88 playing against no overcards

[Aviston]

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Flop: (3 SB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, BB calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB calls, BB calls.

Im trying to protect my hand here but I guess I probably ended up building the pot instead.

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You are not raising to protect your hand here. You are raising for value because you probably have the best hand. An argument could be made that it may be better to wait for the turn to raise if another blank falls as your pot equity will be much larger. That, however, is another discussion.