Ace-eight suited has 61.9% against a random hand, the 21st 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.
A8s ranks 21st of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 12% of hand classes. Classes have different numbers of card combinations; this is not a deal-frequency percentile. First in at 100bb, the charts say: raise from every seat.
What is A8s's equity against AA?
12.0% all in before the flop.
How often does A8s hit the flop?
A8s makes one pair or better on 47.0% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.6%.
A8s against common hands
for A8s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
AA12.0%
KK31.9%
QQ32.0%
JJ31.9%
TT31.8%
7746.3%
2250.0%
AKs29.1%
AKo30.3%
AQo30.9%
AJo31.5%
KQs56.9%
KQo59.7%
JTs55.2%
T9s56.0%
72o69.8%
A8s against every hand
Each cell is A8s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands A8s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.
Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up
A8s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 12
AKs 29
AQs 30
AJs 30
ATs 31
A9s 33
A8s 50
A7s 64
A6s 64
A5s 63
A4s 63
A3s 64
A2s 64
AKo 30
KK 32
KQs 57
KJs 57
KTs 57
K9s 59
K8s 72
K7s 63
K6s 62
K5s 62
K4s 63
K3s 63
K2s 63
AQo 31
KQo 60
QQ 32
QJs 56
QTs 56
Q9s 58
Q8s 71
Q7s 63
Q6s 62
Q5s 62
Q4s 63
Q3s 63
Q2s 63
AJo 31
KJo 60
QJo 59
JJ 32
JTs 55
J9s 57
J8s 70
J7s 62
J6s 63
J5s 62
J4s 62
J3s 63
J2s 63
ATo 32
KTo 60
QTo 59
JTo 58
TT 32
T9s 56
T8s 68
T7s 61
T6s 61
T5s 63
T4s 62
T3s 63
T2s 63
A9o 35
K9o 61
Q9o 61
J9o 60
T9o 59
99 32
98s 67
97s 60
96s 61
95s 62
94s 63
93s 63
92s 63
A8o 52
K8o 77
Q8o 75
J8o 74
T8o 72
98o 71
88 34
87s 68
86s 69
85s 70
84s 72
83s 73
82s 73
A7o 68
K7o 66
Q7o 66
J7o 65
T7o 64
97o 63
87o 71
77 46
76s 61
75s 63
74s 64
73s 65
72s 67
A6o 68
K6o 65
Q6o 65
J6o 66
T6o 64
96o 64
86o 73
76o 64
66 47
65s 61
64s 63
63s 64
62s 65
A5o 67
K5o 65
Q5o 65
J5o 65
T5o 66
95o 65
85o 74
75o 66
65o 64
55 47
54s 62
53s 63
52s 64
A4o 67
K4o 66
Q4o 66
J4o 65
T4o 65
94o 66
84o 76
74o 67
64o 66
54o 64
44 48
43s 63
42s 64
A3o 67
K3o 66
Q3o 66
J3o 66
T3o 66
93o 66
83o 77
73o 68
63o 67
53o 66
43o 66
33 49
32s 65
A2o 67
K2o 66
Q2o 66
J2o 66
T2o 66
92o 66
82o 78
72o 70
62o 68
52o 67
42o 67
32o 68
22 50
Cells with a matchup page are links.
Compare starting hands
Against one random hand, A8s has and A8o has 59.87%: 2.07 percentage points more for A8s.
against one to eight random opponents
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━ A8s: 61.94%
┄ A8o: 59.87%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents
A8s
A8o
1
61.94%
59.87%
2
43.39%
40.07%
3
33.49%
29.88%
4
27.17%
23.68%
5
23.27%
19.17%
6
20.43%
16.17%
7
17.84%
13.92%
8
16.12%
11.90%
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.
A8s versus A8o: what suited changes
Against a random hand, A8s has 61.94% and A8o has 59.87%: a 2.07 percentage-point advantage for A8s. 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.
A8s on the flop
The best five-card hand A8s holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
High card53.0%
One pair40.4%
Two pair4.0%
Three of a kind1.6%
Flush0.8%
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 draw10.9%
Open-ended straight draw1.6%
Gutshot5.8%
How to play A8s
A suited ace makes the best possible flush when it flushes, and its ace makes the other player's strong aces less likely.
First in
Raise from every seat.
Facing a raise
Call from the big blind; fold from middle position and the cutoff; 3-bet 40%, call 30% and fold 30% from the button; 3-bet 35%, call 35% and fold 30% from the small blind.
Facing a 3-bet
Call from the button and the big blind; fold from under the gun; call 70% and fold 30% from middle position; call 70% and fold 30% from the cutoff.
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 A8s 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.
