T8s
67.96%
Wins 64.51%, ties 6.90%
87s
32.04%
Wins 28.59%, ties 6.90%
T8s against 87s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 64.511 | 6.902 | 28.587 | 67.962 |
| 87s | 28.587 | 6.902 | 64.511 | 32.038 |
This is a contest between two suited hands, T8s and 87s. Sharing a rank is the signature of a dominated hand, since the weaker hand is usually out-kicked when the shared rank shows up.
A lead of 35.92 points is large but not decisive: 87s still takes about 286 of every 1,000 deals. Ties are 6.90% of the outcomes here; each tied board gives both hands half the pot.
Place 73 of 169 belongs to T8s and place 100 belongs to 87s in the ranking against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 13,255,000 | 1,418,000 | 5,874,000 |
| 87s | 5,874,000 | 1,418,000 | 13,255,000 |
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 | 2.121 | 1.550 | 3.498 | 0.471 |
| 87s | 0.471 | 3.498 | 1.550 | 2.121 |
In the last column, a pot-to-call ratio at or above the figure makes a call break even or better at this equity.
Who is ahead on which flops
T8s prefers rainbow flops topped by a ten or better, where it holds 72.25%, and likes low rainbow flops (nine high or lower) least, where it holds 57.52%. T8s stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | T8s wins | Ties | 87s wins | T8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.254 | 69.067 | 6.360 | 24.573 | 72.247 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.654 | 55.426 | 4.196 | 40.378 | 57.524 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 64.280 | 5.486 | 30.234 | 67.023 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 58.299 | 7.369 | 34.332 | 61.983 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 63.323 | 12.238 | 24.439 | 69.442 |
A rainbow flop shows three suits, a two-tone flop repeats one suit, a monotone flop is a single suit, and a paired flop repeats a rank.
Compared with a random hand
The table below sets each hand against its own random-hand baseline: a change of +15.63 points for T8s, from 52.33%, and -15.90 for 87s, from 47.94%.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s, all flops | 67.962 | 52.334 | +15.628 | 1.29862 |
| T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 72.247 | 52.334 | +19.913 | 1.38050 |
| T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 57.524 | 52.334 | +5.190 | 1.09917 |
| T8s, two-tone | 67.023 | 52.334 | +14.689 | 1.28068 |
| T8s, monotone | 61.983 | 52.334 | +9.649 | 1.18437 |
| T8s, paired | 69.442 | 52.334 | +17.108 | 1.32690 |
| 87s, all flops | 32.038 | 47.936 | -15.898 | 0.66835 |
| 87s, rainbow, ten or higher | 27.753 | 47.936 | -20.183 | 0.57896 |
| 87s, rainbow, nine or lower | 42.476 | 47.936 | -5.460 | 0.88610 |
| 87s, two-tone | 32.977 | 47.936 | -14.959 | 0.68794 |
| 87s, monotone | 38.017 | 47.936 | -9.919 | 0.79308 |
| 87s, paired | 30.558 | 47.936 | -17.378 | 0.63747 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Suits do not split this matchup, because no legal deal has the hands holding the same suit.
| Deals | Specific deals | Share of deals | T8s wins | Ties | 87s wins | T8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 64.511 | 6.902 | 28.587 | 67.962 |
How often this matchup comes up
You will meet this exact matchup 0.0015% of the time in a random heads-up deal: 24 of 1,624,350, counting either seat order.
A worked example
A $100 all-in from each player makes a $200 pot, and the exact equity says T8s gets $135.92 of it on average and 87s gets $64.08.
Scaled to 1,000 deals, that is roughly 645 wins for T8s, 286 for 87s and 69 chopped pots.
The same matchup from the other side
87s versus T8s is this same page seen from the other hand: 32.04% for 87s, 67.96% for T8s.
Keep exploring
Open the calculator with Ts8s against 8h7h 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
Each figure is a complete count over boards. Take the 12 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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