A7s
56.12%
Wins 55.90%, ties 0.46%
98s
43.88%
Wins 43.64%, ties 0.46%
A7s against 98s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A7s | 55.895 | 0.456 | 43.649 | 56.123 |
| 98s | 43.649 | 0.456 | 55.895 | 43.877 |
Two suited hands meet here: A7s against 98s. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances.
A 12.24 point lead is real, and 98s still takes about 436 of every 1,000 deals outright. Ties are 0.46% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
A7s ranks number 24 of 169 starting hands, and 98s ranks number 83, by equity against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| A7s | 15,313,000 | 125,000 | 11,958,000 |
| 98s | 11,958,000 | 125,000 | 15,313,000 |
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.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A7s | 1.279 | 1.789 | 2.291 | 0.782 |
| 98s | 0.782 | 2.291 | 1.789 | 1.279 |
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
Break the boards down by their first three cards and A7s is strongest on paired flops (61.60%) and weakest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (39.68%). 98s is ahead on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), even though it trails A7s when every flop is counted.
| Flop | Share of flops | A7s wins | Ties | 98s wins | A7s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.220 | 58.744 | 0.198 | 41.058 | 58.843 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 39.510 | 0.341 | 60.149 | 39.680 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 54.818 | 0.208 | 44.974 | 54.922 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 52.048 | 3.385 | 44.567 | 53.741 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 61.280 | 0.649 | 38.071 | 61.604 |
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
Relative to a random opponent, A7s changes by -4.86 points (baseline 60.98%) and 98s by -6.92 points (baseline 50.80%).
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A7s, all flops | 56.123 | 60.984 | -4.861 | 0.92029 |
| A7s, rainbow, ten or higher | 58.843 | 60.984 | -2.141 | 0.96489 |
| A7s, rainbow, nine or lower | 39.680 | 60.984 | -21.304 | 0.65066 |
| A7s, two-tone | 54.922 | 60.984 | -6.062 | 0.90060 |
| A7s, monotone | 53.741 | 60.984 | -7.243 | 0.88123 |
| A7s, paired | 61.604 | 60.984 | +0.620 | 1.01017 |
| 98s, all flops | 43.877 | 50.801 | -6.924 | 0.86370 |
| 98s, rainbow, ten or higher | 41.157 | 50.801 | -9.644 | 0.81016 |
| 98s, rainbow, nine or lower | 60.320 | 50.801 | +9.519 | 1.18738 |
| 98s, two-tone | 45.078 | 50.801 | -5.723 | 0.88734 |
| 98s, monotone | 46.259 | 50.801 | -4.542 | 0.91059 |
| 98s, paired | 38.396 | 50.801 | -12.405 | 0.75581 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Split by suits, the deals give A7s 57.93% when the hands overlap in a suit and 55.52% when they do not. A7s does better with a shared suit, by 2.41 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | A7s wins | Ties | 98s wins | A7s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 57.662 | 0.529 | 41.809 | 57.927 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 55.306 | 0.432 | 44.262 | 55.522 |
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
Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, A7s' average share is $112.24 (a gain of $12.24) and 98s' is $87.76 (a loss of $12.24).
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 559 for A7s, 436 for 98s and 5 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
98s against A7s adds nothing new: it is 43.88% for 98s and 56.12% for A7s, the same figures reversed.
Keep exploring
Open the calculator with As7s against 9h8h already entered, a deal with no shared suit, and change any card to try your own hand. The matchups after it each swap one hand for a nearby one in the ranking.
How this was computed
We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 16 specific A7s against 98s deals meets all 1,712,304 boards, and the better five-card hand wins; a split pot is half a win each. The flop table reads each board under all ten of its three-card flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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