--- schema: poketpoker.hand/1 id: 8h2h class: 82s class_rank: 142 class_of: 169 percentile: 0.7677 combos_in_class: 4 equivalent_ids: [8c2c, 8d2d, 8s2s] suited: true paired: false flush_suits: [hearts] headline: { win: 37.64, tie: 5.13, equity: 40.21 } engine: { name: poker-engine, version: 1.9.0 } canonical_url: https://poketpoker.com/hands/8h2h.md paid_record: https://poketpoker.com/api/hands/8h2h price_usd: 0.01 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # 8h2h — eight-two of hearts **Fold from every position when the pot is unopened.** 8h2h ranks 142 of the 169 distinct starting hands (top 76.8%). Against one random hand it wins 37.64% of showdowns and takes 40.21% of the pot. ## What this hand is Eight-two of hearts. Before any board card is dealt its odds are identical to 8c2c, 8d2d, 8s2s — suits are interchangeable pre-flop, so all 4 combinations in class 82s share the numbers below. That stops being true the moment the board has suits, which is what the paid record covers. ## Equity against random opponents | Opponents | Win % | Tie % | Pot equity % | | --------- | ----- | ----- | ------------ | | 1 | 37.64 | 5.13 | 40.21 | | 2 | 24.26 | 3.40 | 25.77 | | 3 | 18.11 | 2.77 | 19.31 | | 4 | 14.61 | 2.45 | 15.68 | | 5 | 12.36 | 2.26 | 13.35 | | 6 | 10.82 | 2.09 | 11.74 | | 7 | 9.62 | 1.93 | 10.46 | Monte Carlo, 400,000 trials per row, seed 1 — same seed, same digits. "Pot equity" counts outright wins plus a share of split pots, which is the number to compare against pot odds. ## Head-to-head, exact Against the opponent's whole hand class, not one chosen pair of cards: every combination of it you do not block, each enumerated over all 1,712,304 boards. No sampling. "Combos" is how many were averaged. | Against | Hero pot equity % | Hero win % | Split % | Combos | | ------- | ----------------- | ---------- | ------- | ------ | | AA | 16.45 | 16.24 | 0.41 | 6 | | KK | 16.32 | 16.11 | 0.43 | 6 | | QQ | 16.43 | 16.22 | 0.42 | 6 | | JJ | 16.22 | 16.00 | 0.44 | 6 | | TT | 15.98 | 15.72 | 0.51 | 6 | | 77 | 31.16 | 30.63 | 1.05 | 6 | | 22 | 36.83 | 34.89 | 3.86 | 3 | | AKs | 33.99 | 33.73 | 0.53 | 4 | | AKo | 36.42 | 36.17 | 0.49 | 12 | | AQs | 34.02 | 33.76 | 0.53 | 4 | | JTs | 31.92 | 31.33 | 1.18 | 4 | | 76s | 52.48 | 50.18 | 4.60 | 4 | Averaging matters here. Against a single representative the answer shifts with the suits — J♣T♣ takes 17.77% against Q♣Q♦ but 18.89% against Q♠Q♦, because the shared club both blocks a flush and removes cards. Averaged over the class the figure is the same whichever suits you hold, which is what makes it quotable. ## What this page cannot tell you Pre-flop equity is not a strategy. It ignores stack depth, bet sizing, and how your opponents actually play. The verdict above is a conventional opening chart, not solver output. Equity against a random hand is also not equity against a range: an opponent who raises has better than random cards, and this page does not model that. ## The full record Equity against modelled ranges (top 5/10/20/40%), position-by-position guidance, and the suit-specific analysis for this exact combination: GET https://poketpoker.com/api/hands/8h2h $0.01 USDC (x402) ## Related - Suit-equivalents: [8c2c](8c2c.md) · [8d2d](8d2d.md) · [8s2s](8s2s.md) - All 1,326 hands: [index](index.md) - URL convention: `/hands/.md`, higher rank first, suits ordered c, d, h, s. So `2d2s`, never `2s2d` — any hand can be addressed directly, without consulting the index. - Licence: CC-BY-4.0 — reuse freely with attribution to https://poketpoker.com.