How would you have played the Villians hand?

[lawpoker]

i ask because this is a situation i run into sometimes, and some input would be great. also, feel free to evaluate my play.

this is the begining of the second orbit, so i don't really have a read.

the converter is being wacky, so i had to fix some of this.

thanks.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

<font color="#C00000">Hero ($27.3)</font>
SB ($12.5)
BB ($11.75)
UTG ($24.75)
UTG+1 ($12.85)
<font color="#C00000">UTG+2 ($31.35)</font>
MP1 ($2.65)
<font color="#C00000">MP2 ($39.95)</font>
MP3 ($29)
CO ($24.8)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+2 calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to $2</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls $2, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+2 calls $1.75, MP1 folds.

Flop: ($6.60) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Villian bets $6, Hero rasies to $15, Villian goes all-in for $31 more, Hero Calls.

Turn: ($6.60) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

River: ($6.60) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>

Final Pot: $6.60

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
UTG+2 doesn't show.
MP2 has Ad Ah (one pair, aces).
Hero has 8h 7s (two pair, eights and sevens).
Outcome: Hero wins $6.60. </font>

[tbach24]

If you have 78o there, fold pre-flop. Calling an 8xBB raise with it is just silly. Two-pair, unlike a set, is easily counterfeitable.

Villain's play is eh...decent. I probably would've done the same against an average opponent (you'll see QJ, AQ, KQ, etc. there a lot).

[TrailofTears]

I think villain played it brilliantly. He lost the hand but apparently ended up taking all of the pot except $6.60. Basically he is a genius.

-T

[radioheadfan]

Villian play it very well given the stacks and array of potential draws on that flop.

Your preflop call in pretty attrocious but you hit your flop. After the flop you played it perfectly.

He had lots of ways to outdraw you postflop so be glad your bottom two held up. Calling 8 BBs preflop with 87o is a negative EV proposition against good players...and maybe at best neutral against bad ones. Bottom two ** NOT EQUAL TO ** a set.