TT
82.00%
Wins 81.75%, ties 0.50%
99
18.00%
Wins 17.75%, ties 0.50%
TT against 99: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT | 81.750 | 0.502 | 17.748 | 82.001 |
| 99 | 17.748 | 0.502 | 81.750 | 17.999 |
The matchup is pocket pairs on both sides, TT against 99. Two pairs against each other is a one-way street: the lower pair needs one of its two remaining cards.
This is one of the lopsided matchups: 99 wins only 17.75% of the boards outright. A split pot comes up on 0.50% of boards, so the wins and the equity differ by half of that.
Among the 169 starting hands, TT is number 5 and 99 is number 6 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| TT | 50,393,000 | 309,000 | 10,940,000 |
| 99 | 10,940,000 | 309,000 | 50,393,000 |
The total is exact: 36 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT | 4.556 | 1.223 | 5.634 | 0.219 |
| 99 | 0.219 | 5.634 | 1.223 | 4.556 |
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
By flop texture, TT's equity runs from 71.00% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) up to 86.51% on paired flops. TT 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 | TT wins | Ties | 99 wins | TT equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 84.364 | 0.242 | 15.394 | 84.485 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 70.546 | 0.897 | 28.557 | 70.995 |
| Two-tone | 46.363 | 80.928 | 0.363 | 18.709 | 81.109 |
| Monotone | 5.152 | 75.390 | 1.750 | 22.860 | 76.265 |
| Paired | 17.576 | 86.151 | 0.724 | 13.125 | 86.513 |
A rainbow flop shows three suits, a two-tone flop repeats one suit, a monotone flop is a single suit, and a paired flop repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
A random hand would give TT 75.01% and 99 72.06%. Against each other the change is +6.99 points for TT and -54.06 for 99.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TT, all flops | 82.001 | 75.012 | +6.989 | 1.09317 |
| TT, rainbow, ten or higher | 84.485 | 75.012 | +9.473 | 1.12629 |
| TT, rainbow, nine or lower | 70.995 | 75.012 | -4.017 | 0.94645 |
| TT, two-tone | 81.109 | 75.012 | +6.097 | 1.08128 |
| TT, monotone | 76.265 | 75.012 | +1.253 | 1.01670 |
| TT, paired | 86.513 | 75.012 | +11.501 | 1.15332 |
| 99, all flops | 17.999 | 72.057 | -54.058 | 0.24979 |
| 99, rainbow, ten or higher | 15.515 | 72.057 | -56.542 | 0.21532 |
| 99, rainbow, nine or lower | 29.005 | 72.057 | -43.052 | 0.40253 |
| 99, two-tone | 18.891 | 72.057 | -53.166 | 0.26217 |
| 99, monotone | 23.735 | 72.057 | -48.322 | 0.32939 |
| 99, paired | 13.487 | 72.057 | -58.570 | 0.18717 |
Does a shared suit matter?
When the hands share a suit, TT holds 82.14%; when they do not, it holds 81.31%. TT does better with a shared suit, by 0.83 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | TT wins | Ties | 99 wins | TT equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 30 | 83.33 | 81.881 | 0.517 | 17.602 | 82.139 |
| No shared suit | 6 | 16.67 | 81.098 | 0.423 | 18.479 | 81.309 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 36 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0022%) are TT against 99, and 72 (0.0044%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, TT's average share is $164.00 (a gain of $64.00) and 99's is $36.00 (a loss of $64.00).
Per 1,000 deals: TT wins about 818, 99 wins about 177, and about 5 end in a split pot.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From 99's side the equity is 18.00%, and from TT's side it is 82.00%.
Keep exploring
TsTh against 9d9c 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
This is an exact count with no sampling. For the 36 ways to deal one TT and one 99 without reusing a card, grouped by suit pattern, every one of the 1,712,304 possible boards is dealt and both seven-card hands are compared. A tie counts as half a win in the equity column, and each board is counted once under each of its ten three-card flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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