T8s
63.29%
Wins 62.39%, ties 1.81%
76s
36.71%
Wins 35.80%, ties 1.81%
T8s against 76s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 62.385 | 1.807 | 35.808 | 63.288 |
| 76s | 35.808 | 1.807 | 62.385 | 36.712 |
Both hands are suited hands: T8s and 76s. Neither hand shares a rank with the other, so this is a contest of high cards, connection and suits.
That is a modest edge, the kind that shows up over many hands and is easy to miss in one. Ties are part of the picture: 1.81% of boards end in a split pot, and each side counts that as half a win.
For context, T8s sits at number 73 of 169 starting hands and 76s at number 115 when each is run against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 17,092,000 | 495,000 | 9,810,000 |
| 76s | 9,810,000 | 495,000 | 17,092,000 |
The total is exact: 16 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 | 1.724 | 1.603 | 2.793 | 0.580 |
| 76s | 0.580 | 2.793 | 1.603 | 1.724 |
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
The flop changes the picture. T8s does best on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, at 67.51%, and worst on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower), at 48.22%. Low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) favor 76s, the hand that is behind overall.
| Flop | Share of flops | T8s wins | Ties | 76s wins | T8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.220 | 66.894 | 1.224 | 31.882 | 67.506 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.689 | 48.113 | 0.217 | 51.670 | 48.222 |
| Two-tone | 46.727 | 62.397 | 0.944 | 36.659 | 62.869 |
| Monotone | 5.273 | 58.530 | 3.873 | 37.597 | 60.467 |
| Paired | 17.091 | 61.637 | 4.917 | 33.446 | 64.095 |
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
Compared with a random opponent, this matchup shifts T8s from 52.33% by +10.96 points and 76s from 45.37% by -8.66 points.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s, all flops | 63.288 | 52.334 | +10.954 | 1.20931 |
| T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 67.506 | 52.334 | +15.172 | 1.28991 |
| T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 48.222 | 52.334 | -4.112 | 0.92143 |
| T8s, two-tone | 62.869 | 52.334 | +10.535 | 1.20130 |
| T8s, monotone | 60.467 | 52.334 | +8.133 | 1.15541 |
| T8s, paired | 64.095 | 52.334 | +11.761 | 1.22473 |
| 76s, all flops | 36.712 | 45.372 | -8.660 | 0.80913 |
| 76s, rainbow, ten or higher | 32.494 | 45.372 | -12.878 | 0.71617 |
| 76s, rainbow, nine or lower | 51.778 | 45.372 | +6.406 | 1.14119 |
| 76s, two-tone | 37.131 | 45.372 | -8.241 | 0.81837 |
| 76s, monotone | 39.533 | 45.372 | -5.839 | 0.87131 |
| 76s, paired | 35.905 | 45.372 | -9.467 | 0.79135 |
Does a shared suit matter?
When the hands share a suit, T8s holds 65.72%; when they do not, it holds 62.48%. T8s does better with a shared suit, by 3.24 points.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | T8s wins | Ties | 76s wins | T8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 4 | 25.00 | 64.744 | 1.955 | 33.301 | 65.722 |
| No shared suit | 12 | 75.00 | 61.599 | 1.757 | 36.644 | 62.477 |
How often this matchup comes up
Counting specific cards, T8s against 76s appears in 16 of the 1,624,350 ordered heads-up deals (0.0010%), and in 32 when the seats are swapped too (0.0020%).
A worked example
With $100 from each side, the $200 pot is split on average as $126.58 for T8s and $73.42 for 76s; the first side gains $26.58 per all-in and the second gives up $26.58.
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 624 outright wins for T8s, 358 for 76s, and 18 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
The mirror image, 76s against T8s, is 36.71% to 63.29%, and its address redirects to this page.
Keep exploring
Open the calculator with Ts8s against 7h6h 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.
How this was computed
We counted every case. Each suit pattern of the 16 specific T8s against 76s deals meets all 1,712,304 boards, and the better five-card hand wins; a split pot is half a win each. The flop table reads each board under all ten of its three-card flops.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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