96s preflop: nine-six suited

Nine-six suited has 47.4% against a random hand, the 103rd best of the 169 starting hands. Below are its odds against every hand and on the flop, and what the charts do with it from each seat.

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Quick answers

Is 96s a good hand?

96s ranks 103rd of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 61% of hand classes. Classes have different numbers of card combinations; this is not a deal-frequency percentile. First in at 100bb, the charts say: fold from under the gun, middle position, the cutoff and the small blind; raise 85% and fold 15% from the button.

What is 96s's equity against AA?

19.6% all in before the flop.

How often does 96s hit the flop?

96s makes one pair or better on 47.6% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 7.2%.

96s against common hands

for 96s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA19.6%
  • KK19.7%
  • QQ19.5%
  • JJ19.2%
  • TT18.1%
  • 7733.4%
  • 2251.5%
  • AKs36.6%
  • AKo39.1%
  • AQo39.1%
  • AJo38.8%
  • KQs36.0%
  • KQo38.5%
  • JTs33.7%
  • T9s30.2%
  • 72o67.4%

96s against every hand

Each cell is 96s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands 96s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up

96s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 20AKs 37AQs 37AJs 36ATs 36A9s 30A8s 39A7s 39A6s 31A5s 42A4s 43A3s 43A2s 44
AKo 39KK 20KQs 36KJs 36KTs 36K9s 30K8s 40K7s 39K6s 31K5s 43K4s 44K3s 44K2s 44
AQo 39KQo 38QQ 19QJs 35QTs 35Q9s 31Q8s 39Q7s 39Q6s 31Q5s 43Q4s 43Q3s 43Q2s 44
AJo 39KJo 38QJo 37JJ 19JTs 34J9s 30J8s 38J7s 38J6s 32J5s 43J4s 43J3s 43J2s 44
ATo 39KTo 38QTo 37JTo 36TT 18T9s 30T8s 37T7s 38T6s 31T5s 43T4s 43T3s 43T2s 44
A9o 31K9o 32Q9o 32J9o 31T9o 3199 1598s 3597s 3896s 5095s 5994s 5993s 5992s 60
A8o 42K8o 42Q8o 41J8o 40T8o 3998o 3788 3387s 5786s 6885s 6284s 6383s 6482s 64
A7o 42K7o 42Q7o 42J7o 41T7o 4097o 4087o 5977 3376s 6675s 6174s 6273s 6372s 64
A6o 32K6o 32Q6o 33J6o 33T6o 3296o 5286o 7176o 7066 3765s 6664s 6863s 6862s 69
A5o 45K5o 46Q5o 45J5o 45T5o 4695o 6285o 6575o 6465o 7055 4954s 6253s 6352s 64
A4o 46K4o 46Q4o 46J4o 46T4o 4694o 6384o 6674o 6564o 7254o 6544 5043s 6342s 64
A3o 46K3o 46Q3o 46J3o 46T3o 4693o 6383o 6773o 6663o 7253o 6643o 6633 5132s 64
A2o 46K2o 47Q2o 47J2o 46T2o 4792o 6382o 6772o 6762o 7352o 6742o 6732o 6722 51

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, 96s has and 96o has 44.49%: 2.94 percentage points more for 96s.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678Opponents96s, 1 opponent: 47.43%96s, 2 opponents: 31.81%96s, 3 opponents: 24.90%96s, 4 opponents: 20.56%96s, 5 opponents: 17.28%96s, 6 opponents: 15.23%96s, 7 opponents: 13.47%96s, 8 opponents: 12.42%96o, 1 opponent: 44.49%96o, 2 opponents: 28.57%96o, 3 opponents: 20.84%96o, 4 opponents: 16.45%96o, 5 opponents: 13.59%96o, 6 opponents: 11.40%96o, 7 opponents: 9.70%96o, 8 opponents: 8.62%
  • 96s: 47.43%
  • 96o: 44.49%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents96s96o
147.43%44.49%
231.81%28.57%
324.90%20.84%
420.56%16.45%
517.28%13.59%
615.23%11.40%
713.47%9.70%
812.42%8.62%

The one-opponent values are exact. Two to eight opponents use 100,000 seeded deals per point; small differences can be sampling noise. All opponents have random hands. These curves do not measure profit or account for position, betting or opponents folding.

96s versus 96o: what suited changes

Against a random hand, 96s has 47.43% and 96o has 44.49%: a 2.94 percentage-point advantage for 96s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
96s10.94%0.83%
96o2.24%0.00%

All 19,600 flops are counted. A flush draw has four cards of one suit, uses at least one hole card, and has not already made a flush or better. The flush column excludes straight flushes.

96s on the flop

The best five-card hand 96s holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • High card52.4%
  • One pair40.4%
  • Two pair4.0%
  • Three of a kind1.6%
  • Straight0.6%
  • Flush0.8%
  • Full house0.1%
  • Four of a kind0.0%
  • Straight flush0.0%
Draws on the flop, counted only when the hand has not already made that straight or flush or better.
  • Flush draw10.9%
  • Open-ended straight draw4.9%
  • Gutshot13.9%

How to play 96s

The charts below show where this hand is worth playing.

First in

Fold from under the gun, middle position, the cutoff and the small blind; raise 85% and fold 15% from the button.

Facing a raise

Fold from middle position, the cutoff, the button and the small blind; call 70% and fold 30% from the big blind.

Facing a 3-bet

Fold from under the gun, middle position, the cutoff and the big blind; call 60% and fold 40% from the button.

From the six-handed 100bb charts. A percentage means the chart mixes actions with this hand.

What each chart does with 96s

Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays 96s more than one way.

Where these numbers come from

Heads-up equity comes from the same preflop table the odds calculator uses, which averages each pair of hands over every board and suit pattern. Against a random hand, your own two cards make some hands less likely: holding an ace leaves three aces for the other player, so each hand counts once for every way it can still be dealt. Equity against several players is sampled with a fixed seed, so it can move by a few tenths of a point from the exact figure. The flop figures count every one of the 19,600 flops.

All 169 starting hands