77 against a steal

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Isn't there something to be said for taking the iniative pf when you have an edge in hopes to have villian give up on the flop. No matter what the flop, it would be a great result to just have villian fold to bet on the flop. If villian has 2 overs to our pair and we just call, even if he doesn't hit on the flop, there is a good chance he'll peel the flop. I think if we can do something when we're pretty sure we're ahead that can make our lives easier when we're not so sure, then it's to our benefit.

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I agree with all of what you´re saying.But the difference between us is that I think your life is going to get harder by preflop raising.
Equity wise your preflop 3-bet is worth 0.10 SB against villains range (40%) so your preflop advantage is not that great.And you are opening yourself up for a preflop cap which IMO is devastating for you regardless of Villain does it with a better or worse hand.
You are bying some folding equity against 6-outers on ace boards.But you´re trading that against the potential value you would have got from hands that would not be correct to bet, including the times when he is going to try to bluff turn and river.And I do think that it is a bad trade against this player.Because 77 is extremely hard to play if he calls flop which he will do the majority of time when the pot has grown to 8.5SB when he is going to act.We are not the ones controlling how many bets that are going into the pot.And we almost always have two outs if things go wrong which means that we´re basically in a WA/WB situation.

I think Oink did a good job of explaining why reraising preflop is not the best option in this particular hand.

Give us a lot more equity edge or just a little more folding equity and I would also raise preflop.