82s Push/Fold: When to Shove Eight-Deuce suited
82s is a Nash shove from the Button up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max, and from the Small Blind up to 5bb.
In 6-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 2bb, the Button up to 2bb, and the Small Blind up to 5bb.
In 9-max it shoves from Under the Gun up to 2bb, the Middle Position up to 2bb, the Cutoff up to 2bb, the Button up to 2bb, and the Small Blind up to 5bb.
Ranks #141 of 169 hands by how often it shoves · shove in 24 of 225 solved spots · 4 combos
Verdict by seat and stack
How 82s 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: being suited adds flush equity when it is called.
82s push/fold FAQ
Is 82s a shove at 10bb?
At 10bb in 6-max, 82s is a fold from Under the Gun, the Cutoff, the Button, and the Small Blind. At 10bb in 9-max, 82s 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 82s shove from the Button?
From the Button, 82s is a Nash shove up to 2bb in 6-max and 9-max.
Up to how many big blinds should 82s shove from the Small Blind?
From the Small Blind, 82s is a Nash shove up to 5bb 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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