What do you do here with 77?

[roy_miami]

Hi all,

This question is inspired from a recent thread in which a play I thought was standard may be in fact the wrong play.

Here is the situation.

You are in the CO with 77 and open raise, the button and BB both call. Assume these guys are your average TAG with avg agg.

Flop comes AT2 and you bet out, button folds and BB raises. What is your play?

[partygirluk]

I don't understand "call, fold turn UI", the pot is small, and you only have 2 outs if behind. He is going to bet the turn close to 100% of the time. If the flop was A98 so that you could improve to a straight draw, maybe, just maybe, calling would have some merit, but on AT2.......

[Pog0]

This is a classic Way behind or just slightly ahead scenario... dump it barring an extensive history with BB.

[roy_miami]

I read about an example similar to this in HPFAP I believe. In the example a "loose" call is advised for metagame considerations. I believe the reasoning is you don't want your opponent to think he can push you off the pot for 1 small bet. I haven't read HPFAP in a while but I'm going to see if I can find it. Maybe I'm not remembering it right or maybe the situation is quite a bit different.