Velvet River

Starting hand 5 of 169, nicknamed Dimes

TT Pocket Tens

Wins vs 1 random hand
75.1%
Wins vs 5 random hands
30.1%
Dealt
1 in 221
Opening guide
Premium

How to play it. Raise from any position and re-raise often.

You flop three of a kind or better with TT 12.0% of the time, about 1 in 8.3. Small and medium pairs earn most of their money by flopping a set, so they play best when you can see a flop cheaply and the stacks are deep.

Against nine opponents it still wins 17.1%, 1.7 times its fair share of 10.0%.

Win percentage by number of opponents

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 75 1 58 2 45 3 36 4 30 5 25 6 22 7 19 8 17 9
Bars: TT'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.

TT against common hands

OpponentTT equityVerdict
AA Pocket Aces 19.2% Big underdog
KK Pocket Kings 18.3% Big underdog
QQ Pocket Queens 18.5% Big underdog
JJ Pocket Jacks 17.9% Big underdog
77 Pocket Sevens 80.8% Big favourite
22 Pocket Twos 82.0% Big favourite
AKs Ace-King suited 54.0% Coin flip
AKo Ace-King offsuit 56.5% Favourite
AQo Ace-Queen offsuit 56.9% Favourite
KQs King-Queen suited 53.3% Coin flip
JTs Jack-Ten suited 61.2% Favourite
76s Seven-Six suited 79.0% Big favourite
72o Seven-Two offsuit 88.5% Big favourite

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

TT on the flop

Two pair or better28.2%
Three of a kind or better12.0%
Straight or better1.2%
Flush draw or better (four or more of a suit)2.2%

Exact, counted over all 19,600 possible flops.

Questions players ask

Is TT a good poker hand?
TT (Pocket Tens) ranks 5 of 169 by heads-up equity and 6 of 169 against five opponents. Our simple opening guide puts it in the "Premium" group: Raise from any position and re-raise often.
How often are you dealt TT?
There are 6 ways to be dealt TT out of 1,326 possible starting hands, so it comes about 0.45% of the time, or 1 in 221 hands.
What are the odds of TT against Aces?
All-in before the flop, TT wins about 19.2% against AA (equity including split pots).