88
61.00%
Wins 59.95%, ties 2.10%
98s
39.00%
Wins 37.95%, ties 2.10%
88 against 98s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 59.945 | 2.101 | 37.954 | 60.995 |
| 98s | 37.954 | 2.101 | 59.945 | 39.005 |
The matchup pits a pocket pair against a suited hand. The pair already holds one of the other hand's ranks, and that overlap cuts down the cards the other hand can pair with.
A 22.00 point lead is real, and 98s still takes about 380 of every 1,000 deals outright. Ties are 2.10% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
By strength against a random hand, 88 holds place 7 of 169 and 98s holds place 83.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 12,317,000 | 432,000 | 7,799,000 |
| 98s | 7,799,000 | 432,000 | 12,317,000 |
The board total is exact, 12 deals at 1,712,304 boards each. Won, tied and lost counts are rounded to the nearest thousand from the five-decimal percentages.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 1.564 | 1.668 | 2.635 | 0.639 |
| 98s | 0.639 | 2.635 | 1.668 | 1.564 |
In the last column, a pot-to-call ratio at or above the figure makes a call break even or better at this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
Across the five flop textures 88's equity moves by 14.45 points, from 52.83% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) to 67.28% on paired flops. 88 stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | 88 wins | Ties | 98s wins | 88 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.786 | 62.145 | 1.929 | 35.926 | 63.110 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 4.995 | 51.128 | 3.404 | 45.468 | 52.830 |
| Two-tone | 46.236 | 57.583 | 2.010 | 40.407 | 58.588 |
| Monotone | 5.152 | 56.759 | 2.881 | 40.360 | 58.199 |
| Paired | 17.831 | 66.278 | 1.996 | 31.726 | 67.276 |
Flop types: rainbow means three different suits, two-tone means one suit twice, monotone means one suit three times, paired means a repeated rank.
Compared with a random hand
A random hand would give 88 69.16% and 98s 50.80%. Against each other the change is -8.16 points for 88 and -11.80 for 98s.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88, all flops | 60.995 | 69.163 | -8.168 | 0.88190 |
| 88, rainbow, ten or higher | 63.110 | 69.163 | -6.053 | 0.91248 |
| 88, rainbow, nine or lower | 52.830 | 69.163 | -16.333 | 0.76385 |
| 88, two-tone | 58.588 | 69.163 | -10.575 | 0.84710 |
| 88, monotone | 58.199 | 69.163 | -10.964 | 0.84148 |
| 88, paired | 67.276 | 69.163 | -1.887 | 0.97272 |
| 98s, all flops | 39.005 | 50.801 | -11.796 | 0.76780 |
| 98s, rainbow, ten or higher | 36.890 | 50.801 | -13.911 | 0.72617 |
| 98s, rainbow, nine or lower | 47.170 | 50.801 | -3.631 | 0.92853 |
| 98s, two-tone | 41.412 | 50.801 | -9.389 | 0.81518 |
| 98s, monotone | 41.801 | 50.801 | -9.000 | 0.82284 |
| 98s, paired | 32.724 | 50.801 | -18.077 | 0.64416 |
Does a shared suit matter?
A shared suit is impossible for this matchup, so 88's 61.00% is the answer for every suit pattern.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 88 wins | Ties | 98s wins | 88 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 59.945 | 2.101 | 37.954 | 60.995 |
How often this matchup comes up
The class pair covers 12 combinations of specific cards in a fixed seat order, 0.0007% of 1,624,350, and 24 (0.0015%) in either order.
A worked example
A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says 88 gets $122.00 of it on average and 98s gets $78.00.
Scaled to 1,000 deals, that is roughly 599 wins for 88, 380 for 98s and 21 chopped pots.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From 98s' side the equity is 39.00%, and from 88's side it is 61.00%.
Keep exploring
8s8h against 9d8d is a ready-made deal for the calculator, with no suit in common between the hands. The neighboring matchups below replace one hand with another of similar strength.
How this was computed
The page is built from a full enumeration: 1,712,304 boards, every suit pattern of the 12 specific deals, both seven-card hands evaluated. A tie is worth half a win to each hand, and a board is tallied under each of its ten possible flops for the texture rows.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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