interesting 2-7 topic: quantity vs quality

[Nomar]

here is a senerio I have thought about and saw on DD's video that made me decide to post about it...

utg raises, and is called in 2 spots and the sb calls, action is now on you in the BB with 2378Q...

In DD's video it seemed like he was going to keep the 8 until all the people kept coming in, then he decided to toss the 8 in ths big multi way pot, and try to make a big hand.

I have been on both sides of this debate, toss the 8 and try to make a strong hand, OR, keep the 8 and just try to make a showdownable hand, because of all the dead cards (assuming everyone is holding everyone else's outs) an 87 will win this pot enough of the time.

comments ?