--- title: "TT vs AJs: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-ajs.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-ajs" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "Who is ahead, TT or AJs? TT leads 54.22% to 45.78% before the flop, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-ako.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-ats.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-ajs.md"] --- # TT vs AJs: preflop equity Who is ahead, TT or AJs? TT leads 54.22% to 45.78% before the flop, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Averaged over every possible board, TT is ahead of AJs by 8.44 points of equity, 54.22% to 45.78%. ## TT against AJs: the numbers **Exact preflop results for TT against AJs, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TT | 54.018 | 0.397 | 45.585 | 54.216 | | AJs | 45.585 | 0.397 | 54.018 | 45.784 | The matchup pits a pocket pair against a suited hand. A pair against two higher cards is the classic race: the pair is usually a small favorite or close to even, and each overcard that pairs is a way to take the lead. That is a slim edge: neither hand is far ahead. Of every 100 boards, about 0.40 are split pots, and the equity figures already include them. By strength against a random hand, TT holds place 5 of 169 and AJs holds place 11. **Boards behind the percentages: 41,095,296 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TT | 22,199,000 | 163,000 | 18,733,000 | | AJs | 18,733,000 | 163,000 | 22,199,000 | The total is exact: 24 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. **TT against AJs read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TT | 1.184 | 1.851 | 2.194 | 0.844 | | AJs | 0.844 | 2.194 | 1.851 | 1.184 | 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 The flop changes the picture. TT does best on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), at 71.66%, and worst on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, at 48.73%. AJs is ahead on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, even though it trails TT when every flop is counted. **TT against AJs by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | TT wins | Ties | AJs wins | TT equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.138 | 48.657 | 0.135 | 51.208 | 48.725 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.771 | 71.199 | 0.923 | 27.878 | 71.660 | | Two-tone | 46.545 | 51.926 | 0.304 | 47.770 | 52.078 | | Monotone | 5.212 | 51.339 | 2.391 | 46.270 | 52.534 | | Paired | 17.334 | 59.894 | 0.164 | 39.942 | 59.976 | 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 Start from the random-hand figures, 75.01% for TT and 65.39% for AJs. This opponent changes them by -20.79 and -19.61 points. **TT and AJs here compared with each against a random hand, in percent** | Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | TT, all flops | 54.216 | 75.012 | -20.796 | 0.72276 | | TT, rainbow, ten or higher | 48.725 | 75.012 | -26.287 | 0.64956 | | TT, rainbow, nine or lower | 71.660 | 75.012 | -3.352 | 0.95531 | | TT, two-tone | 52.078 | 75.012 | -22.934 | 0.69426 | | TT, monotone | 52.534 | 75.012 | -22.478 | 0.70034 | | TT, paired | 59.976 | 75.012 | -15.036 | 0.79955 | | AJs, all flops | 45.784 | 65.393 | -19.609 | 0.70014 | | AJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 51.275 | 65.393 | -14.118 | 0.78411 | | AJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 28.340 | 65.393 | -37.053 | 0.43338 | | AJs, two-tone | 47.922 | 65.393 | -17.471 | 0.73283 | | AJs, monotone | 47.466 | 65.393 | -17.927 | 0.72586 | | AJs, paired | 40.024 | 65.393 | -25.369 | 0.61205 | ## Does a shared suit matter? Looking only at deals where the hands share a suit, TT has 54.37%; looking only at deals where they do not, 54.07%. TT does better with a shared suit, by 0.30 points. **TT against AJs by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | TT wins | Ties | AJs wins | TT equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 54.148 | 0.439 | 45.413 | 54.368 | | No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 53.887 | 0.356 | 45.757 | 54.065 | ## How often this matchup comes up Counting specific cards, TT against AJs appears in 24 of the 1,624,350 ordered heads-up deals (0.0015%), and in 48 when the seats are swapped too (0.0030%). ## A worked example Take a $200 pot built from $100 each. TT's equity of 54.22% is worth $108.44, a $8.44 edge, and AJs' 45.78% is worth $91.56, which is $8.44 under its stake. Think in thousands: about 540 of 1,000 go to TT, about 456 go to AJs, and about 4 are chopped. ## The same matchup from the other side The reversed view, AJs against TT, shows 45.78% for AJs and 54.22% for TT. It is the same count, so it redirects here. ## Keep exploring Try TsTh against AdJd 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. - [Open TsTh against AdJd in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=TsTh&p2=AdJd) - [TT combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/tt.md) - [AJs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/ajs.md) - [TT vs AKo](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-ako.md) - [TT vs ATs](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-ats.md) - [99 vs AJs](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-ajs.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 24 specific deals, group them by suit pattern, deal all 1,712,304 boards against each, and compare the two seven-card hands. Equity counts a tie as half a win; the flop rows use every one of a board's ten flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [TT vs AKo: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-ako.md) - [TT vs ATs: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/tt-vs-ats.md) - [99 vs AJs: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/99-vs-ajs.md)