Queen-eight suited has 56.0% against a random hand, the 52nd 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.
Q8s ranks 52nd of the 169 starting hands by against a random hand, in the top 31% 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 and middle position; fold 60% and raise 40% from the cutoff.
What is Q8s's equity against AA?
17.7% all in before the flop.
How often does Q8s hit the flop?
Q8s makes one pair or better on 47.3% of flops, counting pairs on the board, and two pair or better on 6.9%.
Q8s against common hands
for Q8s all in before the flop. The line marks 50%; linked hands have their own matchup page.
AA17.7%
KK17.4%
QQ13.1%
JJ31.7%
TT31.6%
7747.5%
2250.9%
AKs34.7%
AKo37.2%
AQo29.8%
AJo39.9%
KQs27.6%
KQo28.5%
JTs55.8%
T9s56.5%
72o69.8%
Q8s against every hand
Each cell is Q8s's in percent against that hand, all in before the flop. Blue cells are hands Q8s is ahead of, red cells hands it is behind.
Under 20%20–35%35–45%45–55%55–65%65–80%80% and up
Q8s equity against each of the 169 hands, in percent
AA 18
AKs 35
AQs 29
AJs 37
ATs 37
A9s 38
A8s 29
A7s 42
A6s 42
A5s 42
A4s 42
A3s 42
A2s 42
AKo 37
KK 17
KQs 28
KJs 36
KTs 36
K9s 37
K8s 29
K7s 42
K6s 42
K5s 42
K4s 42
K3s 43
K2s 43
AQo 30
KQo 29
QQ 13
QJs 30
QTs 31
Q9s 33
Q8s 50
Q7s 65
Q6s 65
Q5s 64
Q4s 65
Q3s 65
Q2s 65
AJo 40
KJo 39
QJo 31
JJ 32
JTs 56
J9s 57
J8s 70
J7s 63
J6s 64
J5s 63
J4s 63
J3s 64
J2s 64
ATo 40
KTo 39
QTo 32
JTo 58
TT 32
T9s 56
T8s 69
T7s 62
T6s 62
T5s 63
T4s 63
T3s 64
T2s 64
A9o 41
K9o 40
Q9o 34
J9o 60
T9o 59
99 32
98s 67
97s 61
96s 61
95s 62
94s 63
93s 64
92s 64
A8o 30
K8o 31
Q8o 52
J8o 74
T8o 73
98o 71
88 35
87s 68
86s 68
85s 69
84s 71
83s 72
82s 72
A7o 44
K7o 44
Q7o 69
J7o 66
T7o 64
97o 63
87o 72
77 48
76s 62
75s 63
74s 64
73s 65
72s 67
A6o 44
K6o 44
Q6o 68
J6o 67
T6o 65
96o 64
86o 72
76o 65
66 48
65s 62
64s 63
63s 64
62s 66
A5o 44
K5o 45
Q5o 68
J5o 66
T5o 66
95o 65
85o 73
75o 66
65o 64
55 48
54s 62
53s 63
52s 64
A4o 45
K4o 45
Q4o 68
J4o 66
T4o 66
94o 66
84o 75
74o 67
64o 66
54o 64
44 49
43s 63
42s 64
A3o 45
K3o 45
Q3o 69
J3o 67
T3o 67
93o 67
83o 76
73o 69
63o 67
53o 66
43o 66
33 50
32s 65
A2o 45
K2o 45
Q2o 69
J2o 67
T2o 67
92o 67
82o 77
72o 70
62o 69
52o 67
42o 67
32o 68
22 51
Cells with a matchup page are links.
Compare starting hands
Against one random hand, Q8s has and Q8o has 53.60%: 2.42 percentage points more for Q8s.
against one to eight random opponents
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━ Q8s: 56.02%
┄ Q8o: 53.60%
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Equity by number of random opponents
Opponents
Q8s
Q8o
1
56.02%
53.60%
2
38.58%
35.24%
3
29.73%
25.97%
4
24.37%
20.37%
5
20.65%
16.81%
6
18.17%
14.03%
7
15.85%
11.92%
8
14.35%
10.52%
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.
Q8s versus Q8o: what suited changes
Against a random hand, Q8s has 56.02% and Q8o has 53.60%: a 2.42 percentage-point advantage for Q8s. 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.
Q8s on the flop
The best five-card hand Q8s holds after the flop, over all 19,600 flops. Pairs on the board count.
High card52.7%
One pair40.4%
Two pair4.0%
Three of a kind1.6%
Straight0.3%
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 draw1.9%
Gutshot11.2%
How to play Q8s
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 and middle position; fold 60% and raise 40% from 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 80% and fold 20% 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 Q8s 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.
