Hmm, let's call this a marginal 87o hand

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While having position on a field is great in poker, having no idea with any reasonable certainty what 3 other players in the hand with you terribly sucks. Your hand is 8-high, which means any card from the top half of the deck on the flop is going to put you in a precarious position post-flop of not knowing if you're ahead or behind unless you flop two pair or better, especially in a situation like this when the flop brings not only an overcard but a flush draw too.

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If this is how you view post flop decisions, then playing 87o is definitely a bad move. 87o is a marginal limp, but if you play well postflop and are a good hand reader, I still think you should play it here. Maybe you missed the reads. the guy to your right is LAG and loves to bluff and spews (ie donates money to the pot.) There is a loose passive in the BB, who by definition donates money to the pot.