Starting hand 80 of 169

T9o Ten-Nine offsuit

Wins vs 1 random hand
51.4%
Wins vs 5 random hands
18.8%
Dealt
1 in 110
Opening guide
Late position

How to play it. Raise from the cutoff and the button, or when the table folds to you.

T9o pairs at least one of its cards on the flop 32.4% of the time and makes two pair or better 7.0% of the time.

The suited version, T9s, wins 54.0% heads-up, 2.5 points more.

The cards are close enough to make straights, so T9o gains value in pots with several players.

Win percentage by number of opponents

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 51 1 35 2 28 3 23 4 19 5 16 6 14 7 12 8 11 9
Bars: T9o's equity against 1 to 9 random opponents. Dashed lines: a fair share of the pot (50% heads-up, 10% against nine). Above the line means the hand wins more than its share.

T9o against common hands

OpponentT9o equityVerdict
AA Pocket Aces 18.4% Big underdog
KK Pocket Kings 16.8% Big underdog
QQ Pocket Queens 15.9% Big underdog
JJ Pocket Jacks 14.3% Big underdog
TT Pocket Tens 13.2% Big underdog
77 Pocket Sevens 47.8% Coin flip
22 Pocket Twos 51.1% Coin flip
AKs Ace-King suited 35.1% Underdog
AKo Ace-King offsuit 37.0% Underdog
AQo Ace-Queen offsuit 36.7% Underdog
KQs King-Queen suited 33.8% Underdog
JTs Jack-Ten suited 26.0% Big underdog
76s Seven-Six suited 61.5% Favourite
72o Seven-Two offsuit 69.4% Favourite

All-in before the flop, averaged over every suit combination. 40,000 simulated boards per matchup.

T9o on the flop

Pair one of your hole cards32.4%
Two pair or better7.0%
Three of a kind or better3.0%
Straight or better1.4%
Flush draw or better (four or more of a suit)2.2%

Exact, counted over all 19,600 possible flops.

Questions players ask

Is T9o a good poker hand?
T9o (Ten-Nine offsuit) ranks 80 of 169 by heads-up equity and 58 of 169 against five opponents. Our simple opening guide puts it in the "Late position" group: Raise from the cutoff and the button, or when the table folds to you.
How often are you dealt T9o?
There are 12 ways to be dealt T9o out of 1,326 possible starting hands, so it comes about 0.90% of the time, or 1 in 110 hands.
What are the odds of T9o against Aces?
All-in before the flop, T9o wins about 18.4% against AA (equity including split pots).