J2s preflop: jack-two suited

Jack-two suited has 47.4% against a random hand, the 104th 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 J2s a good hand?

J2s ranks 104th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 62% 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 every seat.

What is J2s's equity against AA?

15.8% all in before the flop.

How often does J2s hit the flop?

J2s makes one pair or better on 47.0% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.6%.

J2s against common hands

for J2s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA15.8%
  • KK15.8%
  • QQ15.6%
  • JJ11.3%
  • TT30.6%
  • 7732.4%
  • 2237.1%
  • AKs33.1%
  • AKo35.5%
  • AQo35.2%
  • AJo27.1%
  • KQs32.3%
  • KQo34.6%
  • JTs29.8%
  • T9s54.0%
  • 72o74.5%

J2s against every hand

Each cell is J2s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands J2s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

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

J2s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 16AKs 33AQs 33AJs 26ATs 36A9s 37A8s 37A7s 37A6s 38A5s 36A4s 36A3s 37A2s 28
AKo 35KK 16KQs 32KJs 27KTs 35K9s 36K8s 37K7s 37K6s 37K5s 37K4s 37K3s 37K2s 28
AQo 35KQo 35QQ 16QJs 27QTs 34Q9s 35Q8s 36Q7s 37Q6s 37Q5s 37Q4s 37Q3s 37Q2s 28
AJo 27KJo 28QJo 28JJ 11JTs 30J9s 32J8s 35J7s 38J6s 42J5s 44J4s 47J3s 47J2s 50
ATo 38KTo 37QTo 36JTo 31TT 31T9s 54T8s 55T7s 56T6s 57T5s 59T4s 59T3s 59T2s 71
A9o 40K9o 39Q9o 38J9o 33T9o 5799 3198s 5497s 5596s 5695s 5894s 5993s 5992s 71
A8o 40K8o 40Q8o 39J8o 36T8o 5898o 5788 3287s 5486s 5585s 5684s 5883s 5982s 70
A7o 40K7o 40Q7o 40J7o 39T7o 5997o 5887o 5777 3276s 5475s 5574s 5673s 5872s 70
A6o 40K6o 40Q6o 40J6o 44T6o 6096o 5986o 5876o 5766 3365s 5564s 5663s 5762s 69
A5o 39K5o 40Q5o 39J5o 47T5o 6195o 6085o 5975o 5865o 5755 3454s 5553s 5652s 68
A4o 39K4o 40Q4o 40J4o 49T4o 6194o 6284o 6074o 5964o 5954o 5844 3443s 5642s 68
A3o 39K3o 40Q3o 40J3o 50T3o 6293o 6283o 6273o 6063o 6053o 5943o 5933 3532s 69
A2o 29K2o 29Q2o 29J2o 53T2o 7592o 7582o 7572o 7562o 7452o 7242o 7232o 7322 37

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, J2s has and J2o has 44.35%: 3.03 percentage points more for J2s.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678OpponentsJ2s, 1 opponent: 47.38%J2s, 2 opponents: 30.39%J2s, 3 opponents: 22.67%J2s, 4 opponents: 18.40%J2s, 5 opponents: 15.66%J2s, 6 opponents: 13.82%J2s, 7 opponents: 12.44%J2s, 8 opponents: 11.14%J2o, 1 opponent: 44.35%J2o, 2 opponents: 26.33%J2o, 3 opponents: 18.48%J2o, 4 opponents: 14.26%J2o, 5 opponents: 11.41%J2o, 6 opponents: 9.71%J2o, 7 opponents: 8.23%J2o, 8 opponents: 7.20%
  • J2s: 47.38%
  • J2o: 44.35%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsJ2sJ2o
147.38%44.35%
230.39%26.33%
322.67%18.48%
418.40%14.26%
515.66%11.41%
613.82%9.71%
712.44%8.23%
811.14%7.20%

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.

J2s versus J2o: what suited changes

Against a random hand, J2s has 47.38% and J2o has 44.35%: a 3.03 percentage-point advantage for J2s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
J2s10.94%0.84%
J2o2.24%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.

J2s on the flop

The best five-card hand J2s holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • High card53.0%
  • One pair40.4%
  • Two pair4.0%
  • Three of a kind1.6%
  • Flush0.8%
  • Full house0.1%
  • Four of a kind0.0%
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 draw1.3%
  • Gutshot5.1%

How to play J2s

The charts below show where this hand is worth playing.

First in

Fold from every seat.

Facing a raise

Fold from middle position, the cutoff, the button and the small blind; fold 75% and call 25% from the big blind.

Facing a 3-bet

Fold from every seat.

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

What each chart does with J2s

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