---
schema: poketpoker.hand/1
id: 8h3h
class: 83s
class_rank: 139
class_of: 169
percentile: 0.7979
combos_in_class: 4
equivalent_ids: [8c3c, 8d3d, 8s3s]
suited: true
paired: false
flush_suits: [hearts]
headline: { win: 38.18, tie: 5.13, equity: 40.75 }
engine: { name: poker-engine, version: 1.9.0 }
canonical_url: https://poketpoker.com/hands/8h3h.md
paid_record: https://poketpoker.com/api/hands/8h3h
price_usd: 0.01
license: CC-BY-4.0
---

# 8h3h — eight-three of hearts

**Fold from every position when the pot is unopened.** 8h3h ranks 139 of the 169 distinct starting hands
(top 79.8%). Against one random hand it wins
38.18% of showdowns and takes 40.75% of the pot.

## What this hand is

Eight-three of hearts. Before any board card is dealt its odds are identical to
8c3c, 8d3d, 8s3s — suits are interchangeable pre-flop, so all
4 combinations in class 83s 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 | 38.18 | 5.13 | 40.75 |
| 2 | 24.74 | 3.49 | 26.29 |
| 3 | 18.49 | 2.86 | 19.74 |
| 4 | 14.89 | 2.56 | 16.01 |
| 5 | 12.67 | 2.37 | 13.72 |
| 6 | 10.97 | 2.26 | 11.96 |
| 7 | 9.75 | 2.10 | 10.67 |

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 | 31.54 | 31.02 | 1.05 | 6 |
| 22 | 48.69 | 47.45 | 2.48 | 6 |
| AKs | 34.04 | 33.77 | 0.53 | 4 |
| AKo | 36.47 | 36.22 | 0.49 | 12 |
| AQs | 34.07 | 33.81 | 0.52 | 4 |
| JTs | 31.97 | 31.38 | 1.18 | 4 |
| 76s | 53.11 | 50.81 | 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/8h3h      $0.01 USDC (x402)

## Related

- Suit-equivalents: [8c3c](8c3c.md) · [8d3d](8d3d.md) · [8s3s](8s3s.md)
- All 1,326 hands: [index](index.md)
- URL convention: `/hands/<HIGH><suit><LOW><suit>.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.
