Jack-Five Suited

J5s · Marginal · 4 combos

Jack-Five Suited (J5s) is a marginalTexas Hold'em starting hand. Situational — play cautiously, mostly in position or cheaply. Below are its real win odds against 1–8 opponents (all-in preflop, from a Monte Carlo simulation).

OpponentsWin chance (equity)
1 opponent (2-handed)50%
2 opponents (3-handed)31%
3 opponents (4-handed)24%
5 opponents (6-handed)15%
8 opponents (9-handed)12%

Should you play Jack-Five Suited?

Is Jack-Five Suited a good poker hand?
Jack-Five Suited (J5s) is a marginal starting hand. Situational — play cautiously, mostly in position or cheaply. Heads-up it wins about 50% of the time; at a full table of nine players that falls to roughly 12%.
What are the odds of being dealt Jack-Five Suited?
There are 4 ways to be dealt Jack-Five Suited out of 1,326 possible two-card combinations, so you'll get it about 0.3% of the time.

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