JTs vs a nit's range: Equity & Strategy

Jack-Ten Suited (JTs) has 35.7% equity all-in preflop against a nit's range — 104 combos, 7.8% of all starting hands. It wins 35.4% of runouts outright, loses 63.9% and chops 0.8%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.

The range this is computed against

The rock at the table: 77+, ATs+, KQs and AJo+, a shade under 8% of hands. A nit almost never has a marginal holding — when they put money in voluntarily, the range is close to this and their bluff frequency is close to zero.

nit — 104 combos, 7.8% of all starting hands: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, KQs, AKo, AQo, AJo

After card removal, 93 of those 104 combos are still available (11 are blocked by the cards JTs holds). JTs is ahead of 6 and behind 87.

Hardest parts of the range for JTs

Easiest parts of the range for JTs

Put JTs up against a nit's range — 104 combos, 7.8% of all hands — and the exact answer is 35.7% equity: 35.4% outright wins, 63.9% losses and 0.8% chops. Your own two cards remove 11 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. You are ahead of only 6 of the 93 combos still live (6%) — the rest of the range is level with or in front of you, which is why the figure sits below even money.

The range behind this number is not a guess. The rock at the table: 77+, ATs+, KQs and AJo+, a shade under 8% of hands. A nit almost never has a marginal holding — when they put money in voluntarily, the range is close to this and their bluff frequency is close to zero. JTs's worst spots in it are JJ (17.8%), QQ (18.3%) and KK (19.8%) — and its best are 77 (50.7%), 88 (49.7%) and 99 (48.8%). Across the whole range JTs's equity swings from 17.8% at the bottom to 50.7% at the top — the single 35.7% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.

JTs vs a nit's range: 35.7%. A nit's range contains almost nothing you beat, and 35.7% is the arithmetic proof. You are priced in against a pot-sized bet (which needs about 33%).

JTs vs nit FAQ

What is JTs's equity against a nit's range?

JTs has 35.7% equity all-in preflop against a nit's range — it wins 35.4% of runouts outright, loses 63.9% and chops 0.8%. The range holds 104 combos (7.8% of all hands); JTs blocks 11 of them, leaving 93 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.

Which hands in a nit's range beat JTs?

JTs is behind 87 of the 93 live combos and ahead of the other 6. The worst matchups are JJ (17.8%), QQ (18.3%) and KK (19.8%); its best are 77 (50.7%), 88 (49.7%) and 99 (48.8%). Every figure is exact, computed against that hand's unblocked combos only.

What hands are in a nit's range?

16 hand classes and 104 combos — 7.8% of the 1,326 possible starting hands. By combo count it is 46% pocket pairs (8 pairs, 48 combos), 19% suited hands (5 classes, 20 combos) and 35% offsuit hands (3 classes, 36 combos). That shape is why JTs runs at 35.7% 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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