TT vs a loose-passive calling range: Equity & Strategy
Pocket Tens (TT) has 68.6% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — 670 combos, 50.5% of all starting hands. It wins 68.2% of runouts outright, loses 31.0% and chops 0.7%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| TT | 68.2% | 0.7% | 68.6% |
| a loose-passive calling range | 31.0% | 0.7% | 31.4% |
The range this is computed against
The classic recreational flatting range — a player who "likes to see a flop". Any pocket pair, any suited ace, king, queen or jack, every playable suited gapper, all the offsuit aces and a stack of offsuit broadways. Around half of all hands, and almost none of them are folded before the flop.
calling station — 670 combos, 50.5% of all starting hands: AA, KK, QQ, JJ, TT, 99, 88, 77, 66, 55, 44, 33, 22, AKs, AQs, AJs, ATs, A9s, A8s, A7s, A6s, A5s, A4s, A3s, A2s, KQs, KJs, KTs, K9s, K8s, K7s, K6s, K5s, K4s, K3s, K2s, QJs, QTs, Q9s, Q8s, Q7s, Q6s, Q5s, Q4s, Q3s, Q2s, JTs, J9s, J8s, J7s, J6s, J5s, J4s, J3s, J2s, T9s, T8s, T7s, T6s, T5s, 98s, 97s, 96s, 95s, 87s, 86s, 85s, 84s, 76s, 75s, 74s, 65s, 64s, 63s, 54s, 53s, 43s, AKo, AQo, AJo, ATo, A9o, A8o, A7o, A6o, A5o, A4o, A3o, A2o, KQo, KJo, KTo, K9o, K8o, K7o, QJo, QTo, Q9o, Q8o, JTo, J9o, J8o, T9o, T8o, 98o
After card removal, 611 of those 670 combos are still available (59 are blocked by the cards TT holds). TT is ahead of 586 and behind 25.
Hardest parts of the range for TT
| Hand | Combos | TT equity |
|---|---|---|
| JJ | 6 | 18.0% |
| 6 | 18.4% | |
| KK | 6 | 18.9% |
| AA | 6 | 19.3% |
| TT | 1 | 50.0% |
Easiest parts of the range for TT
| Hand | Combos | TT equity |
|---|---|---|
| T8o | 6 | 88.6% |
| T5s | 2 | 87.5% |
| T9o | 6 | 87.2% |
| T6s | 2 | 86.2% |
| 98o | 12 | 85.8% |
Put TT up against a loose-passive calling range — 670 combos, 50.5% of all hands — and the exact answer is 68.6% equity: 68.2% outright wins, 31.0% losses and 0.7% chops. Your own two cards remove 59 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 586 of the 611 combos you can still be facing (96%), which is what a 68.6% number actually looks like hand by hand.
The range behind this number is not a guess. The classic recreational flatting range — a player who "likes to see a flop". Any pocket pair, any suited ace, king, queen or jack, every playable suited gapper, all the offsuit aces and a stack of offsuit broadways. Around half of all hands, and almost none of them are folded before the flop. TT's worst spots in it are JJ (18.0%), QQ (18.4%) and KK (18.9%) — and its best are T8o (88.6%), T5s (87.5%) and T9o (87.2%). Across the whole range TT's equity swings from 18.0% at the bottom to 88.6% at the top — the single 68.6% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
A loose-passive calling range is the most profitable opponent in poker and 68.6% is why: TT is ahead of the average call, but a station's range is wide enough that you will get outdrawn often — bet for value and stop bluffing.
TT vs calling station FAQ
What is TT's equity against a loose-passive calling range?
TT has 68.6% equity all-in preflop against a loose-passive calling range — it wins 68.2% of runouts outright, loses 31.0% and chops 0.7%. The range holds 670 combos (50.5% of all hands); TT blocks 59 of them, leaving 611 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a loose-passive calling range beat TT?
TT is behind 25 of the 611 live combos and ahead of the other 586. The worst matchups are JJ (18.0%), QQ (18.4%) and KK (18.9%); its best are T8o (88.6%), T5s (87.5%) and T9o (87.2%). Every figure is exact, computed against that hand's unblocked combos only.
What hands are in a loose-passive calling range?
105 hand classes and 670 combos — 50.5% of the 1,326 possible starting hands. By combo count it is 12% pocket pairs (13 pairs, 78 combos), 38% suited hands (64 classes, 256 combos) and 50% offsuit hands (28 classes, 336 combos). That shape is why TT runs at 68.6% against it rather than against a random hand.
Does TT do better against a wider or a tighter range?
Wider, almost always. TT has 68.6% equity against a loose-passive calling range (50.5% of hands) but 42.2% 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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