New to 6-max, not sure how clear cut this is

[The_Bends]

Hand looks fine to me.

Rasing 88 out of the blinds is a fine play IMO, the main reason being it so simple to play postflop. I can't think of many flops that will give you a hard decision. They'll be terrible (don't CB) bad (CB then bail like you did), good e.g. Overpair (bet and need a good reason to fold) or awesome e.g. set (get all the money in) Therefore you've removed one of the main disadvantages of playing OOP.

I can't back this up but its my experience that people at SSNL get far more commited to pots when there's been a PFR. If you limp and hit a set you're simply not going to stack anything but a moron or an underset. If you raise you can stack TPTK. Be interesting to see if anyone else sees it the same way.