A6s
56.05%
Wins 55.82%, ties 0.46%
T8s
43.95%
Wins 43.72%, ties 0.46%
A6s against T8s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A6s | 55.815 | 0.461 | 43.724 | 56.046 |
| T8s | 43.724 | 0.461 | 55.815 | 43.954 |
Both hands are suited hands: A6s and T8s. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits.
The lead is steady rather than large, and the flop still has plenty of say in who wins. Ties are part of the picture: 0.46% of boards end in a split pot, and each side counts that as half a win.
For context, A6s sits at number 31 of 169 starting hands and T8s at number 73 when each is run against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| A6s | 15,292,000 | 126,000 | 11,979,000 |
| T8s | 11,979,000 | 126,000 | 15,292,000 |
16 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A6s | 1.275 | 1.792 | 2.287 | 0.784 |
| T8s | 0.784 | 2.287 | 1.792 | 1.275 |
In the last column, a pot-to-call ratio at or above the figure makes a call break even or better at this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
Paired flops are the best for A6s (61.67%); low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the worst (52.40%). A6s stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | A6s wins | Ties | T8s wins | A6s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.543 | 55.800 | 0.159 | 44.041 | 55.879 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.366 | 52.147 | 0.512 | 47.341 | 52.403 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 54.722 | 0.214 | 45.064 | 54.829 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 52.062 | 3.389 | 44.549 | 53.757 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 61.349 | 0.649 | 38.002 | 61.674 |
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, A6s changes by -3.86 points (baseline 59.91%) and T8s by -8.38 points (baseline 52.33%).
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A6s, all flops | 56.046 | 59.906 | -3.860 | 0.93557 |
| A6s, rainbow, ten or higher | 55.879 | 59.906 | -4.027 | 0.93278 |
| A6s, rainbow, nine or lower | 52.403 | 59.906 | -7.503 | 0.87475 |
| A6s, two-tone | 54.829 | 59.906 | -5.077 | 0.91525 |
| A6s, monotone | 53.757 | 59.906 | -6.149 | 0.89736 |
| A6s, paired | 61.674 | 59.906 | +1.768 | 1.02951 |
| T8s, all flops | 43.954 | 52.334 | -8.380 | 0.83987 |
| T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 44.121 | 52.334 | -8.213 | 0.84307 |
| T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 47.597 | 52.334 | -4.737 | 0.90949 |
| T8s, two-tone | 45.171 | 52.334 | -7.163 | 0.86313 |
| T8s, monotone | 46.243 | 52.334 | -6.091 | 0.88361 |
| T8s, paired | 38.326 | 52.334 | -14.008 | 0.73233 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Does suit overlap move the numbers? A6s has 57.81% when the hands share a suit and 55.46% when they do not. A6s does better with a shared suit, by 2.35 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | A6s wins | Ties | T8s wins | A6s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 57.541 | 0.536 | 41.923 | 57.809 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 55.240 | 0.436 | 44.324 | 55.458 |
How often this matchup comes up
This page stands for 16 specific-card matchups (0.0010% of 1,624,350 ordered deals), or 32 once you count the seats both ways (0.0020%).
A worked example
With $100 from each side, the $200 pot is split on average as $112.10 for A6s and $87.90 for T8s; the first side gains $12.10 per all-in and the second gives up $12.10.
Scaled to 1,000 deals, that is roughly 558 wins for A6s, 437 for T8s and 5 chopped pots.
The same matchup from the other side
The mirror image, T8s against A6s, is 43.95% to 56.05%, and its address redirects to this page.
Keep exploring
As6s against Th8h 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.
How this was computed
All 1,712,304 five-card boards are dealt for every suit pattern among the 16 specific deals of A6s 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.
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