88
55.74%
Wins 55.53%, ties 0.41%
K9o
44.26%
Wins 44.06%, ties 0.41%
88 against K9o: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 55.528 | 0.413 | 44.059 | 55.735 |
| K9o | 44.059 | 0.413 | 55.528 | 44.265 |
88 is a pocket pair and K9o is an offsuit hand. A pair against two higher cards is the classic race: the pair is usually a small favorite or close to even, and each overcard that pairs is a way to take the lead.
A 11.48 point lead is real, and K9o still takes about 441 of every 1,000 deals outright. About 0.41% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands.
Ranked by equity against a random hand, 88 is number 7 of the 169 starting hands and K9o is number 40.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 68,458,000 | 509,000 | 54,319,000 |
| K9o | 54,319,000 | 509,000 | 68,458,000 |
72 specific deals times 1,712,304 boards gives the exact total. The won, tied and lost counts are approximations from the five-decimal percentages, 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 | 1.259 | 1.801 | 2.270 | 0.794 |
| K9o | 0.794 | 2.270 | 1.801 | 1.259 |
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
88 prefers low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), where it holds 63.97%, and likes monotone flops least, where it holds 51.99%. 88 stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | 88 wins | Ties | K9o wins | 88 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.341 | 53.003 | 0.234 | 46.763 | 53.120 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 63.583 | 0.773 | 35.644 | 63.970 |
| Two-tone | 46.485 | 54.586 | 0.320 | 45.094 | 54.746 |
| Monotone | 5.151 | 51.130 | 1.711 | 47.159 | 51.985 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 60.410 | 0.421 | 39.169 | 60.620 |
A rainbow flop shows three suits, a two-tone flop repeats one suit, a monotone flop is a single suit, and a paired flop repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
Start from the random-hand figures, 69.16% for 88 and 57.81% for K9o. This opponent changes them by -13.42 and -13.55 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88, all flops | 55.735 | 69.163 | -13.428 | 0.80585 |
| 88, rainbow, ten or higher | 53.120 | 69.163 | -16.043 | 0.76804 |
| 88, rainbow, nine or lower | 63.970 | 69.163 | -5.193 | 0.92492 |
| 88, two-tone | 54.746 | 69.163 | -14.417 | 0.79155 |
| 88, monotone | 51.985 | 69.163 | -17.178 | 0.75163 |
| 88, paired | 60.620 | 69.163 | -8.543 | 0.87648 |
| K9o, all flops | 44.265 | 57.812 | -13.547 | 0.76567 |
| K9o, rainbow, ten or higher | 46.880 | 57.812 | -10.932 | 0.81090 |
| K9o, rainbow, nine or lower | 36.030 | 57.812 | -21.782 | 0.62323 |
| K9o, two-tone | 45.254 | 57.812 | -12.558 | 0.78278 |
| K9o, monotone | 48.015 | 57.812 | -9.797 | 0.83054 |
| K9o, paired | 39.380 | 57.812 | -18.432 | 0.68117 |
Does a shared suit matter?
When the hands share a suit, 88 holds 55.65%; when they do not, it holds 56.14%. 88 does better with no shared suit, by 0.49 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 88 wins | Ties | K9o wins | 88 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 60 | 83.33 | 55.439 | 0.429 | 44.132 | 55.653 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 16.67 | 55.975 | 0.334 | 43.691 | 56.142 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 72 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0044%) are 88 against K9o, and 144 (0.0089%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, 88's average share is $111.48 (a gain of $11.48) and K9o's is $88.52 (a loss of $11.48).
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 555 outright wins for 88, 441 for K9o, and 4 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
K9o versus 88 is this same page seen from the other hand: 44.26% for K9o, 55.74% for 88.
Keep exploring
Try 8s8h against Kd9c in the calculator: the hands share no suit, and every card can be changed. The links after it are the closest matchups in the ranking.
How this was computed
The figures are counted, not estimated: 1,712,304 boards for every suit pattern of the 72 specific deals, with both seven-card hands compared each time. Equity gives half a win for a tie. For the flop rows, a board is counted once under each of the ten flops inside it.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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