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Originally Posted by crescentcityking
What I meant was that I opened with pocket 8s and I thought I was well off after seeing that both players shoved pre-flop and showed high card. I thought my pocket 8s blocked an 8 from showing up on the board. First card on the flop is an 8 ofc. I need to take a better look at the probability of that happening though.
Yeah, taking a look at probabilities would be a good idea. An even better one would be reading up on ways to improve your mindset.
If something as basic as losing with a pocket pair when up against two opponents with a high card is enough to get you concerned about the integrity of the game, your knowledge of probability is lacking, but much more importantly, you're focusing on the wrong things.
FWIW, if I'm understanding the hand correctly now and you had it all-in PF with 88 against two opponents that each have an overcard against you, that's basically a coinflip. If one of them has two overcards, you're down to 40/60. Of course those are approximate and will change based on the exact cards involved.