Jack-eight suited has 54.0% against a random hand, the 65th 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.
J8s ranks 65th of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 38% 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 the button and the small blind; fold from under the gun, middle position and the cutoff.
What is J8s's equity against AA?
19.4% all in before the flop.
How often does J8s hit the flop?
J8s makes one pair or better on 47.6% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 7.2%.
J8s against common hands
for J8s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
AA19.4%
KK19.1%
QQ17.9%
JJ14.7%
TT32.1%
7747.9%
2251.9%
AKs35.9%
AKo38.4%
AQo38.2%
AJo31.1%
KQs34.8%
KQo37.1%
JTs30.9%
T9s57.2%
72o70.3%
J8s against every hand
Each cell is J8s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands J8s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.
Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up
J8s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 19
AKs 36
AQs 36
AJs 30
ATs 38
A9s 39
A8s 30
A7s 42
A6s 43
A5s 43
A4s 43
A3s 43
A2s 43
AKo 38
KK 19
KQs 35
KJs 29
KTs 37
K9s 38
K8s 31
K7s 42
K6s 43
K5s 43
K4s 43
K3s 44
K2s 44
AQo 38
KQo 37
QQ 18
QJs 29
QTs 36
Q9s 37
Q8s 30
Q7s 43
Q6s 43
Q5s 43
Q4s 43
Q3s 44
Q2s 44
AJo 31
KJo 30
QJo 30
JJ 15
JTs 31
J9s 33
J8s 50
J7s 65
J6s 65
J5s 65
J4s 65
J3s 65
J2s 65
ATo 41
KTo 40
QTo 39
JTo 32
TT 32
T9s 57
T8s 70
T7s 63
T6s 63
T5s 64
T4s 64
T3s 64
T2s 65
A9o 42
K9o 41
Q9o 40
J9o 34
T9o 60
99 33
98s 68
97s 61
96s 62
95s 63
94s 64
93s 65
92s 65
A8o 32
K8o 32
Q8o 31
J8o 52
T8o 74
98o 72
88 37
87s 68
86s 69
85s 69
84s 70
83s 72
82s 72
A7o 45
K7o 45
Q7o 45
J7o 69
T7o 65
97o 64
87o 72
77 48
76s 63
75s 63
74s 65
73s 66
72s 67
A6o 46
K6o 46
Q6o 46
J6o 69
T6o 66
96o 65
86o 73
76o 66
66 49
65s 62
64s 63
63s 65
62s 66
A5o 45
K5o 46
Q5o 46
J5o 69
T5o 67
95o 66
85o 73
75o 66
65o 65
55 50
54s 62
53s 63
52s 64
A4o 46
K4o 46
Q4o 46
J4o 69
T4o 67
94o 67
84o 74
74o 68
64o 66
54o 65
44 50
43s 64
42s 65
A3o 46
K3o 47
Q3o 47
J3o 69
T3o 67
93o 68
83o 76
73o 69
63o 68
53o 66
43o 67
33 51
32s 65
A2o 46
K2o 47
Q2o 47
J2o 69
T2o 68
92o 68
82o 76
72o 70
62o 69
52o 67
42o 68
32o 68
22 52
Cells with a matchup page are links.
Compare starting hands
Against one random hand, J8s has and J8o has 51.49%: 2.53 percentage points more for J8s.
against one to eight random opponents
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━ J8s: 54.02%
┄ J8o: 51.49%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents
J8s
J8o
1
54.02%
51.49%
2
37.62%
33.95%
3
29.05%
25.65%
4
24.19%
20.12%
5
20.59%
16.85%
6
17.87%
14.11%
7
16.05%
12.29%
8
14.31%
10.64%
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.
J8s versus J8o: what suited changes
Against a random hand, J8s has 54.02% and J8o has 51.49%: a 2.53 percentage-point advantage for J8s. 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.
J8s on the flop
The best five-card hand J8s holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
High card52.4%
One pair40.4%
Two pair4.0%
Three of a kind1.6%
Straight0.6%
Flush0.8%
Full house0.1%
Four of a kind0.0%
Straight flush0.0%
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 draw4.6%
Gutshot13.2%
How to play J8s
The charts below show where this hand is worth playing.
First in
Raise from the button and the small blind; fold from under the gun, middle position and the cutoff.
Facing a raise
Call from the big blind; fold from middle position, the cutoff, the button and the small blind.
Facing a 3-bet
Fold from under the gun, middle position, the cutoff and the big blind; call 85% and fold 15% from the button.
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 J8s 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.
