88
52.75%
Wins 52.56%, ties 0.38%
ATs
47.25%
Wins 47.06%, ties 0.38%
88 against ATs: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 52.557 | 0.383 | 47.060 | 52.749 |
| ATs | 47.060 | 0.383 | 52.557 | 47.251 |
88 is a pocket pair and ATs is a suited hand. This is a pair against two overcards, a matchup that stays close because the other hand only needs one of its ranks to appear.
With only 5.50 points between them, the board decides this matchup far more than the cards in hand. Split pots make up 0.38% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each.
Among the 169 starting hands, 88 is number 7 and ATs is number 13 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 21,598,000 | 157,000 | 19,339,000 |
| ATs | 19,339,000 | 157,000 | 21,598,000 |
The total is exact: 24 specific deals times 1,712,304 boards. The three counts are approximate, worked out from the percentages to five decimals and rounded to the nearest thousand.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 1.116 | 1.903 | 2.125 | 0.896 |
| ATs | 0.896 | 2.125 | 1.903 | 1.116 |
The final column gives the least the pot must offer for each unit called for a call to break even at this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
By flop texture, 88's equity runs from 47.01% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better up to 76.63% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). On rainbow flops topped by a ten or better the numbers flip and ATs is the one ahead.
| Flop | Share of flops | 88 wins | Ties | ATs wins | 88 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 46.919 | 0.171 | 52.910 | 47.005 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 76.290 | 0.681 | 23.029 | 76.630 |
| Two-tone | 46.545 | 50.656 | 0.257 | 49.087 | 50.784 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 50.543 | 2.372 | 47.085 | 51.729 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 57.625 | 0.313 | 42.062 | 57.781 |
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
The table below sets each hand against its own random-hand baseline: a change of -16.41 points for 88, from 69.16%, and -17.35 for ATs, from 64.60%.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88, all flops | 52.749 | 69.163 | -16.414 | 0.76268 |
| 88, rainbow, ten or higher | 47.005 | 69.163 | -22.158 | 0.67963 |
| 88, rainbow, nine or lower | 76.630 | 69.163 | +7.467 | 1.10796 |
| 88, two-tone | 50.784 | 69.163 | -18.379 | 0.73427 |
| 88, monotone | 51.729 | 69.163 | -17.434 | 0.74793 |
| 88, paired | 57.781 | 69.163 | -11.382 | 0.83543 |
| ATs, all flops | 47.251 | 64.602 | -17.351 | 0.73142 |
| ATs, rainbow, ten or higher | 52.995 | 64.602 | -11.607 | 0.82033 |
| ATs, rainbow, nine or lower | 23.370 | 64.602 | -41.232 | 0.36175 |
| ATs, two-tone | 49.216 | 64.602 | -15.386 | 0.76183 |
| ATs, monotone | 48.271 | 64.602 | -16.331 | 0.74721 |
| ATs, paired | 42.219 | 64.602 | -22.383 | 0.65352 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Of the deals of this matchup, 12 share a suit (88 at 52.91%) and 12 do not (52.59%). 88 does better with a shared suit, by 0.32 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 88 wins | Ties | ATs wins | 88 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 52.699 | 0.425 | 46.876 | 52.912 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 52.415 | 0.340 | 47.245 | 52.585 |
How often this matchup comes up
Out of 1,624,350 ways to deal two seats two cards each, 24 are 88 in one seat and ATs in the other (0.0015%); with the seats swapped too, 48 (0.0030%).
A worked example
With $100 from each side, the $200 pot is split on average as $105.50 for 88 and $94.50 for ATs; the first side gains $5.50 per all-in and the second gives up $5.50.
Scaled to 1,000 deals, that is roughly 525 wins for 88, 471 for ATs and 4 chopped pots.
The same matchup from the other side
ATs against 88 adds nothing new: it is 47.25% for ATs and 52.75% for 88, the same figures reversed.
Keep exploring
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How this was computed
The page is built from a full enumeration: 1,712,304 boards, every suit pattern of the 24 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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