Ace-High Dry Flop: Exact Equities on A‑8‑3 Rainbow
On an ace-high dry flop such as A♦ 8♣ 3♥ rainbow, the hand ahead is usually far ahead. Top pair A♠T♠ keeps 76.4% to 96.1% against worse aces, smaller pairs, overcards and draws, and the best draw is a gutshot. On a wet ace-high board, top pair A♠K♣ falls to 43.2% against a flush draw with an open-ended straight draw.
King-seven on A‑8‑3
On the button with K♠7♠, you opened and the big blind called. The flop is A♦ 8♣ 3♥ and the big blind checks. Check back, bet small or bet big?
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Equity of K♠7♠ on A♦ 8♣ 3♥:
| Big blind's hand | K♠7♠'s equity |
|---|---|
| 6♣4♣ | 70.9% |
| Q♦J♦ | 69.1% |
| 5♥5♦ | 24.8% |
| 9♦9♠ | 12.7% |
| A♣2♣ | 1.4% |
K♠7♠ is ahead of most hands with no pair and loses badly to any pair. A small bet makes hands like Q♦J♦ and 6♣4♣ fold instead of realizing their equity, and risks little when an ace calls.
Top pair on A♦ 8♣ 3♥
Equity of A♠T♠ with the turn and river to come:
| Opponent's hand | What it holds | A♠T♠'s equity |
|---|---|---|
| Q♠J♠ | two overcards to the eight | 96.1% |
| K♦Q♦ | two overcards to the eight | 92.8% |
| 9♠9♦ | pocket pair below the ace | 91.2% |
| A♣5♣ | top pair, worse kicker | 78.6% |
| 8♥7♥ | second pair | 77.2% |
| 5♣4♣ | gutshot to the wheel, 4 outs | 76.4% |
| 3♠3♦ | set of threes | 1.9% |
Dry against wet: the same top pair
A♠K♣ on a dry ace-high flop and on a wet one:
| Opponent's hand | A♦ 8♣ 3♥ | A♥ 8♥ 7♣ |
|---|---|---|
| K♦Q♦ | 93.6% | 98.1% |
| 9♠6♠ | 95.3% | 65.8% |
| 6♥5♥ | 89.6% | 43.2% |
| T♥9♥ | 89.6% | 43.2% |
On A♥ 8♥ 7♣, 6♥5♥ and T♥9♥ each have a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw, 15 outs. On A♦ 8♣ 3♥, the same hands have nothing to draw to beyond runner-runner.
Keep going
- The same idea on a king-high board: c‑bet on dry boards.
- The opposite texture: c‑bet on wet boards.
- The whole c‑bet decision: the continuation bet.
- Why A♣5♣ is so far behind A♠T♠: dominated hands.
- Counting the gutshot's 4 outs: poker outs.
- One spot every day: the daily poker puzzle.
- What a paired flop really changes: paired board strategy.
- When the flop has three cards of one suit: the monotone flop.
- Three king-high flops side by side: the king-high flop.
- Betting the turn after the flop checked through: the delayed c‑bet.
- Which flops help the button and which help the big blind: button vs big blind.
Sources
- Every equity is computed by exact enumeration of the remaining cards with the app's equity module, and outs are recounted from the cards, checked on October 11, 2026.
- The answer to the spot follows rules written by the app's author; it does not come from a solver.