Eights are to be played in a similar fashion to sevens in that it is unwise to call a raise or re-raise with your valuable custom poker chips. But if you are sitting in a late position at the poker table and there have been a fair few callers behind you, the pot is so full of custom poker chips that it may be worth calling and hoping to spike a set on the flop. This will then give your custom poker chip stack a big boost (as long as you are prepared to pull out after the flop if you see a flop that doesn’t inspire you with confidence). But we only recommend that you take this sort of action if your custom poker chip stack is fairly low. It is a gamble which could pay off and get you back in the poker match. If you are doing fairly well, there is no point risking any custom poker chips. You should sit back and wait for the next hand to be dealt.

An ideal flop when you hold eights or sevens is obviously a third to make your set. This is sure to give you the boss hand after the flop and if you gamble and bet right, you will come out with the custom poker chip pot. However, this rarely happens as planned. The next best situation is for all three cards on the board to be lower than your pair, so that you have what’s called an ‘overpair’ and that the three cards connect to yours to give you an open-ended straight draw. You are sure to bet custom poker chips aggressively faced with this as you have 10 outs before the turn (8 for the straight and 2 to make a set), giving you a 40% chance of hitting it at the turn. Watch out for connected flops which don’t give you a straight draw. These poker hands are sure to eat up your custom poker chips as you are only chasing 2 outs (8%-4% chance). So once you see this nightmare flop, pull out, muck your cards and save your custom poker chips.

Even if you have hit the best flop, some other poker player may have an overpair to your pair! If another poker player has been betting aggressively with custom poker chips pre-flop, you should act cautiously and pull out and save your custom poker chips if you don’t make your set.