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Pocket Eights vs. a Middle Position Raise: What Do You Do Here?

DECISION POINT: You are in a satellite tournament with 140 players left and 26 seats awarded. A player in middle position raises preflop and it folds to you in the big blind with .

Before reading further, answer what you would do.

Action is on you, what do you do here?

PRO ANSWER: Whenever you play a satellite tournament, you should keep asking yourself a fundamental question: If I fold every hand from now on, how likely am I to win a seat?

In the beginning of a satellite, the answer to this question will be zero percent.