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Queens vs jacks: the odds
What are the odds of pocket queens against pocket jacks?
| Hand | Cards | Wins | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocket queens | Q♥ Q♦ | 82.4% | 82.7% |
| Pocket jacks | J♥ J♦ | 17.1% | 17.3% |
| Split pot | — | 0.52% | — |
All-in before the flop, with five cards to come. Equity is each hand's average share of the pot — outright wins plus half of the split pots. Computed by enumerating all 1,712,304 possible boards with this site's own engine, so these are exact figures rather than a simulation.
Why the number looks like that
Adjacent pairs are the worst case for the underdog: every straight the jacks can make, the queens can usually make too, and often better. Being one rank apart gains the underdog almost nothing.
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