open 88 on button, get 3bet

[loosbastard]

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I mean, I hate to be one of those guys who posts and then doesnt listen to anyones advice and disagrees with everyone but I was really taken aback by all the ppl saying to fold preflop

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FGators...is that you?

[yad]

dude i am not saying to fold preflop. i would never fold this preflop.

but on the flop you've gotta be suspicious. pieces of evidence:

a. he makes a rather small 3bet from the blind.
b. he slightly overbets that flop.

this heavily tilts his hand to a big pair. then on the turn you have another piece of evidence:

c. he overbet shoves a completely blank turn.

Sure you occasionally see a donkey decide he's just going to bluff with 89s here. But that's pretty rare. Normally you're crushed. The small RR preflop is particularly strong evidence IMO, not that you need it after the way he bets the flop and turn here.