[JrJordan]

I think you slowed down too fast with this. My usual line would be to raise this flop and call his 3-bet, then pop him again on the turn to charge a pair+flush draw the max. If a 4th heart hits, then you still likely have to call down but against some people can find a fold. This probably aint it.

That was a fun river card. It's the ultimate scare card for him to c/r with. Getting almost 11:1 I'd say a call wouldn't be awful, but when I'm playing well I can probably make a fold with a read. If the only reads against this guy are stats so far, then a call down is appropriate for meta/read/bigpot purposes.

Edit: I don't think the river value bet is that bad vs. this type of opponent. This type of player will call with any pair, including a 2 so there's plenty of hands that will call while we're ahead. 95% of the time this line occurs it means the EP player got scared of all the draws and just wants to see a showdown with whatever hand he flopped. The most likely at this point would've been a pair+draw combo, but you'd expect a made draw to bet this river, so a pair of 7's seems like a real possibility when he checks.

Meh, the value bet probably doesn't have much to it if we can only put him on low flopped pairs. It's not nearly as awful as everyone is making it out to be though.