
| JTs | 28.031 | 3.601 | 68.368 | 29.832 |
QTs and JTs are both suited hands. Sharing a rank is the signature of a dominated hand, since the weaker hand is usually out-kicked when the shared rank shows up.
QTs is the clear favorite, though JTs gets there on roughly one board in 3. Ties are part of the picture: 3.60% of boards end in a split pot, and each side counts that as half a win.
By strength against a random hand, QTs holds place 34 of 169 and JTs holds place 45.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| QTs | 14,048,000 | 740,000 | 5,760,000 |
| JTs | 5,760,000 | 740,000 | 14,048,000 |
12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTs | 2.352 | 1.463 | 3.567 | 0.425 |
| JTs | 0.425 | 3.567 | 1.463 | 2.352 |
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
Across the five flop textures QTs' equity moves by 15.66 points, from 63.35% on monotone flops to 79.01% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). QTs 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 | QTs wins | Ties | JTs wins | QTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.138 | 67.649 | 3.636 | 28.715 | 69.467 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 78.515 | 0.987 | 20.498 | 79.009 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 67.659 | 2.732 | 29.609 | 69.025 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 60.775 | 5.149 | 34.076 | 63.349 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 68.968 | 6.592 | 24.440 | 72.264 |
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
Against one random hand instead, QTs holds 59.47% and JTs holds 57.53%. Facing each other changes that by +10.70 points for QTs and -27.70 points for JTs.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QTs, all flops | 70.168 | 59.468 | +10.700 | 1.17993 |
| QTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 69.467 | 59.468 | +9.999 | 1.16814 |
| QTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 79.009 | 59.468 | +19.541 | 1.32860 |
| QTs, two-tone | 69.025 | 59.468 | +9.557 | 1.16071 |
| QTs, monotone | 63.349 | 59.468 | +3.881 | 1.06526 |
| QTs, paired | 72.264 | 59.468 | +12.796 | 1.21517 |
| JTs, all flops | 29.832 | 57.528 | -27.696 | 0.51856 |
| JTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 30.533 | 57.528 | -26.995 | 0.53075 |
| JTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 20.991 | 57.528 | -36.537 | 0.36488 |
| JTs, two-tone | 30.975 | 57.528 | -26.553 | 0.53843 |
| JTs, monotone | 36.651 | 57.528 | -20.877 | 0.63710 |
| JTs, paired | 27.736 | 57.528 | -29.792 | 0.48213 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Every legal deal of QTs against JTs leaves the hands with no suit in common, so the suit split does not apply here.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | QTs wins | Ties | JTs wins | QTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 68.368 | 3.601 | 28.031 | 70.168 |
How often this matchup comes up
This page stands for 12 specific-card matchups (0.0007% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 24 once you count the seats both ways (0.0015%).
A worked example
To see what the equity is worth, imagine $100 each in a $200 pot. QTs is worth $140.34 on average (+$40.34); JTs is worth $59.66 (-$40.34).
Over a long run, 1,000 deals split into about 684 for QTs, 280 for JTs and 36 tied.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From JTs' side the equity is 29.83%, and from QTs' side it is 70.17%.
Keep exploring
QsTs against JhTh is a ready-made deal for the calculator, with no suit in common between the hands. The neighboring matchups below replace one hand with another of similar strength.
How this was computed
We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 12 specific QTs against JTs 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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