--- title: "T8s vs 22: preflop equity" url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t8s-vs-22.md" canonical_url: "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t8s-vs-22" last_updated: "2026-10-23" type: "reference" summary: "T8s vs 22 is close to a coin flip before the flop: 52.84% to 47.16% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit." related: ["https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t8s-vs-97s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t8s-vs-87s.md", "https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t9o-vs-22.md"] --- # T8s vs 22: preflop equity T8s vs 22 is close to a coin flip before the flop: 52.84% to 47.16% equity, counted exactly over every board, with the split by flop type and suit. Counting every board, the equity split is 52.84% for T8s and 47.16% for 22, so T8s leads by 5.68 points. ## T8s against 22: the numbers **Exact preflop results for T8s against 22, in percent** | 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. **Boards behind the percentages: 41,095,296 counted in all** | 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. **T8s against 22 read as odds** | 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. **T8s against 22 by flop texture, in percent** | 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%). **T8s and 22 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 | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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. **T8s against 22 by suit overlap, in percent** | 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. - [Open Ts8s against 2h2d in the equity calculator](https://georgelipoker.com/tools/equity-calculator.md#p1=Ts8s&p2=2h2d) - [T8s combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/t8s.md) - [22 combos](https://georgelipoker.com/combos/22.md) - [T8s vs 97s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t8s-vs-97s.md) - [T8s vs 87s](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t8s-vs-87s.md) - [T9o vs 22](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t9o-vs-22.md) - [All hand matchups](https://georgelipoker.com/equity.md) ## 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. ## Related - [T8s vs 97s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t8s-vs-97s.md) - [T8s vs 87s: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t8s-vs-87s.md) - [T9o vs 22: preflop equity](https://georgelipoker.com/equity/t9o-vs-22.md)