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Well, with an M of 5.5 I'd wait for a better spot than A8s from UTG, but I also don't think it's a terrible play. Certainly a lot better than many of the crazy plays we've seen.

If his stack was 800k instead of 500k, then it is indeed awful.

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Pushing A8s UTG with M of 5.5 is mathematically very bad. It is an awful play.

Restealing with J3o against someone raising every hand is a reasonable play. Button raises, SB reraises, push from BB with A3o is also a reasonable play.

Pushing with a junk hand in the right situation is often better than open pushing an OK hand UTG.