K9o
57.96%
Wins 57.63%, ties 0.65%
T8s
42.04%
Wins 41.72%, ties 0.65%
K9o against T8s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K9o | 57.633 | 0.653 | 41.714 | 57.959 |
| T8s | 41.714 | 0.653 | 57.633 | 42.041 |
The matchup pits an offsuit hand against a suited hand. With no overlap in ranks, every card that pairs one hand is a card that does not pair the other.
A 15.92 point lead is real, and T8s still takes about 417 of every 1,000 deals outright. Ties are 0.65% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
By strength against a random hand, K9o holds place 40 of 169 and T8s holds place 73.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| K9o | 47,369,000 | 537,000 | 34,285,000 |
| T8s | 34,285,000 | 537,000 | 47,369,000 |
48 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K9o | 1.379 | 1.735 | 2.397 | 0.725 |
| T8s | 0.725 | 2.397 | 1.735 | 1.379 |
The last column is the break-even price: the pot odds a call needs to offer, as a ratio of pot to call.
Who is ahead on which flops
By flop texture, K9o's equity runs from 55.57% on monotone flops up to 61.85% on paired flops. K9o stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | K9o wins | Ties | T8s wins | K9o equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 24.665 | 59.283 | 0.333 | 40.384 | 59.450 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 6.365 | 56.705 | 0.544 | 42.751 | 56.977 |
| Two-tone | 46.667 | 55.971 | 0.353 | 43.676 | 56.148 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 54.345 | 2.441 | 43.214 | 55.566 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 61.138 | 1.427 | 37.435 | 61.852 |
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
Start from the random-hand figures, 57.81% for K9o and 52.33% for T8s. This opponent changes them by +0.15 and -10.29 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K9o, all flops | 57.959 | 57.812 | +0.147 | 1.00254 |
| K9o, rainbow, ten or higher | 59.450 | 57.812 | +1.638 | 1.02833 |
| K9o, rainbow, nine or lower | 56.977 | 57.812 | -0.835 | 0.98556 |
| K9o, two-tone | 56.148 | 57.812 | -1.664 | 0.97122 |
| K9o, monotone | 55.566 | 57.812 | -2.246 | 0.96115 |
| K9o, paired | 61.852 | 57.812 | +4.040 | 1.06988 |
| T8s, all flops | 42.041 | 52.334 | -10.293 | 0.80332 |
| T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 40.550 | 52.334 | -11.784 | 0.77483 |
| T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 43.023 | 52.334 | -9.311 | 0.82209 |
| T8s, two-tone | 43.852 | 52.334 | -8.482 | 0.83793 |
| T8s, monotone | 44.434 | 52.334 | -7.900 | 0.84905 |
| T8s, paired | 38.148 | 52.334 | -14.186 | 0.72893 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Split by suits, the deals give K9o 58.46% when the hands overlap in a suit and 57.46% when they do not. K9o does better with a shared suit, by 1.00 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | K9o wins | Ties | T8s wins | K9o equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 24 | 50.00 | 58.111 | 0.693 | 41.196 | 58.458 |
| No shared suit | 24 | 50.00 | 57.155 | 0.612 | 42.233 | 57.461 |
How often this matchup comes up
Counting specific cards, K9o against T8s appears in 48 of the 1,624,350 ordered heads-up deals (0.0030%), and in 96 when the seats are swapped too (0.0059%).
A worked example
Put $100 each into a $200 pot and deal every board once: K9o averages $115.92 back, ahead of its $100 by $15.92, while T8s averages $84.08, short of its $100 by $15.92.
Think in thousands: about 576 of 1,000 go to K9o, about 417 go to T8s, and about 7 are chopped.
The same matchup from the other side
T8s against K9o adds nothing new: it is 42.04% for T8s and 57.96% for K9o, the same figures reversed.
Keep exploring
Try Ks9h against Td8d 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
Nothing here is simulated. The 48 deals of K9o against T8s 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.
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