So with this hand i wanna talk about 2 different lines.
a) Calldown
b) Raise Flop, Bet Turn, cb River
Therefore we will create different categories of "villain"
Villain1)
thinking TAG's
Calling Stations
tight or loose, semi aggressive player
Villain2)
Unknown
LAG
Maniac
So as you can see category 1 are all fundamental playes who can make semi bluffs but are not that aggressive or they are even passive
and category 2 is the more aggressive player
We raise after an MP3 limper with 88. We are on the button. of course 88 is strong enough for this raise and we would like to knock out the blinds. The flop actually is not that bad we have 1 overcard and small cards.
Villain bets into her who has been the preflop aggressor!
So we have to make a decision.
Some key facts for category one!
a) We are more often ahead on this board then behind
b) This board is an excellent bluff board for villain because he can think that we most of the time missed the flop.
c) Against category 1 we can fold quite easily against a 3bet.
d) There are propably a lot of hands with 6 outs against us so that we want them to fold directly on the flop.
e) our opponent is not aggressive enough that he will fire another bluff bet
often enough on the turn and river.
So all in all the key factor to play this hand raise flop bet turn is his aggression factor. and against category one we can easily choose this line because the danger of folding a better hand is not that big.
Some Key facts for category 2
a) such aggressive players could propably fire a 3bet on the flop against us with a much weaker hand propably ace high and we will fold the winning hand.
b) aggressive players tend to bet all streets with marginal hands or even as a bluff bet.
These 2 facts are the reason why a calldown agains this player is the best move. We don't want him to fold neither do we want him to bluff raise here. So a simple and flat calldown is the best move against villain2.