--- schema: poketpoker.hand/1 id: 8s7s class: 87s class_rank: 100 class_of: 169 percentile: 0.5445 combos_in_class: 4 equivalent_ids: [8c7c, 8d7d, 8h7h] suited: true paired: false flush_suits: [spades] headline: { win: 45.73, tie: 4.44, equity: 47.95 } engine: { name: poker-engine, version: 1.9.0 } canonical_url: https://poketpoker.com/hands/8s7s.md paid_record: https://poketpoker.com/api/hands/8s7s price_usd: 0.01 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # 8s7s — eight-seven of spades **Open-raise from the cut-off onward; fold it in earlier seats.** 8s7s ranks 100 of the 169 distinct starting hands (top 54.4%). Against one random hand it wins 45.73% of showdowns and takes 47.95% of the pot. ## What this hand is Eight-seven of spades. Before any board card is dealt its odds are identical to 8c7c, 8d7d, 8h7h — suits are interchangeable pre-flop, so all 4 combinations in class 87s 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 | 45.73 | 4.44 | 47.95 | | 2 | 32.23 | 3.37 | 33.73 | | 3 | 25.33 | 2.98 | 26.65 | | 4 | 20.78 | 2.77 | 22.02 | | 5 | 17.89 | 2.58 | 19.04 | | 6 | 15.60 | 2.52 | 16.73 | | 7 | 13.98 | 2.39 | 15.04 | 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 | 22.46 | 22.30 | 0.34 | 6 | | KK | 22.07 | 21.88 | 0.36 | 6 | | QQ | 21.74 | 21.56 | 0.37 | 6 | | JJ | 21.01 | 20.82 | 0.39 | 6 | | TT | 19.72 | 19.49 | 0.46 | 6 | | 77 | 39.24 | 38.04 | 2.40 | 3 | | 22 | 53.37 | 52.18 | 2.38 | 6 | | AKs | 38.60 | 38.37 | 0.46 | 4 | | AKo | 41.21 | 41.00 | 0.42 | 12 | | AQs | 38.30 | 38.06 | 0.46 | 4 | | JTs | 36.12 | 35.55 | 1.13 | 4 | | 76s | 66.61 | 60.40 | 12.42 | 3 | 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/8s7s $0.01 USDC (x402) ## Related - Suit-equivalents: [8c7c](8c7c.md) · [8d7d](8d7d.md) · [8h7h](8h7h.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.