Need Help Plugging Leaks

[Drac]

Party 22's. I'm having trouble with this type of hand. Flop top pair top kicker on a board that has a flush draw and a (not too scary) str8 draw. I have position in this case but frequently will run into these types of hands from the blinds and I just don't think I'm playing them well. I know to charge the draws but it seems like they're more than happy to pay a lot or to jump all in. The turn just makes it even worse. Some advice on how to handle these situations would be much appreciated. The results lately have been extra painful as I've been correct that I'm ahead and then a 6 outer hits on the river on a regular basis. It's early and I don't want to dump a bunch of chips on an iffy hand. In a way I'm happy to let them bet with their weaker hands but I've been getting burned so much lately that I think this is a clear leak.

***** Hand History for Game 1764916668 *****
15/30 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 10557332) - Sun Mar 20 15:02:30 EST 2005
Table Table 13812 (Real Money) -- Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Calicles (770)
Seat 2: bv4pres (800)
Seat 3: coz627 (800)
Seat 4: MikeeMiracle (800)
Seat 5: mogster19 (815)
Seat 6: squid7795 (800)
Seat 7: masscash1 (770)
Seat 8: luckyg1022 (785)
Seat 9: rogerthe420 (905)
Seat 10: Hero (755)
Calicles posts small blind (10)
bv4pres posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ 7h, Kh ]
coz627 folds.
MikeeMiracle folds.
mogster19 calls (15)
squid7795 folds.
masscash1 calls (15)
luckyg1022 calls (15)
rogerthe420 calls (15)
Hero calls (15)
Calicles calls (5)
bv4pres checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 3c, 7s, 5c ]
Calicles checks.
bv4pres checks.
mogster19 bets (40)
masscash1 folds.
luckyg1022 folds.
rogerthe420 calls (40)
Hero calls (40)
Calicles folds.
bv4pres folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6h ]
mogster19 bets (55)
rogerthe420 calls (55)
Hero calls (55)
** Dealing River ** : [ 3s ]
mogster19 bets (150)
rogerthe420 folds.
Hero calls (150)
** Summary **
Main Pot: 690
Board: [ 3c 7s 5c 6h 3s ]
mogster19 balance 1245, bet 260, collected 690, net +430 [ 3h Ad ] [ three of a kind, threes -- Ad,7s,3h,3c,3s ]
Hero balance 495, lost 260 [ 7h Kh ] [ two pairs, sevens and threes -- Kh,7h,7s,3c,3s ]

[TheUsher]

I have to go in a sec... but I'll say to fold pre-flop on the button. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

A pair of 7's is a VERY vulnerable hand, even without the draws out there. Try not to fall in love with those hands and you'll be fine. Be more aggressive with them though if you're going to call down as you want to push out the draws and overs. You have position on the original bettor here which means you could raise on the flop/turn here to get a free card on a later street if checked to you.

[Apathy]

A few things:

You don't have TPTK as you say in your post

Fold Preflop

Fold Preflop

If you are not willing to raise the flop with position and weak action in front of you, fold.

Fold Preflop

[Slim Pickens]

No way can you fold this preflop. It's sooted.

I'm hesitant to call 7's "top pair" in a jillion-way pot even if it is technically the highest card in the flop. I'd check/fold this flop if I took it off the blind or something.

Slim