Flopped boat, then set on board, now what?

[solring]

I was just finishing my first orbit when this hand appeared. How should I have played the hand?
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Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB checks.

Flop: (5.50 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 checks, Hero checks, CO checks.

Turn: (2.75 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO folds, BB calls.

River: (6.75 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 8.75 BB

[SoCalPat]

Argh ... bet the flop already. You have position and 99.9 percent of micro players will call you here. They're not going to give you credit for a 7, much less 44. If anyone with a 7 is getting cute, you're going to make them pay.

[hate]

I would have bet out on the flop. Perhaps early in position I might check, hoping to c/r a trapped field. That turn card was terrible for you. Pretty much any pocket pair now beats you, and it looks like that's what BB is playing. Turn and river, I would have played the same. I'd like somebody else's opinion though, I attribute too much to opponents' play.

[SoCalPat]

I don't think I check from EP on this flop either. Again, 99.9 percent of micro players won't give him credit for a 7 (He's a fool not to slow play it!), and 44 isn't crossing their mind at all.

Now, if I bet the flop and there's action afterward, a turn C/R might be in order. But I don't think the flop is the place to get cute here and risk having it checked around when so many people are willing to toss a chip in.

[Greg J]

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Loc: Folsom Prison, Cellblock K

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This is where they should send everyone that flops a boat and does not bet in LP. You can't make money if they don't get a chance to call you!

[bottomset]

have we added a slowplaying section to the FAQ yet??? ppl bet your hands

[hate]

I've debated the same thing over with myself, and I still can't decide. I've come to rely on micro players betting out in late position, regardless of what they have. I know it's a bad idea, especially when I move to higher limits, but it seems to work well. I wish I had something other than anecdotal evidence, actual BB won in each strategy, but it seems to work for me.

Sorry, I meant to specify, I'll usually only slowplay boats if I've got top over bottom in EP.

[ClaytonN]

Next time, bet the hands that win you money. Wow.

To clarify, there are times to slowplay. This is really far from being one of those times on the flop.