--- schema: poketpoker.hand/1 id: 9c9d class: 99 class_rank: 6 class_of: 169 percentile: 0.0226 combos_in_class: 6 equivalent_ids: [9c9h, 9c9s, 9d9h, 9d9s, 9h9s] suited: false paired: true flush_suits: [clubs, diamonds] headline: { win: 71.62, tie: 0.80, equity: 72.01 } engine: { name: poker-engine, version: 1.9.0 } canonical_url: https://poketpoker.com/hands/9c9d.md paid_record: https://poketpoker.com/api/hands/9c9d price_usd: 0.01 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # 9c9d — pocket nines (clubs and diamonds) **Open-raise from every position.** 9c9d ranks 6 of the 169 distinct starting hands (top 2.3%). Against one random hand it wins 71.62% of showdowns and takes 72.01% of the pot. ## What this hand is Pocket nines (clubs and diamonds). Before any board card is dealt its odds are identical to 9c9h, 9c9s, 9d9h, 9d9s, 9h9s — suits are interchangeable pre-flop, so all 6 combinations in class 99 share the numbers below. That stops being true the moment the board has suits, which is what the paid record covers. ## Equity against random opponents | Opponents | Win % | Tie % | Pot equity % | | --------- | ----- | ----- | ------------ | | 1 | 71.62 | 0.80 | 72.01 | | 2 | 53.16 | 0.80 | 53.49 | | 3 | 40.79 | 0.81 | 41.12 | | 4 | 32.13 | 0.81 | 32.46 | | 5 | 26.33 | 0.83 | 26.68 | | 6 | 22.08 | 0.84 | 22.43 | | 7 | 19.05 | 0.87 | 19.42 | Monte Carlo, 400,000 trials per row, seed 1 — same seed, same digits. "Pot equity" counts outright wins plus a share of split pots, which is the number to compare against pot odds. ## Head-to-head, exact Against the opponent's whole hand class, not one chosen pair of cards: every combination of it you do not block, each enumerated over all 1,712,304 boards. No sampling. "Combos" is how many were averaged. | Against | Hero pot equity % | Hero win % | Split % | Combos | | ------- | ----------------- | ---------- | ------- | ------ | | AA | 19.14 | 18.96 | 0.36 | 6 | | KK | 19.18 | 18.99 | 0.39 | 6 | | QQ | 18.81 | 18.61 | 0.40 | 6 | | JJ | 18.39 | 18.18 | 0.42 | 6 | | TT | 18.00 | 17.75 | 0.50 | 6 | | 77 | 81.56 | 81.23 | 0.66 | 6 | | 22 | 81.78 | 81.40 | 0.77 | 6 | | AKs | 52.58 | 52.37 | 0.41 | 4 | | AKo | 55.27 | 55.08 | 0.39 | 12 | | AQs | 52.70 | 52.49 | 0.40 | 4 | | JTs | 51.23 | 51.02 | 0.42 | 4 | | 76s | 80.21 | 79.90 | 0.62 | 4 | Averaging matters here. Against a single representative the answer shifts with the suits — J♣T♣ takes 17.77% against Q♣Q♦ but 18.89% against Q♠Q♦, because the shared club both blocks a flush and removes cards. Averaged over the class the figure is the same whichever suits you hold, which is what makes it quotable. ## What this page cannot tell you Pre-flop equity is not a strategy. It ignores stack depth, bet sizing, and how your opponents actually play. The verdict above is a conventional opening chart, not solver output. Equity against a random hand is also not equity against a range: an opponent who raises has better than random cards, and this page does not model that. ## The full record Equity against modelled ranges (top 5/10/20/40%), position-by-position guidance, and the suit-specific analysis for this exact combination: GET https://poketpoker.com/api/hands/9c9d $0.01 USDC (x402) ## Related - Suit-equivalents: [9c9h](9c9h.md) · [9c9s](9c9s.md) · [9d9h](9d9h.md) · [9d9s](9d9s.md) · [9h9s](9h9s.md) - All 1,326 hands: [index](index.md) - URL convention: `/hands/.md`, higher rank first, suits ordered c, d, h, s. So `2d2s`, never `2s2d` — any hand can be addressed directly, without consulting the index. - Licence: CC-BY-4.0 — reuse freely with attribution to https://poketpoker.com.