--- title: "86o Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/86o.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/86o" last_updated: "2026-10-21" type: "reference" summary: "86o is 12 combos of the 1,326 starting hands (0.90%). See how a known card or a board pair changes the count, plus its rank and equity." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/combos.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/93s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/combos/65s.md"] --- # 86o Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs 86o is 12 combos of the 1,326 starting hands (0.90%). See how a known card or a board pair changes the count, plus its rank and equity. Out of 1,326 possible starting hands, 12 combos are 86o, a 0.90% slice of every deal. Against a random hand it carries 43.24% equity, which puts it at number 127 of the 169 classes. - Combos: 12 - Share of 1,326: 0.90% - Rank of 169: 127 - Equity vs random: 43.24% - This hand and stronger: 72.25% ## 86o: the 12 combos Pair each of the 4 eights with each of the 4 sixes to get 16, then remove the 4 suited pairings. 86o is the other 12. The list below names all 12 holdings behind 86o. A hand range that says 86o means every one of them at once. The 12 combos of 86o: 8s 6h, 8s 6d, 8s 6c, 8h 6s, 8h 6d, 8h 6c, 8d 6s, 8d 6h, 8d 6c, 8c 6s, 8c 6h, 8c 6d. ## How cards you can see change the count Start from 12 combos and remove every combo that uses a card you can see. The table does that for one known card of each rank. 86o combos left after one known card of each rank: | Known card | 86o combos left | | --- | --- | | Ace | 12 | | King | 12 | | Queen | 12 | | Jack | 12 | | Ten | 12 | | Nine | 12 | | Eight | 9 | | Seven | 12 | | Six | 9 | | Five | 12 | | Four | 12 | | Three | 12 | | Two | 12 | Only two ranks change the count: an eight or a six leaves 9 combos, 25% fewer. Any card of a different rank leaves all 12 combos in play. ## When the board is paired When the board pairs, two more cards are gone. Here is what remains of 86o for a board pair of each rank, ace down to two. 86o combos left after a pair of each rank on the board: | Board pair | 86o combos left | | --- | --- | | Aces | 12 | | Kings | 12 | | Queens | 12 | | Jacks | 12 | | Tens | 12 | | Nines | 12 | | Eights | 6 | | Sevens | 12 | | Sixes | 6 | | Fives | 12 | | Fours | 12 | | Threes | 12 | | Twos | 12 | A board pair of eights or sixes leaves 6 combos of 86o; a pair of any other rank leaves all 12. ## A worked example Try it with an eight and a two in your hand. 1,225 two-card holdings are left, 9 of which are 86o. The chance is 0.73%, about 1 in 136, against 0.98% when none of your cards blocks it. ## How strong is 86o? By equity against a random hand, 86o is number 127 of 169, below the middle of the ranking. Its 43.24% counts wins in full and ties as half, over all 1,712,304 boards, for every pair of hands that can be dealt. Stop the ranking at 86o and the list holds 958 combos, 72.25% of the 1,326. The hands above it account for 946 of those. ## 86o against ranges of hands Opponents rarely hold a random hand, so here is 86o against five top-percent ranges, each hand weighted by its live combos: 21.38% against the top 5 percent (60 combos), 29.22% against the top 10 percent (130 combos), 32.57% against the top 20 percent (264 combos), 34.11% against the top 30 percent (386 combos) and 35.72% against the top 50 percent (658 combos). 86o equity against the strongest hands: | Opponent range | Combos in range | 86o equity | | --- | --- | --- | | Top 5 percent | 60 | 21.38% | | Top 10 percent | 130 | 29.22% | | Top 20 percent | 264 | 32.57% | | Top 30 percent | 386 | 34.11% | | Top 50 percent | 658 | 35.72% | 86o is behind all five of these ranges, even the top 50 percent, so it is the underdog on average against each of them. On average 124.00 of the 130 combos in the top 10 percent are still possible once you hold a combo of 86o. That is 6.00 combos fewer than the 130 an opponent has before you look. ## Hands next to 86o Hands next to 86o in the ranking are not always close in a head-to-head. 86o has 42.70% equity against 93s, the hand ranked number 126: it wins 41.18% of boards, ties 3.03% and loses 55.79%. It is the underdog in that matchup. 86o has 63.90% equity against 65s, the hand ranked number 128: it wins 57.18% of boards, ties 13.43% and loses 29.39%. It is the favorite in that matchup. 86s holds the same two ranks as 86o but not the same suits, and it ranks number 110 at 46.24% equity. 86o has 3 times as many combos as 86s and is 3.00 points weaker against a random hand. Related to 86o: - [93s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/93s.md) - [65s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/65s.md) - [86s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/86s.md) - [All starting hands](https://georgelipoker.com/combos.md) - [Hand ranking calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/hand-ranking-calculator.md) - [Poker equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md) ## Questions about 86o combos **How many combos of 86o are there?** 12 combos, which is 0.90% of the 1,326 two-card starting hands, so you are dealt 86o about 1 time in 110.5. **How many 86o combos are left if I hold an eight?** 9 combos of 86o remain out of 12. With a two as your other card, an opponent has it about 1 time in 136. **Is 86o stronger than 86s?** No: 86o has 43.24% equity against a random hand and ranks number 127, while 86s has 46.24% and ranks number 110. 86s has 4 combos to 86o's 12. ## How this was computed The count starts from 1,326 two-card hands sorted into 169 classes. Removing the combos that use known cards gives each blocker and board-pair row, with nothing estimated. Our preflop table counts every board (1,712,304 of them) for each pair of classes, so rank and equity here are exact. Ties are halves; ranges are weighted by live combos. Source: GeorgeLiPoker's own count of the 52-card deck and its preflop matchup table. ## Related - [Poker Combos: Count Every Starting Hand](https://georgelipoker.com/combos.md) - [93s Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/93s.md) - [65s Combos: Count, Blockers, Board Pairs](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/65s.md)