[Al_Capone_Junior]

I think this is a very marginal situation here, which is probably why you posted it. With all live cards, raising is a viable option, to represent queens. A seven wouldn't look like a threatening card to your opponents, and you might get paid off big if someone makes kings or aces up. However, one seven is dead, so it's less appealing to me to raise it here. You are raising into a king, leaving the possibility of getting popped again. However, it's Ok to raise into one higher card, just not two, at least according to Doyle. Of course he might have been speaking of when you actually have the queens, I'm not going to reference it. Given that one of your cards is dead, AND that there is already a limper, who will almost certainly not fold if you raise, I think raising is only a good idea if you want to try to get it heads up with the limper. Given that you only have sevens, and one is dead, this is probably another very marginal situation. While you might be able to eek a small long term profit out of this one, I would probably pass.

al