Q9o preflop: queen-nine offsuit

Queen-nine offsuit has 55.4% against a random hand, the 56th 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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Is Q9o a good hand?

Q9o ranks 56th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 33% 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 the button and the small blind; fold from under the gun, middle position and the cutoff.

What is Q9o's equity against AA?

14.9% all in before the flop.

How often does Q9o hit the flop?

Q9o makes one pair or better on 46.8% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.4%.

Q9o against common hands

for Q9o all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA14.9%
  • KK13.7%
  • QQ9.3%
  • JJ28.5%
  • TT28.4%
  • 7746.1%
  • 2249.3%
  • AKs32.6%
  • AKo34.2%
  • AQo25.1%
  • AJo37.1%
  • KQs24.9%
  • KQo25.7%
  • JTs54.4%
  • T9s67.7%
  • 72o68.5%

Q9o against every hand

Each cell is Q9o's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands Q9o is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

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

Q9o equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 15AKs 33AQs 24AJs 35ATs 35A9s 26A8s 39A7s 40A6s 40A5s 40A4s 40A3s 40A2s 40
AKo 34KK 14KQs 25KJs 34KTs 34K9s 25K8s 40K7s 40K6s 40K5s 40K4s 41K3s 41K2s 41
AQo 25KQo 26QQ 9QJs 26QTs 27Q9s 48Q8s 66Q7s 66Q6s 66Q5s 65Q4s 66Q3s 66Q2s 66
AJo 37KJo 36QJo 27JJ 29JTs 54J9s 69J8s 60J7s 61J6s 62J5s 61J4s 62J3s 62J2s 62
ATo 37KTo 36QTo 28JTo 58TT 28T9s 68T8s 59T7s 60T6s 61T5s 62T4s 62T3s 62T2s 62
A9o 27K9o 26Q9o 50J9o 73T9o 7299 3298s 6797s 6896s 6895s 6994s 7193s 7192s 72
A8o 42K8o 42Q8o 70J8o 64T8o 6398o 7188 4587s 6086s 6185s 6284s 6383s 6582s 65
A7o 42K7o 42Q7o 70J7o 65T7o 6497o 7387o 6477 4676s 6075s 6174s 6273s 6372s 65
A6o 42K6o 42Q6o 70J6o 66T6o 6596o 7286o 6576o 6366 4665s 5964s 6163s 6262s 63
A5o 42K5o 43Q5o 69J5o 65T5o 6595o 7485o 6675o 6465o 6355 4754s 6053s 6152s 62
A4o 43K4o 43Q4o 70J4o 66T4o 6694o 7584o 6774o 6664o 6454o 6344 4843s 6142s 62
A3o 43K3o 43Q3o 70J3o 66T3o 6693o 7683o 6973o 6763o 6653o 6443o 6533 4932s 62
A2o 43K2o 43Q2o 71J2o 66T2o 6692o 7682o 6972o 6962o 6752o 6642o 6632o 6622 49

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, Q9o has and Q9s has 57.66%: 2.30 percentage points less for Q9o.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678OpponentsQ9o, 1 opponent: 55.36%Q9o, 2 opponents: 37.56%Q9o, 3 opponents: 28.16%Q9o, 4 opponents: 22.75%Q9o, 5 opponents: 18.84%Q9o, 6 opponents: 16.13%Q9o, 7 opponents: 13.71%Q9o, 8 opponents: 12.06%Q9s, 1 opponent: 57.66%Q9s, 2 opponents: 40.30%Q9s, 3 opponents: 31.61%Q9s, 4 opponents: 26.36%Q9s, 5 opponents: 22.47%Q9s, 6 opponents: 19.79%Q9s, 7 opponents: 17.56%Q9s, 8 opponents: 15.90%
  • Q9o: 55.36%
  • Q9s: 57.66%
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Equity by number of random opponents
OpponentsQ9oQ9s
155.36%57.66%
237.56%40.30%
328.16%31.61%
422.75%26.36%
518.84%22.47%
616.13%19.79%
713.71%17.56%
812.06%15.90%

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.

Q9s versus Q9o: what suited changes

Against a random hand, Q9s has 57.66% and Q9o has 55.36%: a 2.30 percentage-point advantage for Q9s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
Q9o2.24%0.00%
Q9s10.94%0.83%

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.

Q9o on the flop

The best five-card hand Q9o holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • High card53.2%
  • One pair40.4%
  • Two pair4.0%
  • Three of a kind1.6%
  • Straight0.7%
  • 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 draw2.2%
  • Open-ended straight draw4.0%
  • Gutshot13.4%

How to play Q9o

The charts below show where this hand is worth playing.

First in

Raise from the button and the small blind; fold from under the gun, middle position and the cutoff.

Facing a raise

Fold from middle position, the cutoff, the button and the small blind; call 50% and fold 50% 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 Q9o

Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays Q9o 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.

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