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[QUOTE="fundiver199, post: 6962871, member: 397965"]
Preflop
You are raising into a larger stack, and even when you go to 3,1X, he is priced in to either 3-bet or call with almost any two cards. With 88 you can call a 3-bet jam, but you are not super happy about it. And if he call, the hand is kind of tough to play OOP on many boards. So you are only really happy, when he fold, which will rarely happen, and when it does, he likely folded junk like 72 or 63, which you crush.

So for me raising here is only a good play against weak opponents, who will drastically overfold. Given, that you were deep in a $22 MTT, its unlikely, BB is a weak opponent. And for that reason I think, limping is vastly superior to raising in this situation. If he raise, then you can limp-jam with a good risk/reward and usually play a "flip", if he call. If you never SB limp in MTTs, thats a big leak in your game, which you need to fix.

Flop
Seems fine to bet for value and protection.

Turn
As played I prefer to check and then get it in, if he bet. This allow him to bet his flushdraws and random floats, whereas when you jam, he is just going to fold all those hands and only give you action, when you are behind.

Results
The result is pretty much enevitable, when 88 run into a bigger pair blind vs. blind, so in that sense the hand is just a cooler. If he has 88 in SB, and you have AA in BB, then he also go broke, so in the long run its just a wash. But I do think, this hand could have been played better preflop and on the turn as well.
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