How often do pocket aces win against eight opponents?
Against eight random hands — a full nine-handed table — pocket aces win about 34.6% of the time. That is a third of the pot when a fair share is 11.1%.
Nobody plays every hand to the river nine-handed, so this is a ceiling on how much the field can hurt aces, not a description of real play. Even so, aces collect about three times a fair share. No other hand comes close: kings are around 29%, ace-king suited around 23%.
The lesson is not that aces are weak multi-way; it is that they should be played to reduce the number of opponents, because each one who stays takes a real bite out of that equity.
| Hand | vs 1 | vs 2 | vs 3 | vs 5 | vs 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | 85.3% | 73.4% | 63.9% | 49.1% | 34.6% |
| KK | 82.3% | 68.9% | 58.3% | 43.0% | 29.2% |
| 80.0% | 64.8% | 53.5% | 37.8% | 24.8% | |
| AKs | 67.0% | 50.7% | 41.6% | 31.0% | 22.7% |
| AKo | 65.5% | 48.2% | 38.5% | 27.7% | 19.2% |
| JTs | 57.6% | 42.0% | 33.9% | 24.7% | 18.0% |
| 77 | 66.2% | 46.4% | 34.2% | 21.8% | 14.8% |
| 22 | 50.3% | 30.6% | 21.9% | 15.5% | 12.4% |
| 72o | 34.6% | 20.5% | 14.3% | 8.6% | 5.3% |
- AA vs 1 random hand85.31%
- AA vs 2 random hands73.43%
- AA vs 3 random hands63.87%
- AA vs 5 random hands49.10%
- AA vs 8 random hands34.57%
- Fair share with 8 opponents11.11%1 / 9
- Edge over fair share23.46%34.57% − 11.11%
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