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This, plus you'll take it without a flop sometimes, and also take in on the flop quite often. Combine this with the fact that he is unlikely to play back against you with air makes this an easy steal IMO.

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Remeber this is somewhat compensated for by the fact that you are getting three bet here reasonably liberally, even by tightish opponents; and they get the same advantages with the iniative here; also, the fact that they are in position decreases your equity fairly significantly when they peel flop, then auto bet when you check to them.

Despite this, I think its close; I know I'd raise 89o there and 8To there.