--- title: "88 vs T8s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-t8s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-t8s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "88 is a big favorite over T8s before the flop: 61.98% to 38.03% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-t9o.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-98s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-t8s.md"] --- # 88 vs T8s: preflop equity 88 is a big favorite over T8s before the flop: 61.98% to 38.03% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Before any board card is dealt, 88 holds 61.98% equity against T8s, which leaves T8s with 38.02%. ## 88 against T8s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for 88 against T8s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 88 | 60.919 | 2.113 | 36.968 | 61.975 | | T8s | 36.968 | 2.113 | 60.919 | 38.025 | 88 and T8s are a pocket pair and a suited hand, in that order. The pair already holds one of the other hand's ranks, and that overlap cuts down the cards the other hand can pair with. The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. Ties are 2.11% 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 T8s holds place 73. **Boards behind the percentages: 20,547,648 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 88 | 12,517,000 | 434,000 | 7,596,000 | | T8s | 7,596,000 | 434,000 | 12,517,000 | 12 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. **88 against T8s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 88 | 1.630 | 1.642 | 2.705 | 0.614 | | T8s | 0.614 | 2.705 | 1.642 | 1.630 | The last column is the break-even price: the pot odds a call needs to offer, as a ratio of pot to call. ## Who is ahead on which flops Low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the best for 88 (74.82%); monotone flops are the worst (58.86%). 88 stays ahead on all five textures, but the swing between them is large, so how the flop looks matters a great deal. **88 against T8s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | 88 wins | Ties | T8s wins | 88 equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.197 | 58.881 | 1.991 | 39.128 | 59.876 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.585 | 73.124 | 3.385 | 23.491 | 74.816 | | Two-tone | 46.236 | 58.584 | 2.062 | 39.354 | 59.615 | | Monotone | 5.151 | 57.422 | 2.884 | 39.694 | 58.864 | | Paired | 17.831 | 67.039 | 1.798 | 31.163 | 67.938 | 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 Against one random hand instead, 88 holds 69.16% and T8s holds 52.33%. Facing each other changes that by -7.18 points for 88 and -14.31 points for T8s. **88 and T8s here compared with each against a random hand, in percent** | Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 88, all flops | 61.975 | 69.163 | -7.188 | 0.89607 | | 88, rainbow, ten or higher | 59.876 | 69.163 | -9.287 | 0.86572 | | 88, rainbow, nine or lower | 74.816 | 69.163 | +5.653 | 1.08173 | | 88, two-tone | 59.615 | 69.163 | -9.548 | 0.86195 | | 88, monotone | 58.864 | 69.163 | -10.299 | 0.85109 | | 88, paired | 67.938 | 69.163 | -1.225 | 0.98229 | | T8s, all flops | 38.025 | 52.334 | -14.309 | 0.72658 | | T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 40.124 | 52.334 | -12.210 | 0.76669 | | T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 25.184 | 52.334 | -27.150 | 0.48122 | | T8s, two-tone | 40.385 | 52.334 | -11.949 | 0.77168 | | T8s, monotone | 41.136 | 52.334 | -11.198 | 0.78603 | | T8s, paired | 32.062 | 52.334 | -20.272 | 0.61264 | ## Does a shared suit matter? 88 and T8s never overlap in suit in a legal deal, so the whole matchup sits in the no-shared-suit row. **88 against T8s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 88 wins | Ties | T8s wins | 88 equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible | | No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 60.919 | 2.113 | 36.968 | 61.975 | ## How often this matchup comes up Exactly 12 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0007% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 24, or 0.0015%. ## A worked example To see what the equity is worth, imagine $100 each in a $200 pot. 88 is worth $123.96 on average (+$23.96); T8s is worth $76.04 (-$23.96). Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 609 outright wins for 88, 370 for T8s, and 21 split pots. ## The same matchup from the other side If you came looking for T8s against 88, the numbers are the same with the hands swapped: 38.02% and 61.98%. ## Keep exploring 8s8h against Td8d 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. - [Open 8s8h against Td8d in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=8s8h&p2=Td8d) - [88 combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/88.md) - [T8s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/t8s.md) - [88 vs T9o](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-t9o.md) - [88 vs 98s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-98s.md) - [AKs vs T8s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-t8s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed All 1,712,304 five-card boards are dealt for every suit pattern among the 12 specific deals of 88 against T8s, and both hands are scored on each. That is a full count, so the percentages are exact. Ties are half a win each, and each board appears once per flop it contains. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [88 vs T9o: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-t9o.md) - [88 vs 98s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/88-vs-98s.md) - [AKs vs T8s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/aks-vs-t8s.md)