A8s
68.23%
Wins 67.19%, ties 2.08%
T8s
31.77%
Wins 30.73%, ties 2.08%
A8s against T8s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A8s | 67.190 | 2.082 | 30.728 | 68.231 |
| T8s | 30.728 | 2.082 | 67.190 | 31.769 |
Each side holds one of the suited hands: A8s and T8s. Sharing a rank is the signature of a dominated hand, since the weaker hand is usually out-kicked when the shared rank shows up.
A lead of 36.46 points is large but not decisive: T8s still takes about 307 of every 1,000 deals. Ties are 2.08% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
In the ranking of all 169 starting hands, A8s is number 21 and T8s is number 73.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| A8s | 13,806,000 | 428,000 | 6,314,000 |
| T8s | 6,314,000 | 428,000 | 13,806,000 |
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.
| Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A8s | 2.148 | 1.488 | 3.254 | 0.466 |
| T8s | 0.466 | 3.254 | 1.488 | 2.148 |
The last column is the smallest pot odds, written as a pot-to-call ratio, at which a call breaks even with this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
Break the boards down by their first three cards and A8s is strongest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (75.40%) and weakest on monotone flops (62.04%). A8s stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | A8s wins | Ties | T8s wins | A8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.595 | 66.577 | 1.769 | 31.654 | 67.462 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.314 | 73.818 | 3.168 | 23.014 | 75.402 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 65.862 | 1.785 | 32.353 | 66.755 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 59.947 | 4.178 | 35.875 | 62.036 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 71.391 | 2.296 | 26.313 | 72.539 |
A rainbow flop shows three suits, a two-tone flop repeats one suit, a monotone flop is a single suit, and a paired flop repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
Each hand has a baseline against a random hand: 61.94% for A8s, 52.33% for T8s. Here the change is +6.29 and -20.56 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A8s, all flops | 68.231 | 61.944 | +6.287 | 1.10149 |
| A8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 67.462 | 61.944 | +5.518 | 1.08908 |
| A8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 75.402 | 61.944 | +13.458 | 1.21726 |
| A8s, two-tone | 66.755 | 61.944 | +4.811 | 1.07767 |
| A8s, monotone | 62.036 | 61.944 | +0.092 | 1.00149 |
| A8s, paired | 72.539 | 61.944 | +10.595 | 1.17104 |
| T8s, all flops | 31.769 | 52.334 | -20.565 | 0.60704 |
| T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 32.538 | 52.334 | -19.796 | 0.62174 |
| T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 24.598 | 52.334 | -27.736 | 0.47002 |
| T8s, two-tone | 33.245 | 52.334 | -19.089 | 0.63525 |
| T8s, monotone | 37.964 | 52.334 | -14.370 | 0.72542 |
| T8s, paired | 27.461 | 52.334 | -24.873 | 0.52473 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Every legal deal of A8s against T8s leaves the hands with no suit in common, so the suit split does not apply here.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | A8s wins | Ties | T8s wins | A8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 67.190 | 2.082 | 30.728 | 68.231 |
How often this matchup comes up
Out of 1,624,350 ways to deal two seats two cards each, 12 are A8s in one seat and T8s in the other (0.0007%); with the seats swapped too, 24 (0.0015%).
A worked example
Put $100 each into a $200 pot and deal every board once: A8s averages $136.46 back, ahead of its $100 by $36.46, while T8s averages $63.54, short of its $100 by $36.46.
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 672 outright wins for A8s, 307 for T8s, and 21 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
The reversed view, T8s against A8s, shows 31.77% for T8s and 68.23% for A8s. It is the same count, so it redirects here.
Keep exploring
As8s 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
The figures are counted, not estimated: 1,712,304 boards for every suit pattern of the 12 specific deals, with both seven-card hands compared each time. Equity gives half a win for a tie. For the flop rows, a board is counted once under each of the ten flops inside it.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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