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Would You Call Off Pocket Eights Here? Tournament Poker Strategy

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Call it a hero call, call it stacking off. When facing a decision for your remaining stack, all sorts of information rushes through your head.

In this latest WPT Global cash game hand, QuintAce takes a look at the information needed to make the correct decision. With the blinds at $50/$100 with a $200 straddle and $50 ante, WPT Global Ambassador Fintan Hand also weighs in.

“It’s never fun to fold an overpair on the flop. But sometimes we just don’t have enough equity against villain’s range,” says Hand. Check out the analysis and see if you can come to the right conclusion.

Click through the hand here:

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The Takeaway

Fintan Hand says the temptation might be there to call, especially considering the size of the all-in.

“However, after taking a few seconds to dissect villain’s range, it’s clear that 8♠8♣ won’t have the 41% equity needed,” says Hand. “The shoving range is full of overpairs that didn’t 3-bet preflop, big flush draws with a lot of equity, and the occasional 4x. Sometimes you just need to let the overpair go.”

Hand Study · By Tim Ulmer, with commentary from Fintan Hand · Analysis powered by the QuintAce solver.

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