How often do pocket aces win against eight opponents?
Against eight random hands — a full nine-handed table — pocket aces win about 34.7% 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 | 85.2% | 73.5% | 63.8% | 49.1% | 34.7% |
| KK | 82.4% | 69.1% | 58.2% | 43.0% | 29.1% |
| 80.0% | 64.9% | 53.4% | 38.0% | 24.9% | |
| AKs | 67.0% | 50.7% | 41.4% | 31.1% | 22.6% |
| AKo | 65.3% | 48.0% | 38.3% | 27.9% | 19.2% |
| JTs | 57.5% | 41.9% | 33.8% | 24.9% | 18.0% |
| 77 | 66.1% | 46.4% | 34.4% | 21.8% | 14.8% |
| 22 | 50.4% | 30.7% | 22.0% | 15.6% | 12.6% |
| 72o | 34.7% | 20.6% | 14.3% | 8.6% | 5.4% |
- AA vs 1 random hand85.22%
- AA vs 2 random hands73.48%
- AA vs 3 random hands63.79%
- AA vs 5 random hands49.08%
- AA vs 8 random hands34.66%
- Fair share with 8 opponents11.11%1 / 9
- Edge over fair share23.55%34.66% − 11.11%
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