I was up to $148 on a 25NL table and everyone was expecting me to go on tilt I guess.. I had 88 and everyone knew I was irratic. I might bluff, I might not, but I definately was winning over all obviously!

I raised to $1 with 88 and someone raised to $2 and I called. (Was this my mistake?? Should I actually re-raise with 88 ?)

We flopped 278 !

He whent all in (fortunately for me he only had $7-8 left..

Of course I called because I hit trip 8's

He had 99 and on the turn he got a 9!!!!!!!!!!!! So he won....

He bet before me, so I was not able to raise him first... and even if I had he would of probably raised back at me and I would of definately called with trip 8's high on board...

Did I do anything wrong? Is this just an unavoidable situation?