Pocket jacks (JJ)

Number 4 of the 169 starting hands, by its odds against one random hand.

J♠J♥
Two jacks: a pocket pair.

77.5%of the pot against one random hand, a split counted as halfWins 77.2%, ties 0.6%

1 in 221hands you are dealt is JJ

Learn when to raise JJ in five minutes

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Against three hands

Every board, for every way the two hands can be dealt. Any other hands: the poker odds calculator.

When to raise it

The Quads starting hands chart raises it first in from every seat.

First in at 6-max, by seat. The regular's row is the Quads starting hands chart.
EarlyMiddleLateBlinds
RegularRaiseRaiseRaiseRaise
NitRaiseRaiseRaiseRaise
Calling stationRaiseRaiseRaiseRaise
ManiacRaiseRaiseRaiseRaise

How often you get it

J♠J♥J♠J♦J♠J♣J♥J♦J♥J♣J♦J♣
Any two of the four jacks: 6 deals.
JJ among the 169

6 of the 1,326 two-card deals, 0.5% of hands. One place stronger: QQ, number 3. One place weaker: TT, number 5. All 169, on the grid.

Its match-ups

In the glossary: pocket pair, equity and range. More: the starting hands chart, the odds calculator and every all-in match-up.

A five-minute lesson: Where they raised from

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