It's funny/interesting that you guys were playing at the same table. Does this happen a lot on the forums?

I would think that it would be pretty hard for your "villain" to put you on trip 5's, but the 3-bet would indicate that is most likely stronger than a pair of 7s...esp. given that the board is not two flush (I suppose you could be 3-betting a OESD, but much less likely).

3 betting would be good if you think that villian will call down or raise with a worse hand; definitely better than trying to c/r the river which could get checked through. And you lose a bet if you stop and go, which obviously seems stupid to do.

So, yeah, I think 3-betting is probably best here. But, hell, now that I saw the hard in it's full glory I could be results oriented. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]