--- schema: poketpoker.hand/1 id: 9h8c class: 98o class_rank: 99 class_of: 169 percentile: 0.5686 combos_in_class: 12 equivalent_ids: [9c8d, 9c8h, 9c8s, 9d8c, 9d8h, 9d8s, 9h8d, 9h8s, 9s8c, 9s8d, 9s8h] suited: false paired: false flush_suits: [clubs, hearts] headline: { win: 46.00, tie: 4.05, equity: 48.02 } engine: { name: poker-engine, version: 1.9.0 } canonical_url: https://poketpoker.com/hands/9h8c.md paid_record: https://poketpoker.com/api/hands/9h8c price_usd: 0.01 license: CC-BY-4.0 --- # 9h8c — nine-eight offsuit **Open-raise from button; fold it elsewhere.** 9h8c ranks 99 of the 169 distinct starting hands (top 56.9%). Against one random hand it wins 46.00% of showdowns and takes 48.02% of the pot. ## What this hand is Nine-eight offsuit. Before any board card is dealt its odds are identical to 9c8d, 9c8h, 9c8s, 9d8c, 9d8h, 9d8s, 9h8d, 9h8s, 9s8c, 9s8d, 9s8h — suits are interchangeable pre-flop, so all 12 combinations in class 98o 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 | 46.00 | 4.05 | 48.02 | | 2 | 31.12 | 3.34 | 32.63 | | 3 | 23.63 | 3.01 | 24.97 | | 4 | 18.75 | 2.85 | 20.03 | | 5 | 15.44 | 2.73 | 16.67 | | 6 | 12.97 | 2.65 | 14.16 | | 7 | 11.16 | 2.53 | 12.30 | 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 | 18.22 | 18.06 | 0.32 | 6 | | KK | 17.89 | 17.72 | 0.35 | 6 | | QQ | 17.09 | 16.92 | 0.35 | 6 | | JJ | 15.68 | 15.50 | 0.38 | 6 | | TT | 14.20 | 13.97 | 0.45 | 6 | | 77 | 46.42 | 46.08 | 0.69 | 6 | | 22 | 51.20 | 50.16 | 2.08 | 6 | | AKs | 34.19 | 33.97 | 0.43 | 4 | | AKo | 35.94 | 35.73 | 0.41 | 12 | | AQs | 35.29 | 35.07 | 0.43 | 4 | | JTs | 32.42 | 31.84 | 1.15 | 4 | | 76s | 61.66 | 60.28 | 2.77 | 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/9h8c $0.01 USDC (x402) ## Related - Suit-equivalents: [9c8d](9c8d.md) · [9c8h](9c8h.md) · [9c8s](9c8s.md) · [9d8c](9d8c.md) · [9d8h](9d8h.md) · [9d8s](9d8s.md) · [9h8d](9h8d.md) · [9h8s](9h8s.md) · [9s8c](9s8c.md) · [9s8d](9s8d.md) · [9s8h](9s8h.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.