QJs
65.18%
Wins 64.71%, ties 0.93%
T8s
34.82%
Wins 34.36%, ties 0.93%
QJs against T8s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QJs | 64.712 | 0.932 | 34.356 | 65.178 |
| T8s | 34.356 | 0.932 | 64.712 | 34.822 |
QJs and T8s are both suited hands. The two hands share no rank, which makes this a pure matchup of card strength, straight chances and flush chances.
That is a clear edge, 65.18% to 34.82%, but T8s still wins often enough that one hand proves nothing. Ties are part of the picture: 0.93% of boards end in a split pot, and each side counts that as half a win.
Ranked by equity against a random hand, QJs is number 28 of the 169 starting hands and T8s is number 73.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| QJs | 17,729,000 | 255,000 | 9,412,000 |
| T8s | 9,412,000 | 255,000 | 17,729,000 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QJs | 1.872 | 1.545 | 2.911 | 0.534 |
| T8s | 0.534 | 2.911 | 1.545 | 1.872 |
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
Break the boards down by their first three cards and QJs is strongest on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better (69.46%) and weakest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (54.04%). QJs stays ahead on all five textures, but the swing between them is large, so how the flop looks matters a great deal.
| Flop | Share of flops | QJs wins | Ties | T8s wins | QJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 23.867 | 69.234 | 0.450 | 30.316 | 69.459 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 7.042 | 53.719 | 0.633 | 45.648 | 54.035 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 64.447 | 0.448 | 35.105 | 64.671 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 60.113 | 3.530 | 36.357 | 61.878 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 65.068 | 2.250 | 32.682 | 66.193 |
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
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 60.26%, QJs changes by +4.92 points, and T8s, from 52.33%, by -17.51.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QJs, all flops | 65.178 | 60.259 | +4.919 | 1.08163 |
| QJs, rainbow, ten or higher | 69.459 | 60.259 | +9.200 | 1.15267 |
| QJs, rainbow, nine or lower | 54.035 | 60.259 | -6.224 | 0.89671 |
| QJs, two-tone | 64.671 | 60.259 | +4.412 | 1.07322 |
| QJs, monotone | 61.878 | 60.259 | +1.619 | 1.02687 |
| QJs, paired | 66.193 | 60.259 | +5.934 | 1.09847 |
| T8s, all flops | 34.822 | 52.334 | -17.512 | 0.66538 |
| T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 30.541 | 52.334 | -21.793 | 0.58358 |
| T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 45.965 | 52.334 | -6.369 | 0.87830 |
| T8s, two-tone | 35.329 | 52.334 | -17.005 | 0.67507 |
| T8s, monotone | 38.122 | 52.334 | -14.212 | 0.72844 |
| T8s, paired | 33.807 | 52.334 | -18.527 | 0.64599 |
Does a shared suit matter?
The suit split reads 67.77% for QJs with a shared suit and 64.31% without one. QJs does better with a shared suit, by 3.46 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | QJs wins | Ties | T8s wins | QJs equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 67.259 | 1.029 | 31.712 | 67.773 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 63.863 | 0.899 | 35.238 | 64.312 |
How often this matchup comes up
Exactly 16 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0010% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 32, or 0.0020%.
A worked example
Put $100 each into a $200 pot and deal every board once: QJs averages $130.36 back, ahead of its $100 by $30.36, while T8s averages $69.64, short of its $100 by $30.36.
Run 1,000 deals and the tally comes out near 647 for QJs, 344 for T8s and 9 ties.
The same matchup from the other side
If you came looking for T8s against QJs, the numbers are the same with the hands swapped: 34.82% and 65.18%.
Keep exploring
QsJs 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
Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 16 specific deals, group them by suit pattern, deal all 1,712,304 boards against each, and compare the two seven-card hands. Equity counts a tie as half a win; the flop rows use every one of a board's ten flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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