[James.]

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so you're worried about a 6outer in a 4sb pot?

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checking 77 behind on the flop means we can likely call down regardless of what the turn and river bring.

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You realize that the latter contradicts the former.

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um, no it doesn't.

the pot is 4sb, we don't have much to protect. seems pretty simple.

also seems simple to understand that if we're checking behind 77 in that spot, as i alluded to in my OP, we must have determined that we have an opponent with a very high postflop aggression level to warrant that play. the smaller our pair(or the weaker our hand in general) the more aggro villain needs to be. since we have ascertained that he is so aggressive, he will fire with a very wide range on the turn and river that includes a significant portion of hands worse than our 77. this makes calling down more profitable than simply betting the flop. why? because a bunch of the time we bet the flop, he simply folds worse/hopeless hands. so the situation can be manipulated as such that a significant amount of the value in our hand can come from villain's bluffing range.

still think it's a contradiction? if so, please explain as i'm not very smart. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]