Quote Originally Posted by LuckySlevin
I guess this was the wrong call in hindsight, but I thought in a game of two players pre flop 8-8 would have been reasonably strong.

Was I wrong?

can someone explain why?

Many Thanks
Blind sizes are important here. If blinds were > 600 then I think your call was fine, if blinds between 300 and 600 it's questionable, but probably ok. If blinds less than 300 then it was wrong. This is do with something called m, basically how many more orbits you can play without running out of chips from the blinds. When m<10 it's about time to gamble...

Reason. He's chip leader. That feels good. He is happy to risk no longer being chip leader. Means that he most likely has a hand that is at least ok. Think about what cards he is likely to have, that's his range. Consider how well 88 fares against this range.
In this situation, it's likely that his range is pocket pairs >77, or something like AQ/AK.
Against 77 you are ahead, against AK or AQ it is 50-50. Against everything else you are way behind. You need a far stronger hand to call an all-in than to go all-in yourself - cos there is no bluff element.
Hope that makes some sense!
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