Raising it up preflop with 77

[jasonHoldEm]

Party 3/6 - looooooooose game

I'm on the button with http://www.pokerodyssey.com/img/cards/7c.jpg http://www.pokerodyssey.com/img/cards/7h.jpg

Everyone but UTG limps in and for the first time in my life I raise an medium pair for value preflop, SB folds, BB calls along with everyone else, but now the CO three-bets it back to me. I call as does everyone else, eight to the flop for three bets each.

FLOP: http://www.pokerodyssey.com/img/cards/4c.jpg http://www.pokerodyssey.com/img/cards/6d.jpg http://www.pokerodyssey.com/img/cards/7s.jpg

Well, that's good and bad I guess....checked to me, I bet, the BB, EP, MP, and CO call.

Turn: http://www.pokerodyssey.com/img/cards/ac.jpg

Checked to me, I bet, BB folds, EP check/raises, MP folds, CO calls two cold, I three-bet, EP and CO call.

River: http://www.pokerodyssey.com/img/cards/8h.jpg

Checked to me and I check it down....

Results below in white

<font color="white"> EP had A4o, CO had KQo (wrong button to 3-bet preflop?), my hand is good. Did I wuss out on the river? </font>

[Dylan Wade]

My knee jerk reaction was to say that you wussed out on the river, but considering it's 8 to the flop, loooose players, and a 5 would draw to the river (CO seems a likely canidate). I guess you can check it.

Nice raise pre-flop. You'll win about 16% of the time, even though you're paying 12% of the pot. Raising is taking a free 0.3 SB, apx $1.

[Nottom]

Bet the river, you are only really worried about a 5. EP sure looks like he has an A and the CO did limp-raise you preflop so a 5 is pretty unlikely there as well.

[DonWaade]

yes

[Ulysses]

Yes, you should bet the river here. Also, if you want, you can go ahead and cap it up pre-flop w/ this 8-way field and the button.