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The pre-flop call could be pretty bad, I was calling 135 to go after about 2000 if I could stack him. I thought this was fine and have started playing more pocket pairs in general because of what people have said on ths board, but now very good posters like flawless victory are telling me this is wrong so I dont know.

My other thought pre-flop was that this guy could just be making a move at all this dead money so if I called him Heads Up in position I might be able to take the pot one way or another by the turn. Are really good players mucking 88 here all the time? I would think guys like Spirit Rock, KKF, Antonius etc wouldnt let 88 go here at gun point