JTs
70.18%
Wins 67.73%, ties 4.89%
T8s
29.82%
Wins 27.38%, ties 4.89%
JTs against T8s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTs | 67.730 | 4.890 | 27.380 | 70.175 |
| T8s | 27.380 | 4.890 | 67.730 | 29.825 |
Two suited hands meet here: JTs against 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.
That is a clear edge, 70.18% to 29.82%, but T8s still wins often enough that one hand proves nothing. A split pot comes up on 4.89% of boards, so the wins and the equity differ by half of that.
By strength against a random hand, JTs holds place 45 of 169 and T8s holds place 73.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| JTs | 13,917,000 | 1,005,000 | 5,626,000 |
| T8s | 5,626,000 | 1,005,000 | 13,917,000 |
The total is exact: 12 specific deals times 1,712,304 boards. The three counts are approximate, worked out from the percentages to five decimals and 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTs | 2.353 | 1.476 | 3.652 | 0.425 |
| T8s | 0.425 | 3.652 | 1.476 | 2.353 |
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 JTs is strongest on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better (75.06%) and weakest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (61.48%). JTs stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | JTs wins | Ties | T8s wins | JTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 72.568 | 4.982 | 22.450 | 75.059 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 60.903 | 1.151 | 37.946 | 61.479 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 67.244 | 3.778 | 28.978 | 69.133 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 60.495 | 5.991 | 33.514 | 63.491 |
| Paired | 17.333 | 67.325 | 8.936 | 23.739 | 71.793 |
Read the flop types this way: rainbow has three suits, two-tone has two cards of one suit, monotone has three, and paired repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
Compared with a random opponent, this matchup shifts JTs from 57.53% by +12.65 points and T8s from 52.33% by -22.51 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JTs, all flops | 70.175 | 57.528 | +12.647 | 1.21984 |
| JTs, rainbow, ten or higher | 75.059 | 57.528 | +17.531 | 1.30474 |
| JTs, rainbow, nine or lower | 61.479 | 57.528 | +3.951 | 1.06868 |
| JTs, two-tone | 69.133 | 57.528 | +11.605 | 1.20173 |
| JTs, monotone | 63.491 | 57.528 | +5.963 | 1.10365 |
| JTs, paired | 71.793 | 57.528 | +14.265 | 1.24797 |
| T8s, all flops | 29.825 | 52.334 | -22.509 | 0.56990 |
| T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 24.941 | 52.334 | -27.393 | 0.47657 |
| T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 38.521 | 52.334 | -13.813 | 0.73606 |
| T8s, two-tone | 30.867 | 52.334 | -21.467 | 0.58981 |
| T8s, monotone | 36.509 | 52.334 | -15.825 | 0.69762 |
| T8s, paired | 28.207 | 52.334 | -24.127 | 0.53898 |
Does a shared suit matter?
The hands cannot hold a suit in common here, which leaves a single case and a single number: 70.18% for JTs.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | JTs wins | Ties | T8s wins | JTs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 67.730 | 4.890 | 27.380 | 70.175 |
How often this matchup comes up
You will meet this exact matchup 0.0015% of the time in a random heads-up deal: 24 of 1,624,350, counting either seat order.
A worked example
Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, JTs' average share is $140.36 (a gain of $40.36) and T8s' is $59.64 (a loss of $40.36).
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 677 for JTs, 274 for T8s and 49 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From T8s' side the equity is 29.82%, and from JTs' side it is 70.18%.
Keep exploring
Try JsTs against Th8h in the calculator: the hands share no suit, and every card can be changed. The links after it are the closest matchups in the ranking.
How this was computed
This is an exact count with no sampling. For the 12 ways to deal one JTs and one T8s without reusing a card, grouped by suit pattern, every one of the 1,712,304 possible boards is dealt and both seven-card hands are compared. A tie counts as half a win in the equity column, and each board is counted once under each of its ten three-card flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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