QJs vs a value 3-betting range: Equity & Strategy

Queen-Jack Suited (QJs) has 33.1% equity all-in preflop against a value 3-betting range — 72 combos, 5.4% of all starting hands. It wins 32.7% of runouts outright, loses 66.4% 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

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, 61 of those 72 combos are still available (11 are blocked by the cards QJs holds). QJs is ahead of 0 and behind 61.

Hardest parts of the range for QJs

Easiest parts of the range for QJs

Against a value 3-betting range (72 combos, 5.4% of all hands), QJs runs at 33.1%. It wins 32.7% of runouts outright, loses 66.4% and splits the remaining 0.8%. 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. There is not one combo in the range that QJs is a favourite against: all 61 live combos are in front of it. A range-average of 33.1% 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. QJs's worst spots in it are QQ (15.8%), KK (17.7%) and AA (19.1%) — and its best are 99 (48.1%), TT (47.0%) and AKo (38.9%). Across the whole range QJs's equity swings from 15.8% at the bottom to 48.1% at the top — the single 33.1% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.

Against a value 3-betting range — only 5.4% of hands — QJs holds 33.1%. That is a continue, not a commit: you have enough to see a flop with the right price but not enough to shovel a stack in preflop.

QJs vs 3-bet (value) FAQ

What is QJs's equity against a value 3-betting range?

QJs has 33.1% equity all-in preflop against a value 3-betting range — it wins 32.7% of runouts outright, loses 66.4% and chops 0.8%. The range holds 72 combos (5.4% of all hands); QJs blocks 11 of them, leaving 61 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.

Which hands in a value 3-betting range beat QJs?

All of them — QJs is behind every one of the 61 live combos. The worst are QQ (15.8%), KK (17.7%) and AA (19.1%), and the closest it gets is 99 (48.1%), TT (47.0%) and AKo (38.9%). 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 QJs runs at 33.1% against it rather than against a random hand.

Does QJs do better against a wider or a tighter range?

Wider, almost always. QJs has 52.8% equity against a loose-passive calling range (50.5% of hands) but 31.6% 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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