--- schema: poketpoker.hand/1 id: 8h4h class: 84s class_rank: 129 class_of: 169 percentile: 0.7104 combos_in_class: 4 equivalent_ids: [8c4c, 8d4d, 8s4s] suited: true paired: false flush_suits: [hearts] headline: { win: 40.06, tie: 5.16, equity: 42.64 } engine: { name: poker-engine, version: 1.9.0 } canonical_url: https://poketpoker.com/hands/8h4h.md paid_record: https://poketpoker.com/api/hands/8h4h price_usd: 0.01 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # 8h4h — eight-four of hearts **Fold from every position when the pot is unopened.** 8h4h ranks 129 of the 169 distinct starting hands (top 71.0%). Against one random hand it wins 40.06% of showdowns and takes 42.64% of the pot. ## What this hand is Eight-four of hearts. Before any board card is dealt its odds are identical to 8c4c, 8d4d, 8s4s — suits are interchangeable pre-flop, so all 4 combinations in class 84s 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 | 40.06 | 5.16 | 42.64 | | 2 | 26.49 | 3.52 | 28.06 | | 3 | 20.06 | 2.98 | 21.37 | | 4 | 16.29 | 2.69 | 17.48 | | 5 | 13.77 | 2.51 | 14.88 | | 6 | 12.01 | 2.35 | 13.05 | | 7 | 10.71 | 2.21 | 11.68 | 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 | 18.09 | 17.89 | 0.40 | 6 | | KK | 17.97 | 17.76 | 0.42 | 6 | | QQ | 18.08 | 17.87 | 0.41 | 6 | | JJ | 17.86 | 17.65 | 0.43 | 6 | | TT | 17.62 | 17.37 | 0.50 | 6 | | 77 | 32.31 | 31.79 | 1.04 | 6 | | 22 | 49.80 | 48.56 | 2.47 | 6 | | AKs | 35.30 | 35.04 | 0.52 | 4 | | AKo | 37.77 | 37.53 | 0.48 | 12 | | AQs | 35.32 | 35.07 | 0.51 | 4 | | JTs | 33.22 | 32.64 | 1.17 | 4 | | 76s | 54.45 | 52.15 | 4.59 | 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/8h4h $0.01 USDC (x402) ## Related - Suit-equivalents: [8c4c](8c4c.md) · [8d4d](8d4d.md) · [8s4s](8s4s.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.