TT vs a cutoff opening range: Equity & Strategy
Pocket Tens (TT) has 64.5% equity all-in preflop against a cutoff opening range — 366 combos, 27.6% of all starting hands. It wins 64.0% of runouts outright, loses 35.1% and chops 0.9%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| TT | 64.0% | 0.9% | 64.5% |
| a cutoff opening range | 35.1% | 0.9% | 35.5% |
The range this is computed against
The cutoff opens roughly a quarter of hands: all pairs and suited aces, suited kings down to K5s, every suited connector and one-gapper, and offsuit broadways down to A8o / KTo / QJo / JTo. Two players behind instead of five is worth more than ten percentage points of width.
CO open — 366 combos, 27.6% 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, QJs, QTs, Q9s, Q8s, JTs, J9s, J8s, T9s, T8s, T7s, 98s, 97s, 87s, 86s, 76s, 75s, 65s, 64s, 54s, AKo, AQo, AJo, ATo, A9o, A8o, KQo, KJo, KTo, QJo, JTo
After card removal, 329 of those 366 combos are still available (37 are blocked by the cards TT holds). TT is ahead of 304 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 |
|---|---|---|
| T7s | 2 | 84.9% |
| T8s | 2 | 83.6% |
| T9s | 2 | 82.3% |
| 99 | 6 | 82.0% |
| 22 | 6 | 81.9% |
Against a cutoff opening range (366 combos, 27.6% of all hands), TT runs at 64.5%. It wins 64.0% of runouts outright, loses 35.1% and splits the remaining 0.9%. Your own two cards remove 37 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 304 of the 329 combos you can still be facing (92%), which is what a 64.5% number actually looks like hand by hand.
Where does the range come from? The cutoff opens roughly a quarter of hands: all pairs and suited aces, suited kings down to K5s, every suited connector and one-gapper, and offsuit broadways down to A8o / KTo / QJo / JTo. Two players behind instead of five is worth more than ten percentage points of width. Broken down hand by hand, TT does worst against JJ (18.0%), QQ (18.4%) and KK (18.9%) and best against T7s (84.9%), T8s (83.6%) and T9s (82.3%). Across the whole range TT's equity swings from 18.0% at the bottom to 84.9% at the top — the single 64.5% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
Facing a cutoff opening range, 64.5% is a raise-or-fold number, not a call-and-see number: TT is in front of the average opener but not by enough to want a bloated pot out of position. Against 27.6% of hands, you are priced in against a pot-sized bet (which needs about 33%).
TT vs CO open FAQ
What is TT's equity against a cutoff opening range?
TT has 64.5% equity all-in preflop against a cutoff opening range — it wins 64.0% of runouts outright, loses 35.1% and chops 0.9%. The range holds 366 combos (27.6% of all hands); TT blocks 37 of them, leaving 329 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a cutoff opening range beat TT?
TT is behind 25 of the 329 live combos and ahead of the other 304. The worst matchups are JJ (18.0%), QQ (18.4%) and KK (18.9%); its best are T7s (84.9%), T8s (83.6%) and T9s (82.3%). Every figure is exact, computed against that hand's unblocked combos only.
What hands are in a cutoff opening range?
63 hand classes and 366 combos — 27.6% of the 1,326 possible starting hands. By combo count it is 21% pocket pairs (13 pairs, 78 combos), 43% suited hands (39 classes, 156 combos) and 36% offsuit hands (11 classes, 132 combos). That shape is why TT runs at 64.5% 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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