T8s
52.84%
Wins 51.97%, ties 1.75%
22
47.16%
Wins 46.28%, ties 1.75%
T8s against 22: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 51.968 | 1.745 | 46.287 | 52.841 |
| 22 | 46.287 | 1.745 | 51.968 | 47.159 |
Here a suited hand (T8s) meets a pocket pair (22). A pair against two higher cards is the classic race: the pair is usually a small favorite or close to even, and each overcard that pairs is a way to take the lead.
That is a slim edge: neither hand is far ahead. The tie share is 1.75%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright.
T8s ranks number 73 of 169 starting hands, and 22 ranks number 87, by equity against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 21,356,000 | 717,000 | 19,022,000 |
| 22 | 19,022,000 | 717,000 | 21,356,000 |
The total is exact: 24 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 1.120 | 1.924 | 2.160 | 0.892 |
| 22 | 0.892 | 2.160 | 1.924 | 1.120 |
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 T8s is strongest on two-tone flops (54.00%) and weakest on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) (48.68%). On low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) the numbers flip and 22 is the one ahead.
| Flop | Share of flops | T8s wins | Ties | 22 wins | T8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.220 | 52.446 | 0.982 | 46.572 | 52.937 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 48.352 | 0.662 | 50.986 | 48.683 |
| Two-tone | 46.545 | 53.554 | 0.881 | 45.565 | 53.995 |
| Monotone | 5.212 | 50.227 | 4.165 | 45.608 | 52.309 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 48.727 | 4.802 | 46.471 | 51.128 |
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
Relative to a random opponent, T8s changes by +0.51 points (baseline 52.33%) and 22 by -3.17 points (baseline 50.33%).
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s, all flops | 52.841 | 52.334 | +0.507 | 1.00969 |
| T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 52.937 | 52.334 | +0.603 | 1.01152 |
| T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 48.683 | 52.334 | -3.651 | 0.93024 |
| T8s, two-tone | 53.995 | 52.334 | +1.661 | 1.03174 |
| T8s, monotone | 52.309 | 52.334 | -0.025 | 0.99952 |
| T8s, paired | 51.128 | 52.334 | -1.206 | 0.97696 |
| 22, all flops | 47.159 | 50.334 | -3.175 | 0.93692 |
| 22, rainbow, ten or higher | 47.063 | 50.334 | -3.271 | 0.93501 |
| 22, rainbow, nine or lower | 51.317 | 50.334 | +0.983 | 1.01953 |
| 22, two-tone | 46.005 | 50.334 | -4.329 | 0.91399 |
| 22, monotone | 47.691 | 50.334 | -2.643 | 0.94749 |
| 22, paired | 48.872 | 50.334 | -1.462 | 0.97095 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Does suit overlap move the numbers? T8s has 52.69% when the hands share a suit and 52.99% when they do not. T8s does better with no shared suit, by 0.30 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | T8s wins | Ties | 22 wins | T8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 12 | 50.00 | 51.805 | 1.765 | 46.430 | 52.687 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 50.00 | 52.132 | 1.725 | 46.143 | 52.994 |
How often this matchup comes up
How often does it happen? 24 of the 1,624,350 ordered deals (0.0015%) are T8s against 22, and 48 (0.0030%) if either hand may sit in either seat.
A worked example
Put $100 each into a $200 pot and deal every board once: T8s averages $105.68 back, ahead of its $100 by $5.68, while 22 averages $94.32, short of its $100 by $5.68.
A thousand deals look like this: T8s takes 520, 22 takes 463, 17 are ties.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From 22's side the equity is 47.16%, and from T8s' side it is 52.84%.
Keep exploring
Try Ts8s against 2h2d 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
The page is built from a full enumeration: 1,712,304 boards, every suit pattern of the 24 specific deals, both seven-card hands evaluated. A tie is worth half a win to each hand, and a board is tallied under each of its ten possible flops for the texture rows.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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