KK vs JJ: pocket kings against pocket jacks
All in before the flop, pocket kings win 81.3%, pocket jacks win 18.2%, and 0.4% of boards split the pot.
KK wins 81.3%Split 0.4%JJ wins 18.2%
Jacks need one of the two jacks left, or a straight or a flush: kings win 81.3%.
Every board, counted
36ways to deal KK against JJ
1,712,304boards for each of them
81.5%KK’s share of the pot, a split counted as half
Nothing here is sampled: every five-card board was dealt for every way the two hands can be held, and each showdown scored with the hand ranking Quads teaches.
Suits move it a little. Pocket kings’s share of the pot runs from 80.9%, with K♠ K♥ against J♦ J♣, to 82.2%, with K♠ K♥ against J♠ J♥.
The two hands
- KK, pocket kingsNumber 2 of 169, and 82.4% of the pot against one random hand.
- JJ, pocket jacksNumber 4 of 169, and 77.5% of the pot against one random hand.
More match-ups with these hands
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