Re: Playing bottom two...
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Major up'n'down day...
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To put it gently: calling T8s for a [big] raise might influence your varience.
After thinking about it for a bit, I decided that post-flop I play it out nearly exactly how you did. On the turn I can't see him having 9X/JJ, and QQ is a chance you have to take. At this limit, far too many people take overpairs/TPTK too far and this could easily be one of those times. (However...)
I was about to suggest betting more on the turn (just to make sure a check-fold on the river is correct if he calls), and realized any more and you're nearly pushing.
I think the heart of this problem *is* the preflop action. His large raise severely restricts post-flop play due to the awkward stack sizes (you'd prefer to have $100+ more or $100+ less). The problem here is that the pot got too big, too fast with you having a marginal hand. Calculate the hand from the beginning with him making a $6 raise and the pot becomes $21 on the flop. He bets 60% of pot (~$14), you cr to $40. See how much easier it is to get away from this hand? And how much more control you have with your stack size?
Fistdantilus
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