T8s
68.33%
Wins 64.84%, ties 6.97%
86s
31.67%
Wins 28.19%, ties 6.97%
T8s against 86s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 64.841 | 6.971 | 28.188 | 68.327 |
| 86s | 28.188 | 6.971 | 64.841 | 31.673 |
T8s meets 86s, and both are suited hands. The two hands share a rank, and the one with the better other card dominates: it wins most kicker battles when that shared rank hits.
T8s is well ahead, and 86s needs a specific kind of board to catch up. The tie share is 6.97%: on those boards the pot is chopped and neither hand wins outright.
Among the 169 starting hands, T8s is number 73 and 86s is number 110 by strength against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 13,323,000 | 1,432,000 | 5,792,000 |
| 86s | 5,792,000 | 1,432,000 | 13,323,000 |
Exact total: 12 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 2.157 | 1.542 | 3.548 | 0.464 |
| 86s | 0.464 | 3.548 | 1.542 | 2.157 |
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
Rainbow flops topped by a ten or better are the best for T8s (73.11%); low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) are the worst (55.92%). T8s 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 | T8s wins | Ties | 86s wins | T8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.254 | 69.895 | 6.422 | 23.683 | 73.106 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.654 | 53.729 | 4.380 | 41.891 | 55.919 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 64.611 | 5.558 | 29.831 | 67.390 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 58.569 | 7.413 | 34.018 | 62.276 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 63.608 | 12.279 | 24.113 | 69.748 |
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
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 52.33%, T8s changes by +16.00 points, and 86s, from 46.24%, by -14.57.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s, all flops | 68.327 | 52.334 | +15.993 | 1.30559 |
| T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 73.106 | 52.334 | +20.772 | 1.39691 |
| T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 55.919 | 52.334 | +3.585 | 1.06850 |
| T8s, two-tone | 67.390 | 52.334 | +15.056 | 1.28769 |
| T8s, monotone | 62.276 | 52.334 | +9.942 | 1.18997 |
| T8s, paired | 69.748 | 52.334 | +17.414 | 1.33275 |
| 86s, all flops | 31.673 | 46.243 | -14.570 | 0.68493 |
| 86s, rainbow, ten or higher | 26.894 | 46.243 | -19.349 | 0.58158 |
| 86s, rainbow, nine or lower | 44.081 | 46.243 | -2.162 | 0.95325 |
| 86s, two-tone | 32.610 | 46.243 | -13.633 | 0.70519 |
| 86s, monotone | 37.724 | 46.243 | -8.519 | 0.81578 |
| 86s, paired | 30.252 | 46.243 | -15.991 | 0.65420 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Every legal deal of T8s against 86s leaves the hands with no suit in common, so the suit split does not apply here.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | T8s wins | Ties | 86s wins | T8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 64.841 | 6.971 | 28.188 | 68.327 |
How often this matchup comes up
Exactly 12 specific deals fit this matchup in one seat order, which is 0.0007% of 1,624,350; both orders together give 24, or 0.0015%.
A worked example
Worked example: both players commit $100, so $200 sits in the middle. Over every board, T8s' average share is $136.66 (a gain of $36.66) and 86s' is $63.34 (a loss of $36.66).
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 648 outright wins for T8s, 282 for 86s, and 70 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
The mirror image, 86s against T8s, is 31.67% to 68.33%, and its address redirects to this page.
Keep exploring
Ts8s against 8h6h 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
Method: exact enumeration. The 12 specific deals are grouped by suit pattern, each is run against all 1,712,304 boards, and both seven-card hands are scored. Equity adds half of every tie, and flop textures are tallied over the ten flops inside each board.
Source: our own exact count from the GeorgeLiPoker poker math library. No outside data is used.
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