T8s
68.77%
Wins 65.49%, ties 6.55%
98s
31.23%
Wins 27.96%, ties 6.55%
T8s against 98s: the numbers
| Hand | Wins | Ties | Loses | Equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 65.493 | 6.545 | 27.962 | 68.766 |
| 98s | 27.962 | 6.545 | 65.493 | 31.234 |
The matchup is suited hands on both sides, T8s against 98s. 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.
That is a clear edge, 68.77% to 31.23%, but 98s still wins often enough that one hand proves nothing. Split pots make up 6.55% of the boards, and both equity figures count them as half a win each.
For context, T8s sits at number 73 of 169 starting hands and 98s at number 83 when each is run against a random hand.
| Hand | Boards won, about | Boards tied, about | Boards lost, about |
|---|---|---|---|
| T8s | 13,457,000 | 1,345,000 | 5,746,000 |
| 98s | 5,746,000 | 1,345,000 | 13,457,000 |
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 | 2.202 | 1.527 | 3.576 | 0.454 |
| 98s | 0.454 | 3.576 | 1.527 | 2.202 |
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
Split by what the flop looks like, T8s peaks at 72.81% on rainbow flops topped by a ten or better and bottoms out at 60.98% on low rainbow flops (nine high or lower). T8s stays ahead on all five textures.
| Flop | Share of flops | T8s wins | Ties | 98s wins | T8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainbow, ten or higher | 25.254 | 69.749 | 6.115 | 24.136 | 72.806 |
| Rainbow, nine or lower | 5.654 | 59.464 | 3.022 | 37.514 | 60.975 |
| Two-tone | 46.543 | 65.331 | 5.118 | 29.551 | 67.890 |
| Monotone | 5.215 | 58.879 | 7.085 | 34.036 | 62.422 |
| Paired | 17.334 | 63.683 | 11.992 | 24.325 | 69.679 |
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
How much does the opponent matter? Compared with its random-hand 52.33%, T8s changes by +16.44 points, and 98s, from 50.80%, by -19.57.
| Case | Equity here | Against a random hand | Change in points | Times the random-hand equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8s, all flops | 68.766 | 52.334 | +16.432 | 1.31398 |
| T8s, rainbow, ten or higher | 72.806 | 52.334 | +20.472 | 1.39118 |
| T8s, rainbow, nine or lower | 60.975 | 52.334 | +8.641 | 1.16511 |
| T8s, two-tone | 67.890 | 52.334 | +15.556 | 1.29724 |
| T8s, monotone | 62.422 | 52.334 | +10.088 | 1.19276 |
| T8s, paired | 69.679 | 52.334 | +17.345 | 1.33143 |
| 98s, all flops | 31.234 | 50.801 | -19.567 | 0.61483 |
| 98s, rainbow, ten or higher | 27.194 | 50.801 | -23.607 | 0.53530 |
| 98s, rainbow, nine or lower | 39.025 | 50.801 | -11.776 | 0.76819 |
| 98s, two-tone | 32.110 | 50.801 | -18.691 | 0.63207 |
| 98s, monotone | 37.578 | 50.801 | -13.223 | 0.73971 |
| 98s, paired | 30.321 | 50.801 | -20.480 | 0.59686 |
Does a shared suit matter?
Every legal deal of T8s against 98s 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 | 98s wins | T8s equity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Share a suit | 0 | 0.00 | not possible | not possible | not possible | not possible |
| No shared suit | 12 | 100.00 | 65.493 | 6.545 | 27.962 | 68.766 |
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
With $100 from each side, the $200 pot is split on average as $137.54 for T8s and $62.46 for 98s; the first side gains $37.54 per all-in and the second gives up $37.54.
Out of 1,000 deals you should see around 655 outright wins for T8s, 280 for 98s, and 65 split pots.
The same matchup from the other side
One page covers both views. From 98s' side the equity is 31.23%, and from T8s' side it is 68.77%.
Keep exploring
Open the calculator with Ts8s against 9h8h 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 12 specific T8s against 98s 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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