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How good is nine-five offsuit before the flop?

95o · Nine-Five offsuit

You are a little worse than a coin flip: 43%.

Rank of 169
131
by heads-up equity
Equity heads-up
42.6%
± 0.07%
Combinations
12
of 1,326
Dealt
0.90%
about 1 time in 110 · 110 : 1 against

Against more opponents

Everyone unknown, everyone to showdown. Strength falls as the table fills, faster for hands that rely on one pair.

OpponentsEquityFair share
142.6%50.0%
226.5%33.3%
319.1%25.0%
511.8%16.7%
87.3%11.1%

Against tighter ranges

Heads-up against an opponent who only holds the top N% of hands, ranked by this table.

Opponent’s rangeEquity
Top 10%27.4%
Top 20%30.3%
Top 35%32.3%
Top 50%33.1%
Any hand42.6%

Head-to-head

Averaged over every combination of both hands, so shared suits count correctly.

Against95o wins
AA14.0%
KK14.5%
QQ14.3%
JJ14.0%
TT13.5%
AKs32.1%
AKo34.1%
AQs32.4%
JTs29.5%
98s31.3%
72o64.7%

What it flops

Exact, from all 19,600 possible flops.

Pair up or better32.8%about 1 time in 3.1
Two pair or better5.8%about 1 time in 17
Open-ended straight draw or a straight2.9%about 1 time in 34

Related hands

Equity figures are Monte Carlo simulation, seeded xoshiro128**, seed 20260901; flop odds are exact. Equity is showdown share with everyone staying in, a measure of strength rather than advice on what to play. Offsuit hands are 12 of the 1,326 combinations.