I am a winner at $48/hr in this 1/2/5 game. I short stack 90% of the time but I still play deep and I don't hit and run. Lately my attention span has gotten the best of me and I just don't have it in me. Anyways, I played this hand during a short session and a poker friend that was in the hand (winning player) commented on my play and said it makes no sense. He has said this multiple times to me in similar spots. I don't really talk poker with anyone bc I find it hard to relate to their thinking and they don't agree with mine. I am winning at a solid rate so I just let it go.

Villian says he beats the game for $65/hr which I don't belive.

I have 200 in the HJ position. Game is OK today but its becoming more and more nitty over time. I don't know anything about the guy to my left or to my right except that they are middle age and I assume play weak/straight forward PLO. Villian is on the Button and has everyone covered. He is agro is spots and will squeeze w equity in these kinds of spots. He usually has a hand though.

MP makes it $15 (standard open). I have 89TJ no suit and I call. CO calls. Button makes it $65. Folds back to MP and he calls. I see CO basically complaining that if I call he is calling, If I raise or fold he probably folds (this is more of a tell than out loud complaining). I call. CO calls.

Results don't matter but flop is 389hh, MP bets, I shove, CO folds, Button Shoves, MP calls. VS 9TQJ and AAxxhh. Turn is an 8 and I win the main pot.

I have a very clear reason why I call. I feel that my hand plays better with more players and I want all of their money in the pot. If I catch any piece of the flop I am shoving. I don't want to raise and get HU vs someone with this hand. I figure if I can have 4 players where the money will go in post flop I do 3 things:
1-If I don't connect on the flop, I save $140
2-If I get my $140 OTF then I am doing so with good equity vs preflop if I get it in, its not in great shape
3-This is very important to my SS strategy... I shove with equity OTF and larger stacks have to still play their hand. I don't have enough for them to fold so I am just building the pot with their main pot contributions when they are worried about playing HU vs eachother.

After the hand, villain says "I wish we got it all in preflop, you wouldn't have called". I am NEVER folding my hand preflop. If somehow the raise got to $200, I am still calling. He told me that my play makes no sense. I would call off my stack but I wont ship it in pre.

Opinions? Maybe my game is seriously flawed but I like my line and thought process. But I am open to hearing what others say.