--- title: "98s vs 76s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/98s-vs-76s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/98s-vs-76s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "98s is a big favorite over 76s before the flop: 64.02% to 35.98% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/98s-vs-75s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/98s-vs-65s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/22-vs-76s.md"] --- # 98s vs 76s: preflop equity 98s is a big favorite over 76s before the flop: 64.02% to 35.98% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Averaged over every possible board, 98s is ahead of 76s by 28.04 points of equity, 64.02% to 35.98%. ## 98s against 76s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for 98s against 76s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 98s | 62.666 | 2.701 | 34.633 | 64.016 | | 76s | 34.633 | 2.701 | 62.666 | 35.984 | 98s and 76s are both suited hands. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances. 98s is ahead, but 76s is far from dead: it takes 346 of every 1,000 deals outright. About 2.70% of boards chop the pot, which is why equity sits slightly above the win figure for both hands. By strength against a random hand, 98s holds place 83 of 169 and 76s holds place 115. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 98s | 17,169,000 | 740,000 | 9,488,000 | | 76s | 9,488,000 | 740,000 | 17,169,000 | Exact total: 16 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. **98s against 76s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 98s | 1.779 | 1.596 | 2.887 | 0.562 | | 76s | 0.562 | 2.887 | 1.596 | 1.779 | 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 If you know the kind of flop that came, the numbers shift: 98s holds 66.62% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and 56.69% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). 98s stays ahead on all five textures. **98s against 76s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | 98s wins | Ties | 76s wins | 98s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.844 | 65.597 | 2.038 | 32.365 | 66.616 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.065 | 56.598 | 0.191 | 43.211 | 56.694 | | Two-tone | 46.727 | 63.026 | 1.557 | 35.417 | 63.805 | | Monotone | 5.273 | 59.104 | 4.278 | 36.618 | 61.243 | | Paired | 17.091 | 60.144 | 7.093 | 32.763 | 63.691 | 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 Compared with a random opponent, this matchup shifts 98s from 50.80% by +13.22 points and 76s from 45.37% by -9.39 points. **98s and 76s 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 98s, all flops | 64.016 | 50.801 | +13.215 | 1.26013 | | 98s, rainbow, ten or higher | 66.616 | 50.801 | +15.815 | 1.31131 | | 98s, rainbow, nine or lower | 56.694 | 50.801 | +5.893 | 1.11600 | | 98s, two-tone | 63.805 | 50.801 | +13.004 | 1.25598 | | 98s, monotone | 61.243 | 50.801 | +10.442 | 1.20555 | | 98s, paired | 63.691 | 50.801 | +12.890 | 1.25374 | | 76s, all flops | 35.984 | 45.372 | -9.388 | 0.79309 | | 76s, rainbow, ten or higher | 33.384 | 45.372 | -11.988 | 0.73578 | | 76s, rainbow, nine or lower | 43.306 | 45.372 | -2.066 | 0.95447 | | 76s, two-tone | 36.195 | 45.372 | -9.177 | 0.79774 | | 76s, monotone | 38.757 | 45.372 | -6.615 | 0.85421 | | 76s, paired | 36.309 | 45.372 | -9.063 | 0.80025 | ## Does a shared suit matter? When the hands share a suit, 98s holds 66.53%; when they do not, it holds 63.18%. 98s does better with a shared suit, by 3.35 points. **98s against 76s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | 98s wins | Ties | 76s wins | 98s equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 65.076 | 2.909 | 32.015 | 66.530 | | No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 61.862 | 2.632 | 35.506 | 63.178 | ## How often this matchup comes up You will meet this exact matchup 0.0020% of the time in a random heads-up deal: 32 of 1,624,350, counting either seat order. ## A worked example With $100 from each side, the $200 pot is split on average as $128.04 for 98s and $71.96 for 76s; the first side gains $28.04 per all-in and the second gives up $28.04. Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 627 for 98s, 346 for 76s and 27 ties. ## The same matchup from the other side Swap the hands and you get 76s with 35.98% against 98s with 64.02%. We keep one page per matchup, with the better-ranked hand first. ## Keep exploring The calculator link fills in 9s8s against 7h6h, a deal where the two hands share no suit. Change any card to test your own hand. The neighboring matchups below swap one of the two hands for one of similar strength. - [Open 9s8s against 7h6h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=9s8s&p2=7h6h) - [98s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/98s.md) - [76s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/76s.md) - [98s vs 75s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/98s-vs-75s.md) - [98s vs 65s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/98s-vs-65s.md) - [22 vs 76s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/22-vs-76s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Nothing here is simulated. The 16 deals of 98s against 76s fall into a few suit patterns, each dealt against all 1,712,304 boards, with both best five-card hands compared on every board. Ties give each hand half a win, and the flop rows count a board under each of its ten flops. Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used. ## Related - [98s vs 75s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/98s-vs-75s.md) - [98s vs 65s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/98s-vs-65s.md) - [22 vs 76s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/22-vs-76s.md)