T9s
64.04%
Wins 63.16%, ties 1.77%
43s
35.96%
Wins 35.07%, ties 1.77%
T9s against 43s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T9s | 63.159 | 1.770 | 35.071 | 64.044 |
| 43s | 35.071 | 1.770 | 63.159 | 35.956 |
This is a contest between two suited hands, T9s and 43s. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances.
T9s is ahead, but 43s is far from dead: it takes 351 of every 1,000 deals outright. About 1.77% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands.
Place 64 of 169 belongs to T9s and place 150 belongs to 43s in the ranking against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| T9s | 17,304,000 | 485,000 | 9,608,000 |
| 43s | 9,608,000 | 485,000 | 17,304,000 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T9s | 1.781 | 1.583 | 2.851 | 0.561 |
| 43s | 0.561 | 2.851 | 1.583 | 1.781 |
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
Rainbow flops topped by a ten or better are the best for T9s (67.58%); low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the worst (52.38%). T9s 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 | T9s wins | Ties | 43s wins | T9s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.220 | 67.011 | 1.140 | 31.849 | 67.581 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 52.089 | 0.589 | 47.322 | 52.384 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 63.192 | 0.948 | 35.860 | 63.666 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 59.260 | 4.067 | 36.673 | 61.294 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 62.272 | 4.630 | 33.098 | 64.587 |
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
Against one random hand instead, T9s holds 54.03% and 43s holds 38.64%. Facing each other changes that by +10.01 points for T9s and -2.68 points for 43s.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T9s, all flops | 64.044 | 54.028 | +10.016 | 1.18539 |
| T9s, rainbow, ten or higher | 67.581 | 54.028 | +13.553 | 1.25085 |
| T9s, rainbow, nine or lower | 52.384 | 54.028 | -1.644 | 0.96957 |
| T9s, two-tone | 63.666 | 54.028 | +9.638 | 1.17839 |
| T9s, monotone | 61.294 | 54.028 | +7.266 | 1.13449 |
| T9s, paired | 64.587 | 54.028 | +10.559 | 1.19544 |
| 43s, all flops | 35.956 | 38.642 | -2.686 | 0.93049 |
| 43s, rainbow, ten or higher | 32.419 | 38.642 | -6.223 | 0.83896 |
| 43s, rainbow, nine or lower | 47.616 | 38.642 | +8.974 | 1.23223 |
| 43s, two-tone | 36.334 | 38.642 | -2.308 | 0.94027 |
| 43s, monotone | 38.706 | 38.642 | +0.064 | 1.00166 |
| 43s, paired | 35.413 | 38.642 | -3.229 | 0.91644 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Looking only at deals where the hands share a suit, T9s has 66.47%; looking only at deals where they do not, 63.23%. T9s does better with a shared suit, by 3.24 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | T9s wins | Ties | 43s wins | T9s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 65.515 | 1.913 | 32.572 | 66.472 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 62.373 | 1.722 | 35.905 | 63.234 |
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
Put $100 each into a $200 pot and deal every board once: T9s averages $128.08 back, ahead of its $100 by $28.08, while 43s averages $71.92, short of its $100 by $28.08.
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 631 outright wins for T9s, 351 for 43s, and 18 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
The mirror image, 43s against T9s, is 35.96% to 64.04%, and its address redirects to this page.
Keep exploring
Try Ts9s against 4h3h 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
Nothing here is simulated. The 16 deals of T9s against 43s fall into a few suit patterns, each dealt against all 1,712,304 boards, with both best five-card hands compared on every board. Ties give each hand half a win, and the flop rows count a board under each of its ten flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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