--- schema: poketpoker.hand/1 id: 8h5s class: 85o class_rank: 137 class_of: 169 percentile: 0.7888 combos_in_class: 12 equivalent_ids: [8c5d, 8c5h, 8c5s, 8d5c, 8d5h, 8d5s, 8h5c, 8h5d, 8s5c, 8s5d, 8s5h] suited: false paired: false flush_suits: [hearts, spades] headline: { win: 38.59, tie: 5.37, equity: 41.28 } engine: { name: poker-engine, version: 1.9.0 } canonical_url: https://poketpoker.com/hands/8h5s.md paid_record: https://poketpoker.com/api/hands/8h5s price_usd: 0.01 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # 8h5s — eight-five offsuit **Fold from every position when the pot is unopened.** 8h5s ranks 137 of the 169 distinct starting hands (top 78.9%). Against one random hand it wins 38.59% of showdowns and takes 41.28% of the pot. ## What this hand is Eight-five offsuit. Before any board card is dealt its odds are identical to 8c5d, 8c5h, 8c5s, 8d5c, 8d5h, 8d5s, 8h5c, 8h5d, 8s5c, 8s5d, 8s5h — suits are interchangeable pre-flop, so all 12 combinations in class 85o 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 | 38.59 | 5.37 | 41.28 | | 2 | 24.75 | 3.71 | 26.41 | | 3 | 17.89 | 3.22 | 19.32 | | 4 | 13.76 | 2.94 | 15.07 | | 5 | 11.14 | 2.79 | 12.39 | | 6 | 9.22 | 2.63 | 10.39 | | 7 | 7.93 | 2.51 | 9.04 | 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 | 15.76 | 15.58 | 0.37 | 6 | | KK | 15.62 | 15.42 | 0.39 | 6 | | QQ | 15.74 | 15.55 | 0.38 | 6 | | JJ | 15.51 | 15.31 | 0.40 | 6 | | TT | 15.21 | 14.97 | 0.48 | 6 | | 77 | 29.55 | 29.02 | 1.05 | 6 | | 22 | 48.49 | 47.22 | 2.53 | 6 | | AKs | 33.61 | 33.38 | 0.47 | 4 | | AKo | 35.32 | 35.10 | 0.45 | 12 | | AQs | 33.65 | 33.42 | 0.46 | 4 | | JTs | 31.44 | 30.86 | 1.16 | 4 | | 76s | 53.06 | 50.68 | 4.77 | 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/8h5s $0.01 USDC (x402) ## Related - Suit-equivalents: [8c5d](8c5d.md) · [8c5h](8c5h.md) · [8c5s](8c5s.md) · [8d5c](8d5c.md) · [8d5h](8d5h.md) · [8d5s](8d5s.md) · [8h5c](8h5c.md) · [8h5d](8h5d.md) · [8s5c](8s5c.md) · [8s5d](8s5d.md) · [8s5h](8s5h.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.