--- title: "KJs vs T8s: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-t8s.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-t8s" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "KJs is a big favorite over T8s before the flop: 64.19% to 35.81% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-t9o.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-98s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a8s-vs-t8s.md"] --- # KJs vs T8s: preflop equity KJs is a big favorite over T8s before the flop: 64.19% to 35.81% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Before any board card is dealt, KJs holds 64.19% equity against T8s, which leaves T8s with 35.81%. ## KJs against T8s: the numbers **Exact preflop results for KJs against T8s, in percent** | Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KJs | 63.841 | 0.695 | 35.464 | 64.188 | | T8s | 35.464 | 0.695 | 63.841 | 35.812 | This is a contest between two suited hands, KJs and T8s. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits. A 28.38 point lead is real, and T8s still takes about 355 of every 1,000 deals outright. 0.70% of boards are ties, so the equity of each hand is its win rate plus half of that. Among the 169 starting hands, KJs is number 20 and T8s is number 73 by strength against a random hand. **Boards behind the percentages: 27,396,864 counted in all** | Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KJs | 17,490,000 | 190,000 | 9,716,000 | | T8s | 9,716,000 | 190,000 | 17,490,000 | 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. **KJs against T8s read as odds** | Hand | Equity as odds (to 1) | Wins one deal in | Loses one deal in | Pot odds needed to call (to 1) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KJs | 1.792 | 1.566 | 2.820 | 0.558 | | T8s | 0.558 | 2.820 | 1.566 | 1.792 | The final column gives the least the pot must offer for each unit called for a call to break even at this equity. ## Who is ahead on which flops By flop texture, KJs' equity runs from 52.92% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) up to 68.16% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better. KJs stays ahead on all five textures, but the swing between them is large, so how the flop looks matters a great deal. **KJs against T8s by flop texture, in percent** | Flop | Share of flops | KJs wins | Ties | T8s wins | KJs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 68.014 | 0.299 | 31.687 | 68.163 | | Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 52.595 | 0.646 | 46.759 | 52.918 | | Two-tone | 46.727 | 63.382 | 0.342 | 36.276 | 63.553 | | Monotone | 5.273 | 59.274 | 3.463 | 37.263 | 61.006 | | Paired | 17.091 | 65.310 | 1.380 | 33.310 | 66.000 | 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, 62.57% for KJs and 52.33% for T8s. This opponent changes them by +1.62 and -16.52 points. **KJs and T8s here compared with each against a random hand, in percent** | Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | KJs, all flops | 64.188 | 62.567 | +1.621 | 1.02591 | | KJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 68.163 | 62.567 | +5.596 | 1.08944 | | KJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 52.918 | 62.567 | -9.649 | 0.84578 | | KJs, two-tone | 63.553 | 62.567 | +0.986 | 1.01576 | | KJs, monotone | 61.006 | 62.567 | -1.561 | 0.97505 | | KJs, paired | 66.000 | 62.567 | +3.433 | 1.05487 | | T8s, all flops | 35.812 | 52.334 | -16.522 | 0.68430 | | T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 31.837 | 52.334 | -20.497 | 0.60834 | | T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 47.082 | 52.334 | -5.252 | 0.89964 | | T8s, two-tone | 36.447 | 52.334 | -15.887 | 0.69643 | | T8s, monotone | 38.994 | 52.334 | -13.340 | 0.74510 | | T8s, paired | 34.000 | 52.334 | -18.334 | 0.64967 | ## Does a shared suit matter? The suit split reads 66.68% for KJs with a shared suit and 63.36% without one. KJs does better with a shared suit, by 3.32 points. **KJs against T8s by suit overlap, in percent** | Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | KJs wins | Ties | T8s wins | KJs equity | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 66.293 | 0.781 | 32.926 | 66.683 | | No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 63.024 | 0.666 | 36.310 | 63.357 | ## How often this matchup comes up Out of 1,624,350 ways to deal two seats two cards each, 16 are KJs in one seat and T8s in the other (0.0010%); with the seats swapped too, 32 (0.0020%). ## A worked example A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says KJs gets $128.38 of it on average and T8s gets $71.62. Over a long run, 1,000 deals split into about 638 for KJs, 355 for T8s and 7 tied. ## The same matchup from the other side One page covers both views. From T8s' side the equity is 35.81%, and from KJs' side it is 64.19%. ## Keep exploring Open the calculator with KsJs against Th8h 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. - [Open KsJs against Th8h in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=KsJs&p2=Th8h) - [KJs combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/kjs.md) - [T8s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/t8s.md) - [KJs vs T9o](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-t9o.md) - [KJs vs 98s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-98s.md) - [A8s vs T8s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a8s-vs-t8s.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## How this was computed Nothing here is simulated. The 16 deals of KJs 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. ## Related - [KJs vs T9o: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-t9o.md) - [KJs vs 98s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/kjs-vs-98s.md) - [A8s vs T8s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/a8s-vs-t8s.md)