88
53.87%
Wins 53.66%, ties 0.41%
KQo
46.13%
Wins 45.93%, ties 0.41%
88 against KQo: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 53.663 | 0.414 | 45.923 | 53.870 |
| KQo | 45.923 | 0.414 | 53.663 | 46.130 |
One side is a pocket pair, the other is an offsuit 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.
88 leads by less than 8 points of equity, so the result of any one deal is close to a toss-up. About 0.41% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands.
Among the 169 starting hands, 88 is number 7 and KQo is number 23 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 66,159,000 | 510,000 | 56,617,000 |
| KQo | 56,617,000 | 510,000 | 66,159,000 |
Exact total: 72 deals times 1,712,304 boards. The other three counts come from the five-decimal percentages and are rounded to the nearest thousand, so read them as approximate.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | 1.168 | 1.863 | 2.178 | 0.856 |
| KQo | 0.856 | 2.178 | 1.863 | 1.168 |
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
Low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the best for 88 (80.96%); rainbow flops topped by a ten or better are the worst (45.89%). KQo is ahead on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, even though it trails 88 when every flop is counted.
| Flop | Share of flops | 88 wins | Ties | KQo wins | 88 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.717 | 45.789 | 0.195 | 54.016 | 45.887 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 80.502 | 0.923 | 18.575 | 80.963 |
| Two-tone | 46.485 | 52.581 | 0.329 | 47.090 | 52.745 |
| Monotone | 5.151 | 49.724 | 1.716 | 48.560 | 50.582 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 59.190 | 0.380 | 40.430 | 59.380 |
Rainbow flops have three suits, two-tone flops repeat one suit, monotone flops are all one suit, and paired flops repeat a rank.
Compared with a random hand
Relative to a random opponent, 88 changes by -15.29 points (baseline 69.16%) and KQo by -15.33 points (baseline 61.46%).
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88, all flops | 53.870 | 69.163 | -15.293 | 0.77888 |
| 88, rainbow, ten or higher | 45.887 | 69.163 | -23.276 | 0.66346 |
| 88, rainbow, nine or lower | 80.963 | 69.163 | +11.800 | 1.17061 |
| 88, two-tone | 52.745 | 69.163 | -16.418 | 0.76262 |
| 88, monotone | 50.582 | 69.163 | -18.581 | 0.73134 |
| 88, paired | 59.380 | 69.163 | -9.783 | 0.85855 |
| KQo, all flops | 46.130 | 61.456 | -15.326 | 0.75062 |
| KQo, rainbow, ten or higher | 54.113 | 61.456 | -7.343 | 0.88052 |
| KQo, rainbow, nine or lower | 19.037 | 61.456 | -42.419 | 0.30977 |
| KQo, two-tone | 47.255 | 61.456 | -14.201 | 0.76892 |
| KQo, monotone | 49.418 | 61.456 | -12.038 | 0.80412 |
| KQo, paired | 40.620 | 61.456 | -20.836 | 0.66096 |
Does a shared suit matter?
When the hands share a suit, 88 holds 53.79%; when they do not, it holds 54.30%. 88 does better with no shared suit, by 0.51 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 88 wins | Ties | KQo wins | 88 equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 60 | 83.33 | 53.570 | 0.430 | 46.000 | 53.785 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 16.67 | 54.130 | 0.334 | 45.536 | 54.297 |
How often this matchup comes up
The class pair covers 72 combinations of specific cards in a fixed seat order, 0.0044% of 1,624,350, and 144 (0.0089%) in either order.
A worked example
Say each player puts $100 in before the flop, making a $200 pot. On average 88 takes back $107.74 of it, which is $7.74 more than it put in, and KQo takes back $92.26, $7.74 less than it put in.
Scaled to 1,000 deals, that is roughly 537 wins for 88, 459 for KQo and 4 chopped pots.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From KQo's side the equity is 46.13%, and from 88's side it is 53.87%.
Keep exploring
Try 8s8h against KdQc 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
This is an exact count with no sampling. For the 72 ways to deal one 88 and one KQo without reusing a card, grouped by suit pattern, every one of the 1,712,304 possible boards is dealt and both seven-card hands are compared. A tie counts as half a win in the equity column, and each board is counted once under each of its ten three-card flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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