[Munga30]

"It costs you $2 to limp in and it is now $6 to you with only two opponents. This is the equivalent of calling a double raise from behind since your initial call was only $2 and a raise is $4. Your pot odds are only about 4-to-1."

Your reasoning in the 98s hand hinges on this proposition of equivalence. The problem is, it's not. In the 1-2 structure, you're committing 3/4 of a big bet preflop. When you are calling a double raise after limping in a normal structure, you are committing 1.5 big bets. For a hand like 98s, I like the larger implied odds. Granted, it's not the only factor in deciding how to play, but I think it's the source of some of the disagreement between you, Dynasty, and Clarkmeister.