[banditbdl]

I think the 89o coldcall is just terrible, but its also the kind of thing that happens all the time.

As for your friend's defense of making these kinds of plays it is also pretty common as well. He's convincing himself that these poor starting hands go up in value at these tables both because he'll get paid off when he hits and because maybe he can trick and bluff some of the players out of the pot. He can't have it both ways. You always want to play more hands because playing good poker on these tables is pretty boring, and you end up trying to justify your poor plays with faulty arguments like this. If you can get your friend to recognize this type of thinking then you can help him stop it.