TT vs a nit's range: Equity & Strategy
Pocket Tens (TT) has 51.7% equity all-in preflop against a nit's range — 104 combos, 7.8% of all starting hands. It wins 51.0% of runouts outright, loses 47.6% and chops 1.4%. These are exact figures from full board enumeration against every unblocked combo in the range, not a simulation.
| Side | Win | Chop | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| TT | 51.0% | 1.4% | 51.7% |
| a nit's range | 47.6% | 1.4% | 48.3% |
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, 97 of those 104 combos are still available (7 are blocked by the cards TT holds). TT is ahead of 72 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 99 | 6 | 82.0% |
| 88 | 6 | 81.6% |
| 77 | 6 | 81.2% |
| ATs | 2 | 65.2% |
| AJo | 12 | 57.0% |
Against a nit's range (104 combos, 7.8% of all hands), TT runs at 51.7%. It wins 51.0% of runouts outright, loses 47.6% and splits the remaining 1.4%. Your own two cards remove 7 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 72 of the 97 combos you can still be facing (74%), which is what a 51.7% number actually looks like hand by hand.
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. Inside that range, the combos that hurt TT most are JJ (18.0%), QQ (18.4%) and KK (18.9%); the ones you want to see are 99 (82.0%), 88 (81.6%) and 77 (81.2%). Across the whole range TT's equity swings from 18.0% at the bottom to 82.0% at the top — the single 51.7% headline is the combo-weighted average of all of it.
Against a nit, the range is the whole story: 7.8% of hands, no bluffs, and TT at 51.7%. Being ahead of even a nit's range is rare — this is a hand you happily play a big pot with.
TT vs nit FAQ
What is TT's equity against a nit's range?
TT has 51.7% equity all-in preflop against a nit's range — it wins 51.0% of runouts outright, loses 47.6% and chops 1.4%. The range holds 104 combos (7.8% of all hands); TT blocks 7 of them, leaving 97 live. This is exact full board enumeration, not a simulation.
Which hands in a nit's range beat TT?
TT is behind 25 of the 97 live combos and ahead of the other 72. The worst matchups are JJ (18.0%), QQ (18.4%) and KK (18.9%); its best are 99 (82.0%), 88 (81.6%) and 77 (81.2%). 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 TT runs at 51.7% 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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