Starting hand 73 of 169

T8s Ten-Eight suited

Wins vs 1 random hand
52.4%
Wins vs 5 random hands
20.9%
Dealt
1 in 332
Opening guide
Late position

How to play it. Raise from the cutoff and the button, or when the table folds to you.

T8s pairs at least one of its cards on the flop 32.4% of the time and makes two pair or better 7.5% of the time.

Because both cards share a suit, it flops a flush or a four-card flush draw 11.8% of the time. Compare T8o at 49.5% heads-up.

The cards are close enough to make straights, so T8s gains value in pots with several players.

Win percentage by number of opponents

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 52 1 36 2 29 3 24 4 21 5 18 6 16 7 15 8 14 9
Bars: T8s's equity against 1 to 9 random opponents. Dashed lines: a fair share of the pot (50% heads-up, 10% against nine). Above the line means the hand wins more than its share.

T8s against common hands

OpponentT8s equityVerdict
AA Pocket Aces 20.7% Big underdog
KK Pocket Kings 21.0% Big underdog
QQ Pocket Queens 19.7% Big underdog
JJ Pocket Jacks 17.8% Big underdog
TT Pocket Tens 16.5% Big underdog
77 Pocket Sevens 48.7% Coin flip
22 Pocket Twos 52.9% Coin flip
AKs Ace-King suited 37.6% Underdog
AKo Ace-King offsuit 39.6% Underdog
AQo Ace-Queen offsuit 39.6% Underdog
KQs King-Queen suited 36.0% Underdog
JTs Jack-Ten suited 29.8% Big underdog
76s Seven-Six suited 63.5% Favourite
72o Seven-Two offsuit 70.8% Big favourite

All-in before the flop, averaged over every suit combination. 40,000 simulated boards per matchup.

T8s on the flop

Pair one of your hole cards32.4%
Two pair or better7.5%
Three of a kind or better3.5%
Straight or better1.9%
Flush draw or better (four or more of a suit)11.8%

Exact, counted over all 19,600 possible flops.

Questions players ask

Is T8s a good poker hand?
T8s (Ten-Eight suited) ranks 73 of 169 by heads-up equity and 41 of 169 against five opponents. Our simple opening guide puts it in the "Late position" group: Raise from the cutoff and the button, or when the table folds to you.
How often are you dealt T8s?
There are 4 ways to be dealt T8s out of 1,326 possible starting hands, so it comes about 0.30% of the time, or 1 in 332 hands.
What are the odds of T8s against Aces?
All-in before the flop, T8s wins about 20.7% against AA (equity including split pots).