I actually don't know what people are worked up about preflop. In a sim, vs an UTG raiser for a standard 3.5x open this is a marginal fold with high rake, indifferent hand with medium rake, and a marginal call with low rake, so it's reasonable to assume that vs a 2.5x open vs someone who is looser than optimal this hand is "ok" to see a flop with.
Yes, as I stated in my OP it's definitely a borderline threshold hand to get in there and muck around with but I'm usually the pre-flop police of this forum and this hand gets a pass.
I bet pot on the river and he tanked. It's really tough for him to have 86 here, J8 is also hard, two pair hands are very hard I think. His UTG range just doesn't hit this board. I think it's a very hard spot for UTG here (I hope).
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River seems like a clear bet - I wonder what villain would do with 86 here. You do donk lead which is suspect - I would venture to say you have a lot more bluffs in this line than value so that's my only concern. I don't think villain folds 2 pr+ here, just a matter of how much overcard + FD or something to that effect they have.
Donking these flops is not suspect and I think it's something that most regs, myself included and it's an active focus to improve, do not do enough of. As to the bolded part I think that is what I really wanted to discuss in this hand without explicitly commenting on it. I think on the flop I have a lot of decent equity bluffs, some marginal pair blocker hands with decent equity and top two pair. I think with this run out, 57 and 53 both get there and they would make up a big part of my range so I think I am getting to this river with a LOT of 2 pair+ hands following this exact line.
On the flop I'm probably checking most sets, looking for a check raise, as well as 97:(8,6,2,TT-AA), also looking for a check raise.