82o Push/Fold: When to Shove Eight-Deuce offsuit
82o is a Nash shove from every seat only up to 1bb, in both 6-max and 9-max; deeper than that it is a fold or a mix.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 1bb, the Cutoff up to 1bb, the Button up to 1bb, and the Small Blind up to 1bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 1bb, the Middle Position up to 1bb, the Cutoff up to 1bb, the Button up to 1bb, and the Small Blind up to 1bb.
Ranks #160 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 9 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos
82o has the same verdict as 73o in every solved spot.
Verdict by seat and stack
How 82o compares
Suitedness is worth 9 extra shove spots here: 82s is a shove in 18 of the 225 solved spots, 82o in 9. From the 6-max Button 82s shoves up to 2bb and 82o up to 1bb.
Hand shape: the weak offsuit kicker is often dominated when called.
82o push/fold FAQ
Is 82o a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, 82o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, 82o is a fold from Under the Gun, the Middle Position, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind.
Up to how many big blinds should 82o shove from the Button?
From the Button, 82o is a Nash shove up to 1bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should 82o shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, 82o is a Nash shove up to 1bb in 6-max and 9-max.
What stack size do these verdicts assume?
Stacks are total big blinds before posting blinds, chip-EV, no antes, solved from 1 to 25bb. Shove means the Nash solution pushes the hand at least 95% of the time, fold at most 5%, and anything between is a mix.
How these numbers are computed: methodology and open dataset.
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