TT vs a middle-position opening range: Equity & Strategy

Pocket Tens (TT) has 62.2% equity all-in preflop against a middle-position opening range — 258 combos, 19.5% of all starting hands. It wins 61.7% of runouts outright, loses 37.3% and chops 1.0%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.

The range this is computed against

With one fewer player left to act, middle position adds the rest of the suited aces, the suited one-gappers and a second layer of offsuit broadways (ATo, KJo) to the UTG chart — about 19% of hands.

MP open — 258 combos, 19.5% 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, QJs, QTs, Q9s, JTs, J9s, T9s, T8s, 98s, 87s, 76s, 65s, AKo, AQo, AJo, ATo, KQo, KJo

After card removal, 235 of those 258 combos are still available (23 are blocked by the cards TT holds). TT is ahead of 210 and behind 25.

Hardest parts of the range for TT

Easiest parts of the range for TT

Against a middle-position opening range (258 combos, 19.5% of all hands), TT runs at 62.2%. It wins 61.7% of runouts outright, loses 37.3% and splits the remaining 1.0%. Your own two cards remove 23 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 210 of the 235 combos you can still be facing (89%), which is what a 62.2% number actually looks like hand by hand.

Where does the range come from? With one fewer player left to act, middle position adds the rest of the suited aces, the suited one-gappers and a second layer of offsuit broadways (ATo, KJo) to the UTG chart — about 19% of hands. Broken down hand by hand, TT does worst against JJ (18.0%), QQ (18.4%) and KK (18.9%) and best against T8s (83.6%), T9s (82.3%) and 99 (82.0%). Across the whole range TT's equity swings from 18.0% at the bottom to 83.6% at the top — the single 62.2% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.

The practical read on 62.2% against a middle-position opening range: you can 3-bet for value or flat in position, but this is not a stack-off-preflop holding against a 19.5% opener.

TT vs MP open FAQ

What is TT's equity against a middle-position opening range?

TT has 62.2% equity all-in preflop against a middle-position opening range — it wins 61.7% of runouts outright, loses 37.3% and chops 1.0%. The range holds 258 combos (19.5% of all hands); TT blocks 23 of them, leaving 235 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.

Which hands in a middle-position opening range beat TT?

TT is behind 25 of the 235 live combos and ahead of the other 210. The worst matchups are JJ (18.0%), QQ (18.4%) and KK (18.9%); its best are T8s (83.6%), T9s (82.3%) and 99 (82.0%). Every figure is exact, computed against that hand's unblocked combos only.

What hands are in a middle-position opening range?

46 hand classes and 258 combos — 19.5% of the 1,326 possible starting hands. By combo count it is 30% pocket pairs (13 pairs, 78 combos), 42% suited hands (27 classes, 108 combos) and 28% offsuit hands (6 classes, 72 combos). That shape is why TT runs at 62.2% 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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