85o preflop: eight-five offsuit

Eight-five offsuit has 41.4% against a random hand, the 137th best of the 169 starting hands. Below are its odds against every hand and on the flop, and what the charts do with it from each seat.

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Quick answers

Is 85o a good hand?

85o ranks 137th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 81% of hand classes. Classes have different numbers of card combinations; this is not a deal-frequency percentile. First in at 100bb, the charts say: fold from every seat.

What is 85o's equity against AA?

15.8% all in before the flop.

How often does 85o hit the flop?

85o makes one pair or better on 46.8% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.4%.

85o against common hands

for 85o all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
  • AA15.8%
  • KK15.6%
  • QQ15.7%
  • JJ15.5%
  • TT15.2%
  • 7729.5%
  • 2248.5%
  • AKs33.6%
  • AKo35.3%
  • AQo35.4%
  • AJo35.1%
  • KQs33.1%
  • KQo34.8%
  • JTs31.4%
  • T9s31.0%
  • 72o65.1%

85o against every hand

Each cell is 85o's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands 85o is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.

Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up

85o equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 16AKs 34AQs 34AJs 33ATs 33A9s 33A8s 26A7s 36A6s 37A5s 27A4s 39A3s 40A2s 40
AKo 35KK 16KQs 33KJs 33KTs 33K9s 33K8s 27K7s 36K6s 36K5s 27K4s 40K3s 41K2s 41
AQo 35KQo 35QQ 16QJs 33QTs 32Q9s 33Q8s 27Q7s 37Q6s 37Q5s 28Q4s 40Q3s 41Q2s 41
AJo 35KJo 35QJo 34JJ 16JTs 31J9s 32J8s 27J7s 36J6s 37J5s 28J4s 40J3s 41J2s 41
ATo 35KTo 35QTo 34JTo 33TT 15T9s 31T8s 26T7s 35T6s 36T5s 29T4s 40T3s 41T2s 41
A9o 35K9o 35Q9o 34J9o 33T9o 3299 1498s 2797s 3496s 3595s 2994s 4193s 4192s 41
A8o 27K8o 28Q8o 28J8o 28T8o 2798o 2888 1087s 3586s 3885s 4884s 5383s 5482s 54
A7o 38K7o 38Q7o 39J7o 38T7o 3797o 3687o 3677 3076s 5375s 6574s 5973s 6072s 61
A6o 38K6o 38Q6o 38J6o 39T6o 3896o 3786o 4076o 5666 3065s 6364s 5863s 5962s 60
A5o 28K5o 28Q5o 29J5o 29T5o 3095o 3085o 5075o 6865o 6755 3454s 6353s 6552s 65
A4o 41K4o 42Q4o 42J4o 42T4o 4294o 4384o 5774o 6264o 6154o 6744 4643s 6042s 61
A3o 42K3o 43Q3o 43J3o 43T3o 4393o 4483o 5873o 6463o 6353o 6943o 6433 4832s 61
A2o 42K2o 43Q2o 43J2o 43T2o 4392o 4482o 5872o 6562o 6452o 6942o 6532o 6522 48

Cells with a matchup page are links.

Compare starting hands

Against one random hand, 85o has and 85s has 44.54%: 3.12 percentage points less for 85o.

against one to eight random opponents

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0%25%50%75%100%12345678Opponents85o, 1 opponent: 41.43%85o, 2 opponents: 26.45%85o, 3 opponents: 19.32%85o, 4 opponents: 15.08%85o, 5 opponents: 12.32%85o, 6 opponents: 10.43%85o, 7 opponents: 9.18%85o, 8 opponents: 8.06%85s, 1 opponent: 44.54%85s, 2 opponents: 30.27%85s, 3 opponents: 22.91%85s, 4 opponents: 18.77%85s, 5 opponents: 16.18%85s, 6 opponents: 14.29%85s, 7 opponents: 12.96%85s, 8 opponents: 11.60%
  • 85o: 41.43%
  • 85s: 44.54%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents85o85s
141.43%44.54%
226.45%30.27%
319.32%22.91%
415.08%18.77%
512.32%16.18%
610.43%14.29%
79.18%12.96%
88.06%11.60%

The one-opponent values are exact. Two to eight opponents use 100,000 seeded deals per point; small differences can be sampling noise. All opponents have random hands. These curves do not measure profit or account for position, betting or opponents folding.

85s versus 85o: what suited changes

Against a random hand, 85s has 44.54% and 85o has 41.43%: a 3.12 percentage-point advantage for 85s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.

Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
Hand
85o2.24%0.00%
85s10.94%0.83%

All 19,600 flops are counted. A flush draw has four cards of one suit, uses at least one hole card, and has not already made a flush or better. The flush column excludes straight flushes.

85o on the flop

The best five-card hand 85o holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
  • High card53.2%
  • One pair40.4%
  • Two pair4.0%
  • Three of a kind1.6%
  • Straight0.7%
  • Full house0.1%
  • Four of a kind0.0%
Draws on the flop, counted only when the hand has not already made that straight or flush or better.
  • Flush draw2.2%
  • Open-ended straight draw5.0%
  • Gutshot14.0%

How to play 85o

The charts below show where this hand is worth playing.

First in

Fold from every seat.

Facing a raise

Fold from every seat.

Facing a 3-bet

Fold from every seat.

From the six-handed 100bb charts. A percentage means the chart mixes actions with this hand.

What each chart does with 85o

Where these numbers come from

Heads-up equity comes from the same preflop table the odds calculator uses, which averages each pair of hands over every board and suit pattern. Against a random hand, your own two cards make some hands less likely: holding an ace leaves three aces for the other player, so each hand counts once for every way it can still be dealt. Equity against several players is sampled with a fixed seed, so it can move by a few tenths of a point from the exact figure. The flop figures count every one of the 19,600 flops.

All 169 starting hands