Check your marginal pairs out of position, and never fold them getting 5.5:1 against a min-click.
Flop Analysis
Checking our entire range is the standard play here. Donking out with second pair and no redraws accomplishes little against an uncapped early-position range.
**Ranges:** The opener holds significant overpair density with hands like pocket eights through aces, alongside broadway holdings. Leading with a weak pair isolates us against stronger hands while folding out overcards we currently beat.
**Position:** Playing out of position on dynamic textures requires pot control. Checking lets the preflop raiser continuation-bet their air or check back, preserving our equity.
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> **Takeaway:** Check marginal made hands out of position to control the pot rather than leading into an uncapped range.
Note: Donking into the preflop raiser with second pair and no redraws is unnecessary; checking our range maintains pot control.
Flop Analysis
Folding here is a significant mistake. Facing a min-click raise, our second pair easily has enough equity to continue given the absurdly cheap price.
**Math:** We need to call 1.7BB into a 7.5BB pot, offering 5.5:1 direct pot odds—just 15.5% required equity. Holding second pair gives us over 50% equity against their range, clearing the threshold effortlessly.
**Ranges:** Even if UTG+1 raises aggressively with overpairs like pocket eights or combo draws such as nut flush draws and gutshots, they also retain two-overcard floats like AK. Folding second pair against a tiny sizing surrenders far too much equity.
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> **Takeaway:** Never fold made pairs getting better than 5:1 pot odds against min-raises.
Note: Folding second pair getting 5.5:1 pot odds against a min-raise is an extreme overfold.