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How good is nine-seven offsuit before the flop?

97o · Nine-Seven offsuit

You are a little worse than a coin flip: 46%.

Rank of 169
109
by heads-up equity
Equity heads-up
46.4%
± 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
146.4%50.0%
230.8%33.3%
322.9%25.0%
515.0%16.7%
89.8%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%30.5%
Top 20%32.9%
Top 35%34.9%
Top 50%36.4%
Any hand46.4%

Head-to-head

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

Against97o wins
AA16.8%
KK16.9%
QQ16.7%
JJ15.6%
TT14.2%
AKs34.5%
AKo36.2%
AQs34.2%
JTs31.4%
98s31.7%
72o74.0%

What it flops

Exact, from all 19,600 possible flops.

Pair up or better33.4%about 1 time in 3
Two pair or better6.5%about 1 time in 15
Open-ended straight draw or a straight8.7%about 1 time in 12

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.