Acceptable Blinds Steal??

[Nick D]

At this point, my read on villain was that he was pretty tight. I'd only seen him play about 10 hands, but he'd only VP$P once in those ten hands. So I did what any respectable n00b would do and popped him:

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Preflop: Hero is SB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">7 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (7.40 SB) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 3.70 BB

Didn't work out like I wanted, but.. Do you think this is acceptable, or is 75s still way to weak? Also, what do you think about me calling his 3-bet? I JUST got done reading a section in SSHE where it says not to raise/fold very often on the same street or even some of your unobservant opponents will start to take shots at you, so I thought I'd peel one and just fold to anything less than a flush.

Thoughts?

Nick

[LoNeLyAcEs]

it's good enough, your investing 0.35 to win 0.4 it only has to work about 50% of the time and the playabilitly of this hand is also great...

i also would call the flop bet you are already getting 1:7.5 + implied odds it's an easy call with the GS in a HU situation...

[Dangeresque]

I like it too, just not every single time. Because then they begin to pick up on it and call. But I like seeing this play every now and again.

[bennyhana]

yeah, before I do it with 7 hi, I like to have a few more hands on him and preferrably some kind of read.

I'd peel this flop.

[NIX]

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Also, what do you think about me calling his 3-bet?

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If Villain's range is exactly 77, you are getting about even money on you call. If his range is anything wider than that, calling the 3-bet is profitable.

On the flop, I'd call. I think you'll make up more than 1BB on average if you hit your straight.