Nine-eight offsuit has 48.1% against a random hand, the 99th 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.
98o ranks 99th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 59% 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 98o's equity against AA?
18.2% all in before the flop.
How often does 98o hit the flop?
98o makes one pair or better on 47.4% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 7.0%.
98o against common hands
for 98o all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
AA18.2%
KK17.9%
QQ17.1%
JJ15.7%
TT14.2%
7746.4%
2251.2%
AKs34.2%
AKo35.9%
AQo37.1%
AJo37.2%
KQs34.3%
KQo36.0%
JTs32.4%
T9s26.7%
72o70.2%
98o against every hand
Each cell is 98o's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands 98o is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.
Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up
98o equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 18
AKs 34
AQs 35
AJs 35
ATs 35
A9s 29
A8s 29
A7s 41
A6s 42
A5s 42
A4s 43
A3s 43
A2s 43
AKo 36
KK 18
KQs 34
KJs 34
KTs 34
K9s 27
K8s 29
K7s 41
K6s 42
K5s 42
K4s 43
K3s 43
K2s 43
AQo 37
KQo 36
QQ 17
QJs 34
QTs 34
Q9s 28
Q8s 29
Q7s 42
Q6s 42
Q5s 42
Q4s 43
Q3s 43
Q2s 43
AJo 37
KJo 36
QJo 35
JJ 16
JTs 32
J9s 27
J8s 28
J7s 41
J6s 42
J5s 43
J4s 43
J3s 43
J2s 43
ATo 37
KTo 36
QTo 35
JTo 34
TT 14
T9s 27
T8s 27
T7s 40
T6s 42
T5s 43
T4s 44
T3s 44
T2s 44
A9o 30
K9o 28
Q9o 29
J9o 28
T9o 28
99 13
98s 48
97s 63
96s 63
95s 63
94s 64
93s 64
92s 64
A8o 30
K8o 31
Q8o 30
J8o 29
T8o 28
98o 50
88 35
87s 67
86s 67
85s 68
84s 69
83s 69
82s 70
A7o 43
K7o 43
Q7o 44
J7o 43
T7o 42
97o 67
87o 71
77 46
76s 62
75s 62
74s 64
73s 65
72s 66
A6o 44
K6o 44
Q6o 44
J6o 44
T6o 44
96o 67
86o 71
76o 65
66 48
65s 61
64s 62
63s 63
62s 64
A5o 44
K5o 44
Q5o 45
J5o 45
T5o 45
95o 67
85o 72
75o 66
65o 64
55 49
54s 61
53s 62
52s 63
A4o 45
K4o 45
Q4o 46
J4o 46
T4o 46
94o 68
84o 74
74o 67
64o 66
54o 64
44 50
43s 63
42s 63
A3o 45
K3o 45
Q3o 46
J3o 46
T3o 46
93o 68
83o 74
73o 69
63o 67
53o 65
43o 67
33 51
32s 63
A2o 45
K2o 45
Q2o 46
J2o 46
T2o 46
92o 68
82o 74
72o 70
62o 68
52o 66
42o 67
32o 67
22 51
Cells with a matchup page are links.
Compare starting hands
Against one random hand, 98o has and 98s has 50.80%: 2.70 percentage points less for 98o.
against one to eight random opponents
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━ 98o: 48.10%
┄ 98s: 50.80%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents
98o
98s
1
48.10%
50.80%
2
32.85%
35.93%
3
25.00%
28.54%
4
20.00%
23.58%
5
16.91%
20.27%
6
14.16%
17.95%
7
12.30%
16.07%
8
10.90%
14.33%
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.
98s versus 98o: what suited changes
Against a random hand, 98s has 50.80% and 98o has 48.10%: a 2.70 percentage-point advantage for 98s. This is showdown equity, not a prediction of profit.
Exact flop probabilities for suited and offsuit starting hands
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.
98o on the flop
The best five-card hand 98o holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
High card52.6%
One pair40.4%
Two pair4.0%
Three of a kind1.6%
Straight1.3%
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 draw9.7%
Gutshot16.8%
How to play 98o
The charts below show where this hand is worth playing.
First in
Fold from every seat.
Facing a raise
Fold from middle position, the cutoff, the button and the small blind; fold 55% and call 45% from the big blind.
Facing a 3-bet
Fold from every seat.
From the six-handed 100bb charts. A percentage means the chart mixes actions with this hand.
Six-handed cash charts at 100 big blinds. A spot marked mix plays 98o more than one way.
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.
