82o Push/Fold: When to Shove Eight-Deuce offsuit

82o is a Nash shove from the Button up to 1bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 2bb.

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 2bb.

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 2bb.

Ranks #161 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 11 of 225 solved spots · 12 combos

82o has the same verdict as 83o in every solved spot.

Verdict by seat and stack

82o — 6-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤1bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤1bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤1bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
82o — 9-Max verdicts (cell links open the spot chart)
SeatMax5bb8bb10bb12bb15bb20bb
UTG≤1bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
MP≤1bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
CO≤1bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
BTN≤1bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold
SB≤2bbFoldFoldFoldFoldFoldFold

How 82o compares

Suitedness is worth 13 extra shove spots here: 82s is a shove in 24 of the 225 solved spots, 82o in 11. 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 2bb in 6-max and 9-max.

What stack size do these verdicts assume?

Stacks are measured in big blinds behind the posted 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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