KJs preflop: king-jack suited

King-jack suited has 62.6% against a random hand, the 20th 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 KJs a good hand?

KJs ranks 20th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 12% of hand classes. Classes have different numbers of card combinations; this is not a deal-frequency percentile. First in at 100bb, the charts say: raise from every seat.

What is KJs's equity against AA?

17.5% all in before the flop.

How often does KJs hit the flop?

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

KJs against common hands

for KJs all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA17.5%
  • KK14.3%
  • QQ32.1%
  • JJ35.6%
  • TT46.2%
  • 7748.8%
  • 2251.6%
  • AKs28.8%
  • AKo29.9%
  • AQo40.8%
  • AJo29.7%
  • KQs29.1%
  • KQo30.3%
  • JTs69.4%
  • T9s63.3%
  • 72o69.5%

KJs against every hand

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

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

KJs equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 17AKs 29AQs 38AJs 29ATs 41A9s 43A8s 43A7s 43A6s 43A5s 43A4s 43A3s 43A2s 43
AKo 30KK 14KQs 29KJs 50KTs 70K9s 70K8s 70K7s 70K6s 70K5s 70K4s 70K3s 71K2s 71
AQo 41KQo 30QQ 32QJs 71QTs 62Q9s 63Q8s 64Q7s 64Q6s 64Q5s 64Q4s 64Q3s 65Q2s 65
AJo 30KJo 52QJo 75JJ 36JTs 69J9s 70J8s 71J7s 71J6s 72J5s 72J4s 72J3s 73J2s 73
ATo 44KTo 74QTo 64JTo 73TT 46T9s 63T8s 64T7s 65T6s 66T5s 67T4s 67T3s 67T2s 68
A9o 45K9o 74Q9o 66J9o 74T9o 6699 4798s 6397s 6396s 6495s 6594s 6693s 6692s 67
A8o 46K8o 74Q8o 67J8o 75T8o 6798o 6688 4987s 6286s 6385s 6484s 6583s 6682s 66
A7o 46K7o 74Q7o 67J7o 75T7o 6897o 6687o 6577 4976s 6275s 6374s 6473s 6572s 66
A6o 46K6o 74Q6o 67J6o 76T6o 6996o 6786o 6676o 6566 5065s 6264s 6363s 6462s 66
A5o 46K5o 74Q5o 67J5o 76T5o 7095o 6885o 6775o 6665o 6555 5054s 6253s 6352s 64
A4o 46K4o 74Q4o 67J4o 77T4o 7094o 6984o 6874o 6764o 6654o 6544 5043s 6342s 65
A3o 46K3o 75Q3o 68J3o 77T3o 7093o 7083o 6973o 6863o 6753o 6643o 6633 5132s 65
A2o 46K2o 75Q2o 68J2o 78T2o 7192o 7082o 7072o 7062o 6952o 6742o 6832o 6822 52

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, KJs has and KJo has 60.57%: 2.00 percentage points more for KJs.

against one to eight random opponents

Hover or tap the plot to inspect a value. Use the opponent slider with the arrow keys for the same values.

0%25%50%75%100%12345678OpponentsKJs, 1 opponent: 62.57%KJs, 2 opponents: 45.88%KJs, 3 opponents: 36.84%KJs, 4 opponents: 30.95%KJs, 5 opponents: 27.05%KJs, 6 opponents: 23.84%KJs, 7 opponents: 21.33%KJs, 8 opponents: 19.56%KJo, 1 opponent: 60.57%KJo, 2 opponents: 43.28%KJo, 3 opponents: 33.52%KJo, 4 opponents: 27.48%KJo, 5 opponents: 23.59%KJo, 6 opponents: 20.11%KJo, 7 opponents: 17.54%KJo, 8 opponents: 15.67%
  • KJs: 62.57%
  • KJo: 60.57%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsKJsKJo
162.57%60.57%
245.88%43.28%
336.84%33.52%
430.95%27.48%
527.05%23.59%
623.84%20.11%
721.33%17.54%
819.56%15.67%

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.

KJs versus KJo: what suited changes

Against a random hand, KJs has 62.57% and KJo has 60.57%: a 2.00 percentage-point advantage for KJs. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
KJs10.94%0.83%
KJo2.24%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.

KJs on the flop

The best five-card hand KJs 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 draw3.6%
  • Gutshot12.6%

How to play KJs

Suited cards close in rank make straights and flushes more often than other unpaired hands, and seldom make a strong one pair.

First in

Raise from every seat.

Facing a raise

3-bet from middle position and the cutoff; 3-bet 85% and call 15% from the button; 3-bet 65% and call 35% from the small blind; 3-bet 60% and call 40% from the big blind.

Facing a 3-bet

Call from under the gun, middle position, the cutoff and the big blind; call 85% and 4-bet 15% from the button.

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

What each chart does with KJs

Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays KJs 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