JTs vs a value 3-betting range: Equity & Strategy
Jack-Ten Suited (JTs) has 33.9% equity all-in preflop against a value 3-betting range — 72 combos, 5.4% of all starting hands. It wins 33.6% of runouts outright, loses 65.8% and chops 0.6%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| JTs | 33.6% | 0.6% | 33.9% |
| a value 3-betting range | 65.8% | 0.6% | 66.1% |
The range this is computed against
A pure QQ+/AK 3-bet is only 34 combos — 2.6% of hands — which is far tighter than anyone actually 3-bets for value in a modern game. The merged value range a good regular uses adds the mid pairs and the second-best broadways: 99+, AQs+, KQs and AQo+, about 5.4% of hands.
3-bet (value) — 72 combos, 5.4% of all starting hands: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, AKs, AQs, KQs, AKo, AQo
After card removal, 66 of those 72 combos are still available (6 are blocked by the cards JTs holds). JTs is ahead of 0 and behind 66.
Hardest parts of the range for JTs
| Hand | Combos | JTs equity |
|---|---|---|
| JJ | 3 | 17.8% |
| 6 | 18.3% | |
| KK | 6 | 19.8% |
| AA | 6 | 21.2% |
| KQs | 4 | 36.7% |
Easiest parts of the range for JTs
| Hand | Combos | JTs equity |
|---|---|---|
| 99 | 6 | 48.8% |
| AKo | 12 | 40.5% |
| AQo | 12 | 40.3% |
| TT | 3 | 38.7% |
| AKs | 4 | 38.0% |
Put JTs up against a value 3-betting range — 72 combos, 5.4% of all hands — and the exact answer is 33.9% equity: 33.6% outright wins, 65.8% losses and 0.6% chops. Your own two cards remove 6 of those combos before the flop is even dealt — a blocker effect this number already accounts for, because every combo containing one of your exact cards is stripped out of the range first. There is not one combo in the range that JTs is a favourite against: all 66 live combos are in front of it. A range-average of 33.9% here is not an average of good spots and bad ones — every spot is a bad one.
The range behind this number is not a guess. A pure QQ+/AK 3-bet is only 34 combos — 2.6% of hands — which is far tighter than anyone actually 3-bets for value in a modern game. The merged value range a good regular uses adds the mid pairs and the second-best broadways: 99+, AQs+, KQs and AQo+, about 5.4% of hands. JTs's worst spots in it are JJ (17.8%), QQ (18.3%) and KK (19.8%) — and its best are 99 (48.8%), AKo (40.5%) and AQo (40.3%). Across the whole range JTs's equity swings from 17.8% at the bottom to 48.8% at the top — the single 33.9% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
A value 3-betting range is where JTs either continues or folds, and 33.9% is the number that decides it. At 33.9% you are behind the range, so continuing is about price and position — calling a 3-bet in position with a hand that flops well is fine, stacking off preflop is not. You are priced in against a pot-sized bet (which needs about 33%).
JTs vs 3-bet (value) FAQ
What is JTs's equity against a value 3-betting range?
JTs has 33.9% equity all-in preflop against a value 3-betting range — it wins 33.6% of runouts outright, loses 65.8% and chops 0.6%. The range holds 72 combos (5.4% of all hands); JTs blocks 6 of them, leaving 66 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a value 3-betting range beat JTs?
All of them — JTs is behind every one of the 66 live combos. The worst are JJ (17.8%), QQ (18.3%) and KK (19.8%), and the closest it gets is 99 (48.8%), AKo (40.5%) and AQo (40.3%). Every figure is exact, computed against that hand's unblocked combos only.
What hands are in a value 3-betting range?
11 hand classes and 72 combos — 5.4% of the 1,326 possible starting hands. By combo count it is 50% pocket pairs (6 pairs, 36 combos), 17% suited hands (3 classes, 12 combos) and 33% offsuit hands (2 classes, 24 combos). That shape is why JTs runs at 33.9% against it rather than against a random hand.
Does JTs do better against a wider or a tighter range?
Wider, almost always. JTs has 49.4% equity against a loose-passive calling range (50.5% of hands) but 32.3% against a 4-betting range (3.2%). Equity against a range is mostly a question of how many weak hands the range still contains — which is why the same holding can be a monster against a button open and a fold against a 4-bet.
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